Enjoy Your Garden’s Bounty All Year I’ve teamed up with some of my garden blogger friends to bring you recipes, tips and ideas to preserve your harvest. These bloggers are real gardeners who preserve their harvest every season. The best part of growing your own food is eating it. However, you know that when the… Read More
Korean Style Steamed Eggplant with a Twist One of the few ways I like to consume eggplant is a traditional Korean side dish called Gaji-Namul. It’s steamed eggplant topped with a spicy soy-scallion sauce. This side dish is served with almost every meal in a Korean household. It’s one of my favorites and I wanted… Read More
What’s in Your Food? My friends and family ask me all the time why I spend all that time preserving the produce from our garden if I can just buy it at the store? My answer: You can’t buy it at the store. What store sells my homegrown blueberry jam or my seasonal cherry preserves… Read More
Basil + Ginger + Peaches = Yum! Herbs are not just for savory dishes or to pair with veggies. They can enhance the flavors of fruits as well. This summer, I happen to make a friend whose twin sister runs a peach orchard. Let’s just say this friendship has perks; I get personal deliveries of… Read More
Preserving Herbs The most popular way to preserve herbs is to dry them. I do my fair share of herb drying. I have a small dehydrator that I have been running almost daily now since my herb harvest began. I dry them in batches and vacuum seal them for later when I make my herb… Read More