By emily, September 1st, 2010
As we might have said in a previous post, we grew an overly abundant amount of peppers this summer. The most fruitful was a spicy jalapeno variety called Jalafuego from Johnny’s Selected Seeds, which we expect to grow again next year. Not realizing how prolific these plants would be in the incredible heat this summer, we ended up with dozens of large jalapenos ripening at the same time. There’s only so many Mexican dishes I can make at once, and only so many jalapenos that can go in each dish! So I decided to recreate a favorite snack from my childhood (though I used to have to go to Arby’s to get my fix): jalapeno poppers.
Continue reading Recipe: Jalapeno Poppers
By emily, August 17th, 2010
Paninis are extremely easy to make with an indoor grill/panini maker, and extremely delicious. I have a Cuisinart Griddler and love it for this purpose. Sometimes, nothing beats a panini. Especially one with homemade pesto, homegrown tomatoes, and fresh mozzarella. 
For my pesto, I always rely on this wonderful recipe by Simply Recipes. It is incredibly easy, but absolutely delicious. My take on making pesto is replicated below.
Continue reading Recipe: Tomato and Mozzarella Paninis with Basil Pesto
By emily, July 31st, 2010
Sometimes you just want something quick, simple, and light to eat during the hot summer days. The following salad, comprised of cucumbers, tomatoes, and red onions tossed with a homemade vinaigrette, really hits the spot. It’s also the perfect salad to bring along to a barbecue when you don’t have a lot of time to cook, and a great way to make use of tomatoes and/or cucumbers you might be collecting right now from your garden.
Continue reading Recipe: Cucumber, Tomato, and Red Onion Salad
By emily, July 16th, 2010
Now that the cucumbers have started coming for us, they just will not stop! We have planted two types of cucumbers. Two of our cucumber plants are of the variety Marketmore, which are a longer slender cucumber, but all of the others are a type called Alibi, which are ideal for both fresh eating and pickling. With cucumbers coming out of our ears, I decided to try making my very own pickles. I wasn’t ready to do any sort of serious canning just yet, but I found a recipe which said I could make my own pickles and as long as they stayed refrigerated, they’d remain fresh for a few weeks.
Continue reading Recipe: Bread and Butter Pickles
By naseer, July 6th, 2010
(the photo above was inspired in part by this TV commercial)
If I had to pick a single reason to justify all the planning, pruning, weeding, staking, fence-and-trellis-building, tilling, watering, worrying, and blogging (well, I guess the last one isn’t required) that goes into gardening, I could sum it up in a single word: tomatoes. That’s it. If you’ve read our first post, you know that both Emily and I have an irrational attachment to fresh garden tomatoes. And if you are a gardener yourself, especially at our latitude, you know that the benchmark of a good tomato crop is the 4th of July tomato harvest.
Continue reading Woo hoo! 4th of July Tomatoes!
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