Recipes Vegetables

Fried Okra

Once you harvest the okra, you need to cook it or store it.  I tried making fried okra several years ago after I had it at Cracker Barrel Restaurant.   The recipe that I found on the internet was so labor intensive that I just wanted to scream.  I decided to search the internet again for […]

Recipes Vegetables

Salsa Verde

Salsa Verde is a favorite in our house.  We put it on egg omelets (or omelettes for my French readers) in the morning, tacos for dinner and tortilla chips for a snack. Since we just talked about harvesting tomatillos this week, it is the perfect time to talk about making salsa verde. Ingredients: 8 -10 […]

Fruits Vegetables

Harvesting Tomatillos

While I originally grew purple tomatillo plants from seed from Ferry-Morse, I made the mistake of putting them in the ground before the last cold spell was over.  Since they did not survive, I went out and bought two starter green tomatillo plants which are hard to find in Pittsburgh. The starter plants did really […]