Recipes

It is August so that means tomatoes. I was worried in July: A pair of squirrels were eating so many of the early varieties of tomatoes. But my strategy of over-abundance has worked out. I have 45 plants and more tomatoes than the squirrels know what to do with. I have a lot of beefsteaks and oxheart tomatoes now. A …

This is tasty and quick. Preheat toaster convection oven to 350Wash eggplants; trim off stem; cut in half length-wise; place skin-side down in panAdd some cherry tomatoesSprinkle with salt and/or seasoningsDrizzle with olive oilAdd crumbled feta cheeseBake for 25 minutes

You can only eat so many blackberries in two weeks. We have been eating them fresh. We have been making galettes. So now we are making jam. Ingredients: Note this receipe makes about 8 jars Marionberries and/or blackberries (about two and one-half pounds) 6 1/2 cups sugar Ball Liquid Fruit Pectin pouch You will need: Boiling water canning pot or …

Every summer when the fruit is ripe, we make galettes. A galette is a free-form pie shell.  It can be sweet from fruit or savory like a pizza. Our first galette for 2017 has 4 cups of blackberries and marionberries. Pie shell Ingredients 1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 stick of unsalted butter, cut into cubes 1/4 …

It’s June 1 and these are the last of our artichokes. We had two plants: a Roma and a Violetta (instead of the usual Green Globe). I harvested the first flowerhead of each plant in early May. These are the secondary heads. This has been an experiment. I tried a few times before. Each plant was in a medium container …

I always grow lots of garlic and elephant garlic in our Sunnyvale Garden. During their growing season, all of them start to develop stalks (called scapes) with flower heads. If you want larger garlic heads, then cut off the scapes before the flower head blossoms. You can use the garlic-scapes as a mild version of garlic in many recipes. This …

Whether you call them empanadas or turnovers or cornish pasties, these little pastries are delicious. You make the dough and add all types of fillings. Empanada Dough can be made quickly in the food processor to use immediately or store for later meals. You are going to love making your own empanadas with fresh ingredients. They are perfect when you …

We had a lot of oranges and lemons in our Sunnyvale garden this year so I decided to make marmalade, for the first time. We have a Washington-Navel Orange tree and a Improved Meyer Lemon tree next to each other in a 18-inch wide trench. The trees are twenty years old and pruned to 8 feet tall by 6 feet …

This recipe is a good use for radishes: either home-grown or store-bought. See Radish – Early Scarlet Globe for growing radishes at home. The pickling liquid has infinite variety. INGREDIENTS 1 bunch of radishes (18-20 average size radishes)1/2 cup vinegar1 cup water1 tablespoon granulated sugar1 1/2 teaspoons saltSpices (whatever you want and in any quantity)chopped gingerchopped garlicmustard seedsfennel seedsred chile …