A Rainbow of Radishes

The radishes are finally big enough to eat!  We’ve seen cream, pink, red & white, deep red, and red with darker red stripes.  But, they all taste the same… spicy.  Not just a little bit spicy, oh no, they’re fire breathing, eye watering, mouth full of wasabi HOT.  A result of [...]

Mr Stripey

Mr Stripey doesn’t like the heat.  Last year we had over 20 huge tomatoes.  This year?  We’ve seen about 10 tomatoes on the same number of plants.  And, several of those 10 weren’t pretty.

So, it would be a crime not to showcase the handful of gorgeous tomatoes we were [...]

Yellow Beets... Roasted!

My beets are still growing.  But, I did add two baby (golf ball sized) beets from my garden to the batch of large yellow beets I bought at the farmer’s market.  Twice-cooked… well… three times if you count a quick saute with the shallots.  The first time, I wrapped the beets [...]

Lemon Cukes, Baby Radishes & Beautiful Butterflies

Lemon Cucumbers

Baby Breakfast Radish

Peppermint & Chocolate Mint

More Tomatoes

Peppers, Oregano & Stripey Tomatoes

Yes, there will be a salad tonight.

Enough Oregano Seeds to turn our backyard into a salad

My First Brandywine Tomato

Brandywine Tomato

In other news, my newly planted teeny tiny two foot tall black mission fig tree had it’s first fig!  The other two black mission fig trees are growing nicely… but, no figs.  The newly planted 4-5 foot kadota fig tree has lost a few leaves, but, the fruit is still [...]

An Embarrassment of Figs & Cherry Tomatoes

The first ripe figs are almost bursting after this weekend’s heavy rain.  Our brown turkey fig tree is littered with green figs that will ripen any day.  Today, we had about two overflowing handfuls of ripe figs.

Liquid sugar hinting of honey… yum

And, we [...]

Chicken Salad with Cilantro

Chicken Salad with Cilantro
serves 4

1 large bunch cilantro, well-washed
1 large red pepper, diced
3 skinless chicken breasts, grilled & diced
1-2 handfuls dried cranberries

baby salad greens, well-washed

Dressing:
1 large Tablespoon mayo
1 large Tablespoon sour cream
juice of half a lemon
black pepper, freshly ground
fine sea salt

After washing cilantro, remove the [...]