by Josie | Aug 22, 2024 | Chicken, Citrus, Freezer Friendly, Herbs, Meatballs, Noodles, Pesto, Recipes, Soup, Zucchini
This is a good meal to catalog into the start of the school year. Thunder and lightening darkened our gorgeous summer skies yesterday evening causing concerts to be canceled, emergency warnings of quarter-sized hail in parts of the county, flooding streets and me...
by Josie | Aug 7, 2024 | Citrus, Herbs, Noodles, Pasta, Pesto, Recipes, Vegetarian
This made me happy. We grow a lot of basil every year. Rows and rows of basil that primarily go into pestos and sauces. This year was tough. We lost almost all our basil in early June. The rain just pounded down on the delicate plants and many of them had to be...
by Josie | Mar 20, 2024 | Chilis, Corn, Freezer Friendly, Gluten Free Option, Herbs, Noodles, Pesto, Recipes, Soup
This was so good. I love turkey noodle or chicken noodle soup and this one hit the spot. We bought a few smoked turkey legs at our butcher shop with the idea of cooking them with greens. The legs were big enough to feed 6 people, so I used a couple of them to make...
by Josie | Sep 8, 2023 | Cheese, Citrus, Gluten Free, Herbs, Legume, Nuts, Pesto, Recipes, Salads, Sides, Vegan Option, Vegetarian
We grow rows and rows of basil and this time of year, the basil bushes stand 4 feet tall (or taller). I start making pesto and pistous in mid-August through mid September, preserve them for soups, sauces, vinaigrettes, salads, marinades, spreads for sandwiches or...
by Josie | Mar 16, 2023 | Cheese, Citrus, Herbs, Nuts, Pasta, Pesto, Recipes, Sides, Vegetarian
We harvested more broccoli from our gardens this week and had enough to enjoy in a couple of different ways. One of our dishes was this delicious, super easy broccoli pesto fusilli. It’s a great side dish to proteins such as grilled chicken or beef or salmon or...
by Josie | Sep 12, 2022 | Citrus, Gluten Free, Herbs, Nuts, Pesto, Potatoes, Recipes, Salads, Vegan Option, Vegetarian
We enjoyed this pesto potato salad with lemony garlicky grilled chicken and grilled yellow squash the other day while watching the first home Duck game. I thought it was pretty cool that all the fresh ingredients came out of our organic gardens ~ fingerling potatoes,...
