It’s asparagus season and this is a family favorite. But really this recipe can be used for almost any veggie. Try it with fresh green beans, sugar snap peas, zucchini slices and broccoli or cauliflower florets. The key to a light but crispy coating is the soda water. Also, make sure the oil is hot…

In 2016 my husband’s Type 2 diabetes was out of control. The doctor said he needed to go onto insulin. Today, his A1C is 5.9 and he takes no medication at all. He’s done this by drastically limiting his carbs. Everyone is amazed at how well my husband has done with just diet. So I…

My son made this dish for us for our New Year’s celebration. It was gone in just a few minutes–it was SO delicious! It is amazingly easy to prepare with simple ingredients and so, so yummy! Ingredients: 24 Babybella mushrooms 4 oz blue cheese 8 oz cream cheese a few dashes of sri racha or…

You thought radishes were just a garnish for salads and vegetable plates, didn’t you? Think again. This creamy, spicy soup is the perfect way to use up the radishes from your garden on a cold fall day. Ingredients: 1 C red lentils 3 C water ¾ – 1 lb radishes ½ onion 1 Tbsp olive…

This is a great way to serve vegetables during the late summer months, when the vegetables are coming in by the bushel-full. Make a platter-full of Vegetable Tempura, served with some sliced tomatoes and a beet salad and you have a filling meal. Ingredients: Vegetables, cut into strips, slices or cubes ½ C corn starch…

How many times have you complained about having too much zucchini? If you want to curb your zucchini production a bit, why don’t you eat the flowers? The flowers are tender and very tasty. The most common dish for them is fried, although there are lots of recipes for soups, pastas and quesadillas made with…

This is our family’s favorite way to eat zucchini. It always gets rave reviews whenever I take it to potlucks. Serve it with sliced tomatoes from the garden and you have a complete and filling meal. Ingredients: 4 C sliced zucchini 1 C slice onions 1 C sliced carrots 1 can cream of chicken soup…

If kohlrabi is new to you, this is a good dish to start with. But don’t stop here. You should also try Kohlrabi Salad. I could eat these fritters all by themselves as a meal. The cool mint-green Creamy Avocado Sauce makes it even yummier.  Remember, I love avocados, but no one else in my…

Radishes are a great first crop for children to start learning to garden. They grow quickly and are fool proof. I plant radishes with my carrots. They are quick growing, so they help define my carrot rows long before the tiny carrot seedlings emerge. But then I’m left with a hug radish crop. What to…

No garden should be without kale and collards. These easy-to-grow green leafy vegetables are both  from the Brassica family (which includes cabbage, kohlrabi, Brussel sprouts and broccoli.) What makes these so great? Well, first of, they are packed with nutrition. Studies show that they may prevent several kinds of cancer. And they taste good! These are…

Are your kids veggie-phobic? Does the goal of five servings of vegetables a day sound impossible?  Veggie Powder to the rescue! Veggie Powder is a great way to sneak vegetables into your meals and enhance the nutrition of your soups and casseroles. Since it’s made with dehydrated vegetables, you have a concentrated source of vegetables.…

My kids don’t like beets, but this dish has made them, well, tolerant, of beets. It is my favorite way to eat them. Quick and easy, this is a good way to use of the beets from your garden that you’ve been storing all winter long. Ingredients: 2 – 3 beets, enough to make 4…

My kids aren’t big cole slaw eaters. That is, until they ate this version. It’s a great combination of spicy and sweet. My youngest likes it so much, he asked for it for his birthday dinner. If you use horseradish straight from the garden, like I did, grate it finely and prepare the salad dressing…

This is another low-carb veggie dish that has become a family favorite. I recently made it for my husband’s uncle who has very particular tastes. He called me the next day and wanted the recipe, saying it’s the best zucchini dish he’s ever had. Ingredients 2 medium zucchini, quartered and chopped (about 4 cups) 2…

This dish is the perfect combination of spicy and crunchy, a great way to use some of the zucchini in your garden. Ingredients: 2 Tbsp olive oil 1 lb zucchini, diced 1 med onion, diced 1 small bell pepper, diced 1-2 jalapeno pepper (depending on taste), seeded and diced 3 C tomatoes, peeled, seeded and…

No garden should be without kale and collards. These easy-to-grow green leafy vegetables are both from the Brassica family (which includes cabbage, kohlrabi, Brussel sprouts and broccoli.) What makes these so great? Well, first of, they are packed with nutrition. Studies show that they may prevent several kinds of cancer. And they taste good! These…