Recipes

Grilled Caesar Salad

Since it has been a great spring for growing lettuce in Pittsburgh, we decided to try something new with our romaine lettuce hearts. . . Alan grilled them.  If you love Caesar salads, then give this a try. The ingredients include: 1) romaine lettuce, 2) caesar dressing, 3) parmesan cheese, 4) olive oil and 5) bread. First of all, […]

Cocktails from Puerto Rico

Juanita Mimosa

Since I’ve been on vacation, it is time to start catching up.  Our vacation in San Juan, Puerto Rico and St. Croix was a blast!  I had some interesting cocktails that use herbs, fruit and/or vegetables which I need to share. On my birthday, we went to Café Berlin in Old San Juan and I had a Juanita […]

Kohlrabi Varieties

Purple and White Kohlrabi

The variety of this kohlrabi is called Vienna and it comes in purple and white.  Now this variety is best picked when the bulb which grows above ground is 3 inches wide.  That’s when it is nice and tender.  If it gets bigger than a tennis ball, you won’t be happy with the flavor.  Now […]