I thought it would be fun to show you what I did with all the food I harvested last week.
Again, here was the harvest on Monday morning...
And here are some of the things I did with them:
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I have to sort through/reorganize my canning cupboard before putting these things away.
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| yellow squash soup with cheddar beer bread |
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| blueberry zucchini bread |
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| fried zucchini "cakes". (We had breakfast for dinner one night.) |
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| loaded scrambled eggs and zucchini cakes |
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| jalapeno jelly |
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| volcano pickles |
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| bread and butter pickles |
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| greeny beanies |
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| On pizza night, we had green peppers with dip alongside our pizza. One pizza was ham, pepper, onion topped. |
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| And one was tomato-basil garlic pizza. |
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| For a reunion on Sunday, I made a veggie pot pie with these veggies, a bunch of cheddar, and the last bit of leftover zucchini soup. I used yellow and zucchini squash, green beans, collards, onion, tomatoes and garlic for the veggies. |
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| This is it with the top on. |
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fresh salsa for the fridge. (That is wild garlic, by the way, not domestic., hence its teenyness)
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(I realize now I forgot to take pictures of the pesto I made and froze...oops. I also bagged and froze the leftover cilantro.)
There you have it. I kicked off my first canning week with a bang and we've been consistently eating like kings this summer. Matt, my meat and potatoes man, has been a real trooper eating a lot less meat and a lot more veggies these days.
A garden full of goodness is such a gift.
I love your gardening/canning posts! Keep 'em coming! :)
ReplyDeleteWell I love ALL your posts, for that matter ;)
Such beautiful abundance!!! You guys are eating good!!
ReplyDeleteThis is so inspiring! :) The food looks absolutely divine! Do you do anything else with cucumbers other than pickle them? I never know what to do with them.
ReplyDeleteMy vegetarian self is drooling.
ReplyDeleteRecipes? Lol. Great job! Enjoy the harvest!
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Oh..and can you please please tell me how to make the widgets to put my categories under on my blog. I want to have pictures on the sidebar with the categorys and I have searched the web all afternoon anc can't figure it out!
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I love seeing what you do with all your goodies! Such inspiration! :)
ReplyDeleteYou have done a great job!!! I loved seeing what you made!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy :)
Catie- I just used some cucumbers the other weekend at my parties by making cups out of them (slice them thick and use a melon baller to take out the insides) and then I filled them up with garlic and herb cheese. I've also filled them up with gazpacho. You can use a lot up that way.
ReplyDeleteAlso- it isn't QUITE a pickle, but my family loves them sliced thin and soaked in straight vinegar and black pepper. This, I admit, is an acquired taste but something I grew up with an enjoy.
I also can cinnamon pickles that way- they are not pickles at all, but more a dessert.
I use them for salads and eat them fresh (cut into sticks or disks) with dip. Those are a few ideas. We just brought in the mother load of cucumbers so I think in the next day or two I am going to make a cucumber mask for my face. Just for fun. ;-)
Julian- many of the things I posted actually have recipes already posted at my recipe blog Kitchen Riches. Check it out!
Alyssa- there is no widget to my knowledge. In blogger layout, I added a photo to my sidebar. (I added words to my photo using Picasa.) Then, it gives you the option to have the photo link to something. I linked mine to the search category (gardens). So it takes a bit of work, but not too much. Hope that helps.
In December, you'll look back on this post and weep. :)
ReplyDeleteEating like kings, indeed! Every year, I'm surprised anew by how bountifully God provides through gardening. It IS a gift.