A friend recently bestowed on me this gorgeous bounty from her garden after I said “yes” to her eggplant offer. I was thinking ratatouille until I realized I didn’t have any peppers, and I didn’t want to go to the store or farmers market.
Instead, I used much of the produce to make the following quick-and-easy [...]
Fresh produce, including eggplant, begs to be eaten
July 16th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Food preparation, recipes
Tags:eggplant·herbs·pasta·summer produce
Drying mint a fragrant, painless process
July 7th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Food preparation
On a recent foray to the backyard, I looked upon my mint and thought, “Behold! I could actually use this stuff for more than garnish!” And so I dried it. As previously promised, here is my report on drying mint.
Inspiration
I love the smell of fresh mint, and I have a small, contained patch of it [...]
Tags:drying herbs·herbs·mint
Garden grows with new herbs
May 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments · General
There I was at the garden center to pick up a few flowers for my yard, and the first thing I saw was a table of herbs, and then another table. I pondered. Even though I’ve given up on a real vegetable garden, due to multiple failures and lots of shade, I decided maybe [...]
Lemon balm maybe not for me
May 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments · local food
Perhaps you recall my getting lemon balm in my CSA bag a couple of weeks ago. I had no experience with lemon balm, which was one of the attractions, and it was so pretty!
It had these pretty, crinkly leaves, and when you rub them they leave a nice lemony scent on your fingers. I [...]
Tags:herbs