garden@home

Doing what I can with my little patch of earth

July Harvest Foods

September 18th, 2009 at 4:45am |

Pesto!  I tried many pesto recipes this year, and my favorite? A very nutty and cheesy pesto with beautiful color and a splash of wine.  The recipe goes something like this:
2 cup (packed tightly) basil leaves
Enough olive oil to get it to the consistency you want (probably at least 1/4 cup)
1/4 cup of wine (pour [...]

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June Harvest Foods

July 8th, 2009 at 12:52am |

Strawberries fresh from the garden, straight to…

…yummy desserts and…

…freezer jam.  I so love this jam, the strawberry flavor really shines and the sugar (compared to canning) is minimal (4 cups fruit to 1 & 1/2 cups sugar).  The only pectin I’ve ever found that uses this little sugar is Ball’s No Cook Freezer Jam packets [...]

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