What are You Eating from the Garden?

[flowerbug]

I took the plunge and tried turnip tops out of the garden in a tomato salsa for my 'three cheese' (bought) raviolli. Topped with my home made fake Parmesan.
I was surprised at how good it was!!
Salsa was a bought passata, but hopefully next grow season, I will have enough tomatoes to make my own.

My fake Parmesan cheese= a block of bog standard bought cheese cut into thirds, salt rubbed on all sides and sat in a cool cupboard, rubbing and turning each day for a month....aging it.
I wipe off any remaining salt, rub all over again and then a few days later grate using the fine-ist side of the grater.
I leave it in the bowl shaking it around each day, for another couple of weeks to let out any remaining moisture and then pop it in a glass jar. You have to keep it in the dark.
To be honest, it probably takes longer to make this than it costs to buy the real thing, but thats perversity for you.
Maybe next year, I'll get back into cheese making again and make some from scratch. Here's hoping.

sometimes we do things just because that is who we are. it sounds good to me though.

and gardeners are perpetual hope machines.

 

[ducks4you]

DON'T be disheartened!! Weeds take over when the grass/lawn/whatever you want in your backyard to grow gets sickened or fails. Horses always eat the tender grasses first, and we horse owners often let them overgraze their pastures and the weeds try to take over. Here is how to control it in the pasture, and the same advice works in your back yard.
https://thehorse.com/115638/controlling-pasture-weeds/
"Healthy vegetation can help keep weeds at bay, especially if you have hardy forage such as fescue, which has a particularly deep root system. “Fescue competes with weeds better than bluegrass or orchardgrass,” '
So what if you have to hand weed! I was hand weeding my okra/blue dent corn bed this morning. I pulled out the yellow type thistles, many of which came out by the root. I left selective weeds and grasses bc I saw that THEY were being eaten by insects and "taking the hit" for my okra, none of which had any bug holes in them. We really should STOP looking at gardening magazines with the perfect plants/vegetables/flowers and look for real solutions. Just fyi.

 

[digitS']

but thats perversity for you.

I'd call that curiosity. I'd call it fun!

One thing about having a elderly father living with us for 3 months was learning again how much sodium there is in cheese. Cheese has long been a staple in MY diet. Well guess what? I'm really supposed to be on the same daily sodium intake as Dad! DW was long supposed to be on the same so only a certain amount of adjustment was required in cooking. (Dad ended up in the hospital during his last weeks of cooking for himself. Bullion, anyone ?)

Anyway, it doesn't take much Parmesan to add some flavor. And, not much sodium in a sprinkle ...

Cream cheese is low sodium. It's kind of okay substituting for some of the other cheese varieties.

Raviolis. I used to make raviolis from scratch! DW isn't all that interested ... I have to work on her tastes!

Steve

 

[flowerbug]

I'd call that curiosity. I'd call it fun!

One thing about having a elderly father living with us for 3 months was learning again how much sodium there is in cheese. Cheese has long been a staple in MY diet. Well guess what? I'm really supposed to be on the same daily sodium intake as Dad! DW was long supposed to be on the same so only a certain amount of adjustment was required in cooking. (Dad ended up in the hospital during his last weeks of cooking for himself. Bullion, anyone ?)

Anyway, it doesn't take much Parmesan to add some flavor. And, not much sodium in a sprinkle ...

Cream cheese is low sodium. It's kind of okay substituting for some of the other cheese varieties.

Raviolis. I used to make raviolis from scratch! DW isn't all that interested ... I have to work on her tastes!

Steve

i hardly ever put salt on anything when cooking or eating - it makes me cringe to watch cooking shows because the chefs put salt and pepper on everything without even tasting.

i can't imagine being that sensitive to salt to where it would put me in the hospital! wow. i'm glad you know that was the cause and that he is ok.

cream cheese is really good for making all sorts of things including adding a lot of chopped and dried herbs and/or meats it is like the jello of the cheese world and yes, fruits are good in there too.

i have largely given up on expanding Mom's palate and i am a pretty happy omnivore so we go on...

 

[digitS']

sensitive to salt to where it would put me in the hospital! wow. i'm glad you know that was the cause and that he is ok.

Fluid retention in the lungs.

Good Grief. He was so ready to get out of that hospital!

Steve

 

[flowerbug]

Fluid retention in the lungs.

Good Grief. He was so ready to get out of that hospital!

Steve

they can be pretty wild places...

 

[digitS']

We now have lots of Snap Peas and Snow Peas. The Shell Peas will be along directly .

New potatoes are never dug as early as they could be. You know, the little ping pong ball size tubers. There is resistance, once I had been told by a Idaho potato specialist that they seldom recover from just stealing some from around the periphery of the plants. That the entire plant may as well be pulled ...

Since th Shell Peas are usually about a week behind the others, I can be patient with one or two potato plants that are kinda small anyway. Then. Creamed Peas and New Potatoes!

Steve

 

[flowerbug]

We now have lots of Snap Peas and Snow Peas. The Shell Peas will be along directly .

New potatoes are never dug as early as they could be. You know, the little ping pong ball size tubers. There is resistance, once I had been told by a Idaho potato specialist that they seldom recover from just stealing some from around the periphery of the plants. That the entire plant may as well be pulled ...

Since th Shell Peas are usually about a week behind the others, I can be patient with one or two potato plants that are kinda small anyway. Then. Creamed Peas and New Potatoes!

Steve

i picked the first peas here too today. yum yum! a few minutes ago the larger pods were shelled, and the smaller tender pods rinsed and now they are all ready for feasting tomorrow. i do admit i had a snack here or there in the garden while picking and again while i was shelling... *urp!*

 

[ducks4you]

Dug up potatoes. Fried potatoes for breakfast. NO salt, just olive oil. Btw, I microwave them first, them fry them in the oven. I put the little ones back into the bed to grow more.

 

[flowerbug]

Dug up potatoes. Fried potatoes for breakfast. NO salt, just olive oil. Btw, I microwave them first, them fry them in the oven. I put the little ones back into the bed to grow more. View attachment 32377

beautiful ducks!