Cocktails from Pittsburgh Bars

Prickly Pear and Aviation Cocktails

We went back to Carmella’s Plates and Pintos for very good dinner and plant based cocktails. Alan had a Prickly Pear Margarita and I had an Aviation Cocktails. Ingredients for the Prickly Pear Margarita: Don Julio Blanco Prickly Pear Syrup – in case you didn’t know, prickly pears are the fruit of a cactus Fresh […]

Dehydrate Vegetables Sweet Pepper Varieties

Jimmy Nardello Sweet Peppers

Features: 1) Jimmy Nardello peppers can reach 12 inches long. 2) This pepper is thin and curvy. 3) These plants will reach up to 2 feet tall and 1 1/2 feet wide. 4) Jimmy Nardello peppers start out green and ripen to red. 5) Since these peppers hail from Italy, the taste great in Italian […]

Sweet Pepper Varieties

Sweet Banana Peppers

Sweet Banana Peppers were the first peppers to be harvested in my garden this year. Features: 1) Unlike its cousin, this Banana Pepper is sweet. 2) Sweet banana peppers will grow up to 6 inches long. 3) While the plants only get to 2 feet tall, they are very productive! 4) They are nice and […]