Prepping for Winter

Prepping for Winter – Harvesting Vegetables

This weekend it was rather cool.  On Sunday night, it got below 30 degrees – yikes!  Since there was frost on the horizon, I harvested a lot of tomatoes, some peppers and two small zucchinis on Saturday.  Of course, I waited until the last minute to start get ready for winter. I pulled the stakes, support […]

Recipes Vegetables

Tomato, Basil and Mozzarella Salad

First of all, these are not eyeballs and I am not trying to make a Halloween dish!  When we have lots of cherry tomatoes overflowing from the garden and fresh basil, Mom and I love to buy some mozzarella and make tomato, basil & mozzarella salad.  It doesn’t get simpler than this: Ingredients: Tomatoes (full […]

Recipes Vegetables

Salsa

While we talked about salsa verde (green salsa) this week, it is time to talk about its redheaded cousin, red salsa.  When you have too many tomatoes, you can always make some fresh salsa or can it. Salsa is great for tacos and tortilla chips. Ingredients: 6 -8  tomatoes (depends on the size and how […]