Tomatoes are ripening left and right and we decided to take advantage! Not only did the grape tomatoes come from our garden but the parsley did as well. We actually didn’t have espresso powder on hand but the steak was very flavorful without it. Chili-Espresso Rubbed Steaks with Warm Tomato Sauce (from Cooking Light) Ingredients: [...]
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Chili-Espresso Rubbed Steaks with Warm Tomato Sauce
Posted in beef, Cooking Light, from my garden on August 3, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Yolanda’s Famous Chicken
Posted in chicken, Cooking Light, from my garden on July 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This was a GREAT chicken recipe, definitely one we will make again. It was super easy, especially if you already have bread crumbs on hand. I sautéed some zucchini and green beans from our garden as a side dish. I love cooking from the garden! Yolanda’s Famous Chicken (from Cooking Light) Ingredients: 2 (1 1/2-ounce) bread slices [...]
Spiced Chicken with Couscous Salad
Posted in chicken, from my garden, salads on June 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
This was a great summer recipe, perfect with basil and grape tomatoes from our garden! We had to leave out the snap peas because the only ones the store had looked gross and were $6/pound. If you like cucumber it would be a great addition to this salad. Spiced Chicken with Couscous Salad (from Real [...]
Frozen Pesto
Posted in from my garden, pasta, vegetarian on June 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Our garden is doing fabulous this year, but with 3 basil plants I have to work to stay on top of it now that they are proliferating so quickly. I decided over the weekend to try my hand at freezing pesto, and to try the ice cube tray method for the first time, so we [...]
Garden fresh pizza!
Posted in chicken, from my garden, pizza on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well we are certainly on a garden kick now that ours is yielding all sorts of goodies. We even have a banana pepper about ready to be picked! I had some leftover cherry tomatoes to use up and my favorite way to eat cherry tomatoes is roasted, with some olive oil, salt and pepper. Even [...]
A taste of the garden
Posted in appetizers, from my garden, Mexican, side dishes, snacks, vegetarian on May 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Now that our garden is starting to yield wonderful herbs for us such as basil, parsley, and cilantro, we have been planning our meals around what we can pick in our own backyard! I had some leftover tomatoes from a meal earlier in the week (store bought, too early for home grown tomatoes!), so I [...]