Kale pesto is quick and easy to make. Five ingredients, plus salt and pepper, are all you need. Kale pesto is not only delicious but it’s also a great way to serve and preserve kale. Kale is pretty easy for us to grow here in central NC (growing zone 7b). I can plant it very …
Garlic scapes are the flowering stalk of the garlic plant. They are delicious and healthy and there are many different ways to use them. You’ll find some garlic scape recipes and garlic scape preserving tutorials in this post. We are in Central NC, gardening zone 7b. In our area, we can grow both hard-neck and …
It takes less than ten minutes to make a delicious side dish of roasted garlic scapes! Roasted garlic scapes are a great vegetable side dish to add to any main dish, and we even eat them as a snack. Garlic scapes are the flowering stalk of the garlic plant. We only get scapes from hard-neck …
Garlic scape pesto is delicious, healthy, and very easy to make. It’s a great vegetable paste to have on hand and a great way to use garlic scapes. It’s also a great way to preserve garlic scapes. Garlic scapes are this special crop that we only get once a year. We plant garlic in the …
Cooked fennel with garlic and lemon is an easy dish to put together. It’s a healthy side dish and a great way to use fennel. Fennel, should be much more common than it is if you ask me. It’s an amazing vegetable. It’s not too hard to grow in the garden and it lasts fresh …
This spinach almond pesto only takes a few minutes to put together. This is a delicious and healthy paste that adds a ton of flavor to any sandwich. It’s also a great way to preserve spinach! I have to admit that I have a love-hate relationship with spinach… For some unexplained reason, it’s not so …
These lentil patties are coming to you from my mother’s Israeli kitchen. These are healthy and filling vegetarian lentil patties (can easily be made vegan as well) that can be served as a main dish or made smaller and served as an appetizer or a snack. In Israel, falafel is very popular. You’ve probably heard …
This pumpkin and feta salad is a delicious fall meal. Seasonal vegetables like pumpkin, broccoli, and celery, paired with yummy feta cheese and roasted walnuts and topped with homemade balsamic dressing. Fall is in the air, you guys! I love the change of seasons, I love the cool air, I love the falling leaves, I …
This is a pumpkin and beetroot salad recipe with celery, apple, gorgonzola cheese, and sesame and sunflower seeds. It’s not only delicious and healthy, but it’s also filling. Really, it’s a whole meal, however, you can also serve it as a side dish. I am in a state of pumpkin salad craze! Every fall I …
This dehydrated kale chips recipe is very easy and takes less than 30 minutes from start to finish! Making kale chips in the oven is a great way to turn your kale into a tasty snack and it’s also a great way to preserve some of your kale. Kale is a crop that I always …
This is a simple recipe for purple sweet potato chips. A great healthy and delicious recipe that is very easy to make. These purple sweet potato chips are special, different, and fun for the whole family! My affair with purple sweet potato started a few years ago… I was walking around the farmer’s market and …
Learn how to roast poblano peppers in the oven to bring out their amazing smoky flavor. Roasting poblanos in the oven is very simple and the roasted peppers can be used in many recipes or preserved for later. I planted poblano peppers in the garden for the first time this year. Honestly, I’ve never grown …
These delicious zucchini and corn fritters are a great easy meal. Serve them with a salad or serve them as a side dish. They are crispy and full of summer flavor! Every gardener knows that time of the year when suddenly it seems like the zucchini is taking over your kitchen and the rest of …
Cilantro pesto is a delicious spread that adds a ton of flavor to any sandwich. It can also be used as a sauce or in many other ways. This cilantro pesto recipe is very easy to make, delicious, healthy, and also affordable! I love, love, love cilantro! I stick it everywhere and I grow a …
This red cabbage salad is an Israeli classic! It’s very easy to put together and it’s fresh and garlicky. You can make a large batch of it and leave it in the fridge for a few days which makes it a great party salad! You know those dishes that every bite you take makes you …
This is a simple recipe for amazing oven baked sweet potato fries. It’s a great side dish that everyone loves – kids and adults. Very quick to put together and we’ll use common ingredients that you most likely already have on hand. I love sweet potatoes! I grow my own sweet potatoes every year, but …
This is a recipe for a simple Mediterranean zucchini casserole. It takes minutes to throw together and it’s healthy and delicious. It’s also a great way to preserve some of your zucchini because you can freeze this casserole easily. Here is my favorite zucchini casserole recipe… I love zucchini and summer squash! I always have …
This is a simple and absolutely delicious Israeli yellow split pea soup recipe. It takes only a few ingredients to put it together plus a few seasonings. It’s also very easy to turn it to a vegan yellow split pea soup. It’s a very healthy yellow split pea soup and of course, filling. I have …
