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Kale Walnut Pesto

Condiments· Food Preservation· Freezing· Garden Fresh· Nuts· Pasta· Recipes· Sauces, Dips and Spreads· Side Dishes· Vegetables

One thing that enjoys a cool summer is kale. Man, do we have kale! Usually, we have a lot of kale early in the summer, and then again in the fall, but this summer the spring kale never tried to go to seed, so it is still going strong. Every morning, when I go down to tend to the chickens, I make a detour through the garden to grab a handful of kale for my breakfast smoothie. Often we have it for dinner as well, and we are still overloaded. So, I wanted to find a way to use up a lot of kale ... Read More about Kale Walnut Pesto

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Tomato Jalapeno Jam

Condiments· Food Preservation· Freezing· Garden Fresh· Jams Jellies Preserves· Recipes· Sauces, Dips and Spreads· Vegetables

This was inspired by Mark Bittman’s recipe in the New York Times back some time ago. We found his version a bit too sweet for us, but liked it enough that I decided to see if I could alter it sufficiently to suit our taste. It’s not like I have a shortage of tomatoes for experimenting. In order to achieve a truly jam like consistency, you can’t reduce the sugar very much, because sugar is what gives jams and jellies their texture. Without it, this will just end up as a spicy tomato sauce. So ... Read More about Tomato Jalapeno Jam

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Garlic Scape Pesto

Condiments· Garden Fresh· Recipes· Sauces, Dips and Spreads

Four years ago we started growing our own garlic. And by "we", I mean Larry - as is often the case with growing things you can actually eat. I grow flowers, Larry grows food. But then, I cook the food, so he is not complaining. Anyway, this Garlic Scape Pesto is a great way to use something we get a whole heck of a lot of this time of year. When you grow two hundred heads of garlic, guess how many garlic scapes you get? That is correct - you get two hundred garlic scapes. That's a lot. Scapes ... Read More about Garlic Scape Pesto

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