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Category: Recipe

  • Lemony Cabbage or Onion Pickles

    Tangy Cabbage and Onion Refrigerator Pickles Our Meyer lemon tree has a full load of juicy lemons. So when we have lemons will we make lemonade? Well, sometimes we do, but here is another great way we enjoy those lemons. We’ve made refrigerator pickles before, see our post on lemony cucumber pickles, now we’ve adapted…

  • Creamy Mandarin Cilantro Dressing/Sauce

    Creamy Vegan Dressing or Sauce from Mandarins and Cilantro Our Satsuma Mandarin orange tree is loaded with fruit. Time to find creative ways to use them all. We posted a tasty Mandarin Oatmeal Bar recipe earlier. Now time for a salad dressing/sauce. Along with those Mandarin oranges we have a good crop of cilantro and lettuce…

  • Mandarin Orange Oatmeal Bars

    Tasty Vegan Mandarin Oatmeal Bars Our Satsuma Mandarin orange tree is loaded with fruit. Time to find creative ways to use them all. Here is a tasty and nutritious snack bar, or cake, we created using simple ingredients. The result is a wonderful chewy texture from the oatmeal with a hint of mandarin orange flavor.…

  • Roasted Garlic Pesto

    Creamy Roasted Garlic Pesto Garlic is harvested and basil is growing in our warm weather, so it must be pesto time! This recipe is a rich creamy version of pesto. It makes a great dip, sauce or salad dressing. Something different than traditional pesto. We used roasted garlic along with cashews to make a smooth…

  • Fava Bean & Garlic Scape Sauté

    Fava Beans and Garlic Scapes Garlic scapes are a rare delicacy. Hard to find unless you grow your own hardneck garlic. The scapes are the flower stalk produced by garlic in late spring. We cut or snap off the scapes to focus growth into the garlic bulb. Those trimmings are a tasty treat with a…

  • Asian Style Fava Greens

    Fresh Fava Greens Our fava bean plants are prolific. See our April 2023 posting for more information about growing fava beans. We’ve started harvesting the young green shoots for some tasty dishes. They have a mild flavor, a bit like spinach greens. Use like other greens by steaming, sautéing or add to other dishes. Here…

  • Lemony Refrigerator Pickles

    With an abundance of summer cucumbers we had the inspiration for some pickling. Since we also have a good supply of Meyer Lemons, they became the sour side of the pickling process instead of vinegar. Not wanting to get into the full canning process we decided to try some quick refrigerator style pickles. Here is…