The countdown to fall 2020 recipes begins NOW! Here’s a roundup of 10 delicious fall recipes to whet your appetite as fall is slowly starting to make her presence felt. Enjoy! Healthy Lentil Quinoa Chili: Grab a bowl; this Lentil quinoa chili is ready to devour. MMMMMMMMM. So healthy and decadent, full of vegetable chunks and lots of GOOD, GOOD. Calendula Bread: Welcome Fall with this wholesome loaf of bread that’s wondrous- perfectly moist, delightfully spiced, densely rich with amber colored flecks of calendula flowers throughout rendering it bona fide healthy. Pumpkin Chickpea Mushroom Stew: It’s bright, bold with a rich and savory base, chock filled with pumpkins, satisfying chickpeas, garlic…
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10 garden to table recipes to make before summer ends
It’s with bitter/sweet emotions that our Garden to Table Series has to come to an end. {Oven Roasted Pesto Potatoes} Everyone is in the mindset of fall, but before I succumb to the pressure of warm & cozy feels. Here’s what I’ll miss about summer: its warm temperatures, clear blue skies, long nature walks, the smell of fresh-cut grass (Am I alone on this one?), sundresses, sunkissed suntans, picnics in the park, cool refreshing drinks on a scorching afternoon, and fresh tasty garden delights straight from the vine. But I must admit I can appreciate the beauty of Autumn, like how EVERYTHING is stunningly beautiful with burnt orange leaves, misty…
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blender tomato soup with zulu sweet pepper
Let’s make some blender tomato soup. So rumor has it summer is coming to an end. LOL The weather in my neck of the woods is blisteringly hot, but already I’ve noticed leaves on our trees have started to change. This seasonal transition will be met with great opposition by many. Quarantine part 2 are murmurings in many conversations as others can’t fathom the thought of retreating indoors for another round with COVID. In my attempt to get through this transition, I’ll be blending tomato soup with Zulu sweet peppers to nourish my body. This blended beauty is made with heirloom tomatoes loaded in lycopene with a tangy tomato flavor. Made…
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garden fresh sandwich wrap
Let’s make a garden-fresh sandwich wrap! This is my attempt to translate my entire garden into a delicious sandwich wrap with bountiful flavors. This wrap has been on my mind since the beginning of the season. There’s something about a wrap that’s chock full with healthful fresh veggies sandwiched in between a moist flat wrap drizzled with jalapeno vinaigrette that makes my tastebuds soar. Here’s what you’ll need: Essential Ingredients (In layering order) Cashew Cream cheese Butterhead Lettuce Green Beans Tomatoes Red Onions Cucumbers Alfalfa Sprouts Jalapenos About that golden orange heirloom tomato known as Dr. Wyche. This notable beauty has all the characteristics of a top tier tomato. It’s…
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banana pineapple green algae smoothie
You don’t know love until you’ve had this banana pineapple green algae smoothie. Blue-Green algae provide the hue + frozen banana + succulent pineapple chunks give this SUPERFOOD smoothie its tangy taste and creamy texture. Before we get into this blender beauty, I’m going to pause for a moment to discuss the health benefits of adding blue-green algae into your smoothies. HEALTH BENEFITS: If you’re in the market for a premium green powder supplement that will boost your energy and enhance your mental clarity, this pristine powder is it. Loaded with high concentrations of trace minerals, vitamins, and chlorophyll you’ll want to integrate into your daily drinks (i.e water, juice,…
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how to preserve herbs
Preserve the herbs! If you’re an avid reader of the blog, you know I love my vegetables, but I’ll be the first to tell you, I can’t live without my herbs. Whether grown in our garden or store-bought, herbs play a major role in my daily health regimen. I pounce at every opportunity to nourish my body with herbs, I enhance my cooking with herbs and I even aromatize my home with fresh sweet scents of the lavender herb. Yeah, I’m blissfully addicted to herbs. As of late, I’m in the early stages of freezing, dehydrating, and canning our garden harvest, and I’m so ecstatic. So, I thought I’d show…
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golden yellow zucchini scones
Golden yellow zucchini scones make me smile. A lot. I reluctantly admit it, summer is winding down, homeschool lurks on the horizon, and my garden is dying back due to scorching temperatures. BUT DON’T FRET! There’s still time to bake a pan of these summery scones made with garden-fresh yellow zucchini. I cherish this quick bread classic for its buttery inside, flaky outside, and its moist sweet center. To be the proud recipient of these golden delights you’ll need: Your basic baking ingredients (Spelt flour, almond milk, baking powder, butter, and pink salt) A cutting board Baking sheet. Combine your ingredients into a crumbly mushy ball, place it on a…
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oven roasted pesto potatoes
You say, “potatoes,” I say: garden-grown oven-roasted pesto potatoes. 🙂Growing potatoes this summer has to be one of my biggest accomplishments in the garden this year. There’s nothing more rewarding than harvesting potatoes from nature’s soil knowing you planted the seed potato that produced the bounty. I must admit, I thought it would be a tedious process, but once I learned the different potato types and their growing methods I was fine. Well…almost fine, there was a potato debacle that I recall, but we won’t go into that today. LOL In case you’re wondering, there are two potato types: Indeterminate: Indeterminate potatoes can be harvested within 100-120 days most often…
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vegan sunflower seed tuna salad
This vegan sunflower seed tuna salad is absolutely INCREDIBLE! You won’t believe it’s not tuna. As a Vegan, I’ve learned over the years how to convert many of my childhood favorites into meatless meals. I remember growing up in the summer when lunchtime rolled around, my Mama would make us creamy tuna sandwiches to satisfy our ravenous appetites and get folks fed. So in honor of summer, and my Mama’s classic tuna sandwiches, we’re going to make sunflower seed tuna salad for a teleported experience back to my childhood and make the point its summer. First, let’s talk about ingredients. There are two ingredients that make this salad kick. Sunflower…
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how to freeze garden fresh pesto
Preserve the pesto, please! Because I LOVE pesto so much, I have to extend my consumption of devouring it. Every year I freeze batches that seal in Summer’s freshness that sustains our family throughout the year. Today, I’ll share with you how to freeze pesto. This technique has worked for me over the years so I want to entice you to do the same. There are two ways I generally freeze our pesto: In bulk batches. As a mom of four, I do a lot of bulk cooking in the fall and winter months so I freeze up to 1-2 cups per airtight container. The ice tray method. (On display)…
