My goal this year was two-fold:
Grow enough veggies to make my own salsa
Find a salsa recipe that my family likes more than or equal to Pace Picante
I am happy to report success in both areas! Here is the salsa recipe I found/altered:
24 pounds tomatoes (equals about 34 cups cored, skinned, and quartered)
2 pounds green peppers (equals [...]
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In the end, my broccoli took up SO MUCH space! It didn’t produce as much as I had hoped. Still, I will do it again! The fresh broccoli was SO DELICIOUS it was worth all my time starting, tending, transplanting, and picking worms off the plants! Long live broccoli!
I enjoyed growing cabbage, but I had [...]
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This sauce is great for spaghetti or lasagna. Add diced veggies or meat.
Simmer in 1 cup of water:
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup bell pepper, chopped
Add and simmer for 30 minutes:
15 ounces tomato sauce (or 2 cups)
2 TBS dry parsley or 1/4 cup fresh parsley
2 TBS lemon juice
1 1/2 TBS honey
1 1/2 tsp basil
1 [...]
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Onions
One thing I learned here–definitely worth starting from sets! All the time and effort I put into starting from seeds was pretty much wasted. I harvested 6 pounds of onions, and used every last one in salsa! I planted them this year near my potatoes, but in the end they sort of competed for space.
Next [...]
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Squash
This year I planted 1 mini-pumpkin, 1 regular pumpkin, and 1 zucchini. We harvested 7 small pumpkins and 3 large (one huge!). On one hand, we didn’t get a lot of pumpkins, considering the space it took up (it sprawled to cover almost an entire box, even though I trellised them through the fence). Still, [...]
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First, we had a REALLY bad start with cool weather for at least a month longer than usual. I don’t think this was a typical year. I didn’t know of anyone with “too many” tomatoes.
I planted 3 vining tomatoes with a trellis. Well, I thought they were 3 vining varieties. Turns out I mixed up some plants [...]
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My friend gave me this recipe–comes in super handy when tomato plants are overflowing! This is so quick and easy, it’s a lifesaver!
Line cookie sheet with foil. Wash and quarter tomatoes (take off stems, but no need to peel, core, or seed) and lay skin-side down in the pan. Sprinkle with kosher salt. Bake at [...]
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I used all fresh, home-grown vegetables in this recipe and it was DELICIOUS!!!
Vegetable Lasagna
Cook 1 box of lasagna noodles according to instructions on the box.
Saute in 2 TBS olive oil until soft,
1 diced, peeled carrots
1 stalks of diced celery
1 seeded, diced green pepper
1/2 diced onion
2 cloves pressed garlic
Add and simmer 10 minutes,
1/2 cup chopped broccoli
1/2 cup chopped cauliflower
1 1/2 cups [...]
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I think the best part of having a garden is actually cooking with home-grown veggies! I love this potato soup recipe.
Potato Soup
Saute 1 cup diced onions and 1/2 cup chopped celery in 2 TBS butter until transparent. Add 2 cups peeled, cubed potatoes, 2 cups chicken broth, 1 tsp salt, and pepper (to taste). Cover and [...]
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Growing Garlic reference sheet from the Utah Extension Service
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