Fruits and vegetables taste better when fresh. Your family may enjoy eating veggies and more fruit if they are truly farm-fresh and organic. But how can you tell how fresh the produce is that you buy? Why People Don’t Eat Enough Fruits and VegetablesRead More →
Add more vegetables to your menu. Try this yellow squash, a semi-vegetarian recipe. Grow and Preserve Squash Grow squash in your garden, and preserve it in your freezer. Puttin’ up vegetables (the Southern way of saying preserving, canning, or freezing vegetables) will keep you from having to purchase high-priced organic food at the supermarket throughout the year. Preserve the squash by blanching it. What Does Blanching Squash Mean? The blanching process starts with washing the squash, then cutting slices about 1/8″ to 1/4″ thick, depending on how thin you like it. Boil water on the stove, enough to completely cover the squash slices you have.Read More →
Stewed Tomatoes for Salsa Recipes Fresh garden tomatoes make the best salsa. This is a recipe for making your own fresh stewed tomatoes. When your summer garden produces tomatoes in abundance, prepare stewed tomatoes for recipes requiring tomatoes, like salsa. What Are Stewed Tomatoes? If you grew up on a farm or in a family who gardened, you are probably familiar somewhat with blanching vegetables. When I was young, I wondered what my mother meant at blanching the squash, tomatoes, and other vegetables. In my observance, she was cooking them. That was somewhat true. She cooked them long enough to soften. For instance, myRead More →
Raw Veggies Grilled Meat and Veggies Time changes tonight already, and spring will arrive soon. Know what that means? Time to bring the grilling gear out. In my household, we don’t wait for weather temperatures to go way high before grilling. In fact, this afternoon my hubby grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, onions, and mixed veggies for dinner (we like to grill extra so there will be plenty of leftovers). The aroma of those wood chips on the burning coals – AH! In my household, we don’t wait for weather temperatures to go way high before grilling. In fact, this afternoon my hubby grilled hamburgers, hotRead More →
Salsa with Sweet and Spice Salsa amazes me. There are so many to choose from at the supermarkets. I like to look at the varieties when I go on road trips across the country. Individuals and food companies have special secret ingredients. I’ll let you in on a secret. I have my own secret salsa recipes. How it works is I come up with certain vegetables, spices, and herbs to make the recipe and forget to write it down. My husband loves salsa, and I make it often for him. One ingredient added or left out can complete When I try salsa that friends haveRead More →
Stir Fry Veggies How to Make Veggies the Easy Way Choose all the vegetables that you want to cook for meals for the day. Prepare them – cut, chop, dice. Get the electric griddle out, plug it in, and turn it to about 300 degrees. Take about two tablespoons of organic coconut oil and melt it on the griddle. Now add all the veggies to the griddle, season them with salt and garlic powder and any other seasoning you like, cook them on one side for 3-5 minutes, turn them over and cook for another few minutes. That’s it. Easy. Simple. For Breakfast Now thatRead More →
February is filled with dip, snack, and dessert recipes galore for Super Bowl get-togethers and Valentine’s Day. But what about after those two most popular occasions? After all those snacks and sweets, veggies sound very appetizing. Too many snacks and desserts can pack on the pounds quickly. I’ve been choosing more protein meals, cutting back on meat (although I love it), and increasing vegetable and fruit intake. Veggies for Breakfast This morning I started off with a veggie-packed three-egg omelet. Too many eggs? Perhaps not. My husband met a professional truck driver who feeds his pet macaw a four-egg omelet for breakfast. I had theRead More →
Try out this “Mac & Cheese” cauliflower, cheese, and bacon dish for your kiddos. It’s baked and even includes a veggie.Read More →
Get ready for fall comfort food with root vegetables that look and taste good. I mean, who doesn’t like potatoes and carrots? Kids even like to munch on carrot sticks. Treat your family with a hearty stew or soup with vegetables like carrots, onions, sweet potatoes, turnips, garlic, and ginger. What’s great about these type of vegetable dishes is they are flavored with natural juices. Season with your favorite herbs and spices for a delicious meal for your family and guests. Make a Stew with Fingerling Potatoes My daughter makes a vegetable soup with root vegetables with fingerlings, small potatoes. These little purple, red, and whiteRead More →
