O.K. kids! You’ve read the news. Sometimes food at the grocery store can kill you. Maybe, I overstated that (just don’t eat peanut butter, tomatoes, lettuce, dog food…). Luckily, there is an alternative. A new trend is sweeping the nation: gardening. Apparently, it started in the prehistoric age; those caveman freaks! If you fall into the prior category (gardener, […]
Category Archives: Gardening
Supplies At Hand
Get out there and harvest all your tomatoes and basil in the garden before the heat puts the hurt on (if it hasn’t all ready). I made this Summer Pesto Appetizer with my garden ingredients. Hollowed out tomatoes, mozzarella, and pesto. Bonus: didn’t have to turn on a burner to do it.
Tomato Massacre
If you add the last few weeks up, it has been a total of 2200 degrees outside. My tomatoes finally gave up the ghost. There are still some small ones on the vine, but will no doubt be poached by some no-account squirrel (furry, small, heartless bastard). I can’t believe they appreciate the subtle delicacy […]
Rogue Carrots
They say everything from a home garden tastes better. I don’t know if that is true, but my carrots taste rock’n! They should, they took long enough to grow. Now, what to do with them. Carrot sticks?
Livestock
Suggestion number 11661 of what to do with all those tomatoes ripening in your garden. Insalata Caprese. This is not complicated and that is why it is hard. Three or four stripped down ingredients: basil, tomato and Buffalo Mozzarella. Each is distinct. If one is off, it disrupts the balance. Nothing to hide behind. The […]
Bee El Tea
Reason number 29573 of what to do with all those tomatoes ripening in your garden. Beautiful in it’s simplicity, the BLT. You can always add more, but you can never take it away.