It can be both the fruit and the plant of a vine-like (scrambler and trailer) plant originally from southern Africa, and is one of the most common types of melon. This flowering plant produces a special type of fruit known by botanists as a pepo, a berry which has a thick rind (exocarp) and fleshy…
Recipe Types: Main Dish, Vegetarian This quick, tasty dish features broccoli raab, an Italian favorite. Although it looks similar to regular broccoli, it is unrelated and tastes quite different–slightly bitter, with a little “bite” which pairs perfectly with garlic and grated cheese.Ingredients 8 ounces pasta, any short kind 1 pound broccoli raab 10 cloves garlic, thinly sliced…
Seasonal eaters and gardeners alike wait impatiently, for the first ripe tomato of the season–nothing tastes like a fresh garden tomato! Thousands of varieties of tomatoes are known, and hundreds actually cultivated. The commercial tomato industry tends to utilize newer hybrids genetically selected for traits like spherical shape, thick skin and slow ripening (for picking…
Recipe Types: Dessert Ingredients 1⅔ cups whole wheat pastry flour or unbleached white flour 1 cup sugar 1½ tsps cinnamon 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt 3 eggs, beaten ½ cup canola oil 2 cups grated parsnips (or use half parsnips and half carrots) 1 cup peeled, grated apple ½ cup…
Chard, also known by the common names Swiss chard, silverbeet, perpetual spinach, or spinach beet, is a leafy vegetable, and is one of the cultivated descendants of the sea beet, Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima. Although the leaves are eaten, it is in the same species as beetroot (garden beet), which is usually grown primarily for its…
Summer squash are a subset of squashes that are harvested when immature (while the rind is still tender and edible). The name “summer squash” refers to the short storage life of these squashes, unlike that of winter squashes. Yellow squash and Patty Pans are both members of the Summer Squash family. Yellow Squash Patty Pan…
Recipe Types: Salad, Side Dish, Vegetarian Ingredients 1 head green or savoy cabbage 1 bulb fennel 1 Tbs balsamic vinagrette 1 Tbs olive oil salt and pepper to taste Instructions After removing the core at the base of the cabbage and splitting it in half, finely chop the whole head into thin ribbons Cut the branches off the…
Scientific Name: Fragaria Ananassa The strawberry, a member of the rose family, is unique in that it is the only fruit with seeds on the outside rather than the inside. In fact, there are about 200 seeds on the average strawberry. Many medicinal uses were claimed for the wild strawberry, its leaves and root. It…
Recipe Types: Appetizer, Dairy Free, Side Dish, Vegan, Vegetarian A fun way to use those garlic scapes and kohlrabi! So delicious that even my picky three year old loved it! I recommend making the dressing on the side… a perfect bite is to dip a fork into the sauce and then take a crispy bite of pancake. (https://www.lifesecure.com/) Delish!Ingredients 2…
Scientific Name: Spinacea Oleracea Spinach is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae. Thought to have originated in ancient Persia (present-day Iran), spinach made its way to China in the 7th century. The Moors liked it so much they brought spinach to Spain. There, Catherine de Medici fell in love with the green, leafy…