This contrasting flavors and textures of this salad are a great surprise. Your family will ask for seconds. The color of red onion will stand out but you may prefer the flavor of sweet onion. Fennel is so easy to grow. You’ll want to have some all summer long to use in recipes like this.…

This last week I finished making our family’s favorite: Sriracha. All the men in our family love this spicy condiment and chances are your’s do too. It’s on our table at almost every meal.  Last year for Christmas stocking stuffers, I bought sriracha key-chain bottles and filled it with my homemade sauce. Now they carry…

This recipe is very flexible and so it will never get old. Use any vegetable you have on hand and any herbs or other flavorings that sound good, with cheese or without. I especially like this in the fall when I’ve brought in all my vegetables from the garden. It’s a good way for me…

You know all those zucchini that you miss and don’t find until they are the size of a three-month old baby? Well, here is the perfect use for them. Zucchini is the tofu of the vegetable world. They take on the flavor of anything they are cooked with. Trust me, these gummies are amazingly yummy.…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

The first of this month my second son turned 20 (can you believe that!?) and for his birthday dinner I made (among other things) fried squash blossoms. What?!? You haven’t tried this yet? What are you waiting for? Here’s the recipe. These are really so very, very tasty and a wonderful way to use the zillions…

Nettles are one of the first plants to emerge in the spring. They are super-high in Vitamin C and minerals. They also have diuretic properties, so they are considered a good tonic or cleansing green. In other words, this is a super-health food that comes just when we most crave something fresh after a winter…

This easy-to-prepare salad is the perfect way to use kohlrabi. It plays well to kohlrabi’s crunchy-sweet goodness. It will keep well in the refrigerator for several days. Ingredients: 4 C shredded kohlrabi ½ C shredded carrot ½ C finely diced onion Dressing 1/3 C apple cider vinegar 1/3 C olive oil 1½ Tbsp Dijon mustard…

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…

It’s asparagus season and hopefully you have more than you know what to do with and are able to share with family and friends. I use only the very top 5-6” of the spears. If any of the remaining stem is still tender, I save it to either dehydrate or make Cream of Asparagus Soup.…

Man has used salt to brine or fermenting vegetables for millennia. It is one of the easiest ways to preserve the goodness of vegetables all year long. Sauerkraut is one of the easiest foods you can preserve. There are two ways to make sauerkraut: in a big batch that you later process in a water…