Tag: garden

Rainbow Chard & Sweet Cherry Pepper Croquettes ((Your tastebuds won’t believe this is super healthy))

Rainbow Chard & Sweet Cherry Pepper Croquettes ((Your tastebuds won’t believe this is super healthy))

Before I even start to tell you about this recipe, I want to thank you for at least clicking on this post. I mean really – rainbow chard is not an ingredient that makes your mouth water at the sound of its name! (haha) And, 

Tip of the Week!! ((Faux-made Pickles))

Tip of the Week!! ((Faux-made Pickles))

Pickles!! Pickles!! Pickles!! Three cheers for pickles! If you have been following me on Instagram or Facebook you may have seen some of my pictures, hinting at this TotW. I am in love with this tip for a few reasons:

Pasta-less Lasagna Rolls ((so tasty, you won’t even miss the pasta!!))

Pasta-less Lasagna Rolls ((so tasty, you won’t even miss the pasta!!))

Have I mentioned the status of my rainbow chard lately?? I am amazed, these plants are flourishing!  They are huge, healthy, happy & gorgeous. Over the last several years, I have begun integrating edible plants into my flower beds, I am starting a new trend 

Tip of the Week! ((A how to for saving heirloom tomato seeds))

Tip of the Week! ((A how to for saving heirloom tomato seeds))

My tomato plants are beginning to produce a steady supply of tasty heirloom beauties – and they are delicious!

Stuffed Rainbow Chard Rolls with a Simple Garden Veggie & Tomato Sauce ((with a BONUS extra meal))

Stuffed Rainbow Chard Rolls with a Simple Garden Veggie & Tomato Sauce ((with a BONUS extra meal))

One of my favorite things is to use my garden harvest in meal-making for the family. My rainbow chard has been growing like CRAZY this year… causing me to have daydreams of chard recipes. This recipe is a result of one of those daydreams!

Masa Coated “Healthi”-fried Yellow Summer Squash & Garden-fresh Parsley

Masa Coated “Healthi”-fried Yellow Summer Squash & Garden-fresh Parsley

One of my favorite summer sides is fried yellow squash. In the summer, grandpa always had an abundance of yellow summer squash & brought a sack ((or 2)) crammed full every time he & grandma came for a visit. Mom sliced it & tossed it in 

Tip of the Week!!!

Tip of the Week!!!

Around my house, storage baggies are a key player in lunch packing. Sandwiches, grapes & chips – they work perfectly ((as I am sure you know!!)). I can’t get along without them – I have tried reusable pouches and all different systems & sizes of plastic 

We are under attack – Red Spider Mite Invasion of 2014! (a how to for battling against these pesky critters)

We are under attack – Red Spider Mite Invasion of 2014! (a how to for battling against these pesky critters)

To Whom It Should Concern: I will not tolerate your invasion and destruction of all things green and bean like. You took my beautiful, perfect & flourishing beans plants & in a flash — turned them into shriveled, spotted, crisp, diseased plants. What was once 

((a green)) Tip of the Week!

((a green)) Tip of the Week!

The last few days have been focused of the food I am growing in my gardens. This is one of my favorite times of year to be outside. Everyday something has sprouted, spread, seeded or surprised me with some new bounty of produce. I think 

A little story about a plant…

A little story about a plant…

and regeneration and forgiveness.

It’s more about the year than the food

It’s more about the year than the food

The last few recipes I have shared have been birthed out of the season of life I find myself in – ‘busy’. Life seems pretty bossy these days, more about what I have to do than what I want to do — or is it 

“To Grow or Not to Grow?” — that is the question.

“To Grow or Not to Grow?” — that is the question.

My family’s Food for a Year comes more from what inspires me than what is available in the grocery store aisle. For instance, one thing you may not know about me is: I LOVE to garden! I come by my love for gardening naturally. My