Moroccan Chili
A frugal take on chili employing chickpeas and the Moroccan spice blend called ras el hanout.
Tag Archives: gardening
How Does My Garden Grow? May 2014
A summary of my early spring efforts getting a vegetable and herb garden established.
Making the Beds
An account of building raised beds and an herb spiral for vegetable gardening in my backyard in Colorado Springs.
Springing
We have had some absolutely gorgeous weather in the last few days, enough to really feel spring in the air! My dad and I finally got out to the community garden yesterday afternoon to check…
Digging for Gold
A (pretty nearly) final gardening update for the 2011 growing season: carrots, beets, and potatoes!
Garden Update, September 2011
An update regarding our backyard garden plots for the month of September 2011: beans, root veggies, and fall crops.
The Cat’s Away
A week's worth of dinners cooked in my mom's absence, mostly with a Mexican influence; and a recipe for watermelon salsa.
Tomato Bisque
Roasted tomato bisque with potato latke melts and pickled peppers, a warming autumn meal.
Ombre
Tons of grape jelly made from homemade juice strained through a pillowcase---this was quite the project!
August Community Garden Update
A slightly tardy report on the growth of our community garden plots in the month of August 2011: lots of zucchini, beans, and tomatoes!
Belated August Garden Update
I haven’t posted a pictorial update for our backyard garden in some time, so here are a few photos that should catch us up to Labor Day weekend. This bed, which gets a lot of…
Voli Me Plyguri
Greek meatballs with beef and bulgur, simmered in tomato sauce and served with baba ghanoush in freshly made pita---the perfect post-grape harvesting dinner!
Juicy
Preserving the grape harvest with lots of canning: jam, jelly, juice, and even vinegar!
Sunrise
Celebrating the first heirloom tomato of the season, as orange and golden as the summer sunrise!
Green and Scarlet
Lemon-roasted salmon fillets, served with garden-fresh green beans and hand-whisked gremolata aioli.
A Tale of Two Peppers
Here's a stumper: One carton of six plant starts, but three grew big green peppers and three grew tiny red ones.
In the Trenches
This year's rendition of stuffed zucchini has a Mediterranean spin, with ground turkey, fresh herbs, feta cheese and wehani rice, plus an irresistible tomato sauce.
Opening Sallies
Pickles, fritters, and a summery pasta dish that highlights zucchini in two ways: sauteed with red onion, and ground raw into an herby pistou that clings to the pasta with a splash of cream.
Suburban Jungle
An update on the exponential growth of our community garden plots for the month of July 2011.