Recipes

I don’t remember ever eating a rhubarb dessert in my life. But the idea was always intriging…A celery like vegetable with a tart taste often paired with sweet fruit like strawberry. A few years ago I purchased a plant as a novelty. I grow it in a large pot since I have limited ground area. Our rhubarb plant finally got …

  DOLCE DE BERGAMO The versatile sweet Dolce De Bergamo chile pepper can be utilized in both fresh and cooked applications. Its thin skin and flesh make it ideal for preparing blistered, fried in olive oil and served with sea salt as a finger food. In my version, after frying the peppers, I grilled some sourdough bread and served with …

You have got to try making your own horseradish sauce at least once. Note: This is a recipe for small households. See this link about harvesting your Horseradish. Ingredients: Horseradish root Salt (half a teaspoon or so) White vinegar (a few tablespoons)

Whether you call this a frittata or a casserole, it is still delicious. There are also many types of substitutions you can make. You can use any kind of rice or cheese. You can substitute some ham or canadian bacon for some cheese. Preparation time about 30 minutes; Serves 12; About 275 calories per serving Ingredients 4 cups cooked rice …

Feijoa salsa is a great use of the fruit. The tropical aroma and taste of the fruits are complemented by the sweet red onion, the fruity habanero pepper, lemon juice, cilantro and tomatoes. The taste is similar to other fruit salsas like mango, kiwi, or peach. Ingredients: 1 lemon 6 feijoa 1/2 red onion handful of cilantro 1 to 2 …

It’s October in our Sunnyvale garden so the feijoa tree (aka pineapple guava) is dropping its fruit. I filled a 4 gallon bucket. The fresh fruit has a great taste but a short shelf life of a few weeks. It does not freeze well. In past years I have shared the fresh fruit with friends, family, co-workers, and interested people …

Directions It is peak tomato season (late August). All of the planning and execution is for this. Looking at seed catalogs in the dead of winter. Warming up your seedling trays in February. Transplanting to larger pots in April. Planting in containers in May. We have gotten a lot of tomatoes from our 20 pots. We have eaten them fresh. …

I love growing garlic and elephant garlic in my Sunnyvale garden. They are easy to plant; hardy to drought and frost; they produce beautiful flowers (if you let them) and they produce garlic. The harvest process is not difficult but it takes some time: You stop watering the garlic for a few weeks; pull up the plant; let it dry …

In 2016, after two weeks of watching squirrels and finches sample the fruit, we harvested 24 quarts of Royal Blenheim apricots from the two trees in our Sunnyvale garden. That’s about 3 spaghetti pots full. What to do with 24 quarts of apricots? You do the typical things: Eat them fresh until your body rebels; Give them to family, friends, …

I love growing elephant garlic. You stick a garlic clove in the ground in the fall (Sunnyvale USDA zone 9). In the spring, a tall stalk/scape shoots up. If you leave it alone, a large (5 inch wide) flower head appears. You can cut it off partway up the stalk and use the flower in a vase and the garlic …