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A little taste of summer in February

Posted in herbs, recipes, winter on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Last night I got out some of the pesto that I made from our basil last fall.  (I just used the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook’s recipe for pesto.  I froze the batches  in small containers (it freezes beautifully) and I just let it thaw overnight in the fridge when I know that I’m going [...]

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Things to do with parsley when you don’t have basil

Posted in herbs, recipes on July 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I am so blessed to have a husband who is an excellent cook.  Tonight he made us a wonderful recipe that he slightly modified from a Taste of Home’s Prize Winning Recipes book (2006) my mom gave us.  The original recipe calls for basil, but alas, we decided not to grow basil in our garden [...]

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Tomato pie

Posted in herbs, recipes, tomatoes on September 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I got this recipe a couple of summers ago from someone in my husband’s research group. It’s relatively easy, and it’s delicious!
Tomato Pie
4-8 ripe red tomatoes (depending on their sizes and how stuffed you want your pie)
1/3 c. chopped green onions
4-8 fresh basil leaves (depending on how much you like basil), torn into pieces
1 [...]

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It’s a jungle out there!

Posted in cucumbers, fertilizing, peppers, recipes, tomatoes, watering on September 3, 2007 | 6 Comments »

When friends come over to our place and see the balcony garden, their comments are always along the lines of, “Wow, you’ve got a jungle on your balcony!” I take that as a compliment It must mean that our plants are thriving. Here’s a picture that I took of the garden [...]

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Tomato yummies

Posted in recipes, tomatoes on August 22, 2007 | 4 Comments »

On Friday evening, we had friends of ours from church over for dinner. I wanted to incorporate garden produce into the meal, so my husband and I decided to make a tomato-mozzarella salad. You know, one of those perfect dishes to savor the flavor (hey, that rhymes! i bet some advertiser has [...]

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Fresh Herb Dip

Posted in herbs, recipes on May 11, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Looking at our chives day after day made me hungry for some sour-cream-and-chives dip! This recipe is based heavily on a recipe I found on the Food Network’s website.
3/4 c. light sour cream (I usually would use fat-free, but this is what we had)
1/4 c. reduced fat mayonnaise
about 1/8 c. fresh chives, chopped fine
about 1/8 [...]

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