Fruits of our labor…
I’m trying to round up our garden pictures from the summer and sort through them to eventually upload onto Flickr. But in the meantime here’s some of the rewards of having a nice garden. Last weekend I was on a mission to get some things made and frozen before the rainy season hits us. I made my second batch of spaghetti sauce (so imagine this as my second pot & counter of tomatoes this size). I let the pot cool and then we freeze them in Ziploc bags so they take up less space. We use them fast enough that I don’t worry about them going bad and we have a really nice frost free freezer in the garage.
(Tomatoes and the sauce simmering)
I also whipped up pesto from some of the basil we had. I use almonds instead of pine nuts though because the price of pine nuts is a bit much imo and I like almonds. We freeze them in ice cube trays and then I put them in a Ziploc bag. I did this same process when making baby food so I have oodles of ice trays on hand for it!
(Basil & Pesto Cubes)
Recipe for Pesto here: Easy Pesto
I also made zucchini cakes, similar to crab cakes. I have had lots of zucchini lately thanks to our wonderful neighbors, Carl & Linda. I didn’t take a picture but I found the greatest recipe for Zucchini Cobbler. I made it a week ago for a neighborhood get together and nobody could believe it was zucchini. They all thought it was apple! It’s delicious and a great way to use up zucchini!!! I’ve made the recipe a few times and each time it gets rave reviews.
(Zucchini cakes and the work area as I was prepping for pesto)
Zucchini recipes here: Zucchini Cakes & Zucchini Cobbler
(a lot of my recipes, like these, come from allrecipes.com )
Pictures of the actual garden coming soon!
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