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herb infused oils
One of my favorite parts of summer is heading outside and grabbing a handful of fresh herbs. I often freeze them or make pesto out of them, but lately I’ve…
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using up tomatoes: ten delicious ways
It’s that time of year that I never think is going to come: I’m a bit tired of fresh tomatoes. I mean, I still had one with just salt and pepper for…
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appetizer, featured, preserving, sauce/condiment, season, summer, sweet peppers, tomatoes, vegetarian
roasted three tomato salsa
I came across a semblance of this recipe a few weeks ago, adapted it to make it far less fussy, and then proceeded to make it about every day because…
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slow cooker vanilla bean peach butter
Before we left for vacation last month, I bought 30 pounds of Indiana blueberries and 40 pounds of peaches. I typically love finding different ways to use up or put…
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nasturtium pesto (and other uses for all of those nasturtiums)
Every year in our garden, one or two crops really thrive. It tends to vary from year-to-year. Two years ago, it was tomatillos, which was a very good problem to have. I…
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freezing greens
We only planted our 4×4 bed at home this year because we’re hoping to move by the end of June. It has worked out well because we’ve been spending most…
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freezing herbs
I love having fresh herbs on hand, so I love the summer months when I can just head down to the garden for a few sprigs of parsley or basil.…
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herbal simple syrups
Several weeks ago, our basil and sage plants were going nuts. I had already made lots of pesto, so I decided to do a little something different to use them…
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freezing summer squash/zucchini
I’m in big time preservation mode these days at home: I’ve canned nearly 100 pounds of tomatoes, frozen dozens of ears of corn and 25 pounds of sweet and hot peppers,…
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homemade fire cider
Do yourself a favor and make this soon, so that you’re armed for this fall and winter. You’ll want to let it sit and soak for about a month, so…
