When I was a child, I remember my gramma drying herbs like parsley and dill. She always combined them once they were dried, placed them in a jar and then stored it in the cupboard. She used it to season soups, stews, roast beef and anything else she cooked. I always loved the way gramma’s…
Month: August 2020
Easy Veggie Korma
We love good old fashioned cooking and we also love an array of international dishes too. We had chicken korma several years ago at a restaurant and it was so yummy, so I came up with this veggie version and make it often. I especially love making this every summer to enjoy with fresh garden…
Homemade Dill Pickles
The pioneers worked hard in their gardens all summer long and preserved what they could for the harsh winter months ahead by storing vegetables in the root cellar, drying, salting or by canning. Canning was first invented in 1809 as a way to preserve food for the French army. Canning is a method of preserving…
The Garden Grows
I love gardening in the summer evenings. Picking weeds, admiring the colors of the sunset, listening to the birds chirping, feeling the cool breeze brush by, picking herbs or vegetables, watering all the plants and flowers… it is all enjoyable and I am grateful I can get outside, be in nature and enjoy a beautiful…
Zucchini Relish
This summer, our zucchini plant produced a lot of wonderful zucchini. Since we had so much, I decided to make this zucchini relish. It tastes great with crackers or taco chips, on hamburgers or hot dogs as a condiment, with sandwiches, with fresh cut vegetables, in a salad, or eaten as you would a pickle….
Pickled Mustard Beans
I have been enjoying these pickled mustard beans since I was a child. It was something my mom made at the end of every summer from the abundance of yellow beans we had growing in the garden. Its tangy mustard flavor goes great with an array of meals. This year the beans were bountiful. We…
Borscht aka Beet Soup
I have grown up eating beet soup. I always enjoyed when my mom would make this hearty soup — it was tangy yet a little sweet. It was a delicious soup that we enjoyed with a spoonful of sour cream or even just the soup as is, that had a bounty of fresh garden vegetables…
Let’s Check the Garden
It is August already and we are reaping the benefits of all of our hard work in our garden this summer! This summer has been quite hot with bouts of heavy rain. When it has been hot during the day, we either water early in the morning or in the early evening so the water…
