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 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 [...]
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 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
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 [...]
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
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 [...]