If you have unwanted visitors bugging your plants, there are a number of organic ways to help in your mission! For aphids and spider mites, blast your plants with water, on a daily basis. Because this disrupts the environments that they love, it’s extremely effective. When I need a little more help, disinviting the unwanted…
Cucumbers Too Bitter Too Eat
I’ve grown and thrown a lot of cucumbers too bitter too eat away, and pulled up the plants. The cukes I grew outside are fine this year. But the ones in the greenhouse are too bitter to eat. For the first time, I tried peeling them, and amazingly that’s most of the problem! Now I’m…
Smoked Mushrooms
It’s too hot to cook inside today. So, I lit the smoker to make some smoked beef, and decided to try smoked mushrooms too. If you’ve never tried these delicious little morsels, go buy some mushrooms! They are good as an appetizer, snack, or side dish. The marinade has Dijon in it. You don’t have…
Chickpeas / Garbanzos
I found a good supply of dried Chickpeas / Garbanzos in the pantry. Of course, I started thinking of things to do with them. For snacks, I can share a super easy and yummy roasted chickpea recipe. Also, I made an orzo, chickpea salad that is delicious. Since I was using up refrigerator and pantry…
Mexican Fried Rice
We saw a commercial for Mexican food, when we were participating in one of our favorite “stay at home” pastimes. We didn’t want to pick up food, or go to the store and buy ingredients, so we had “make-due” Mexican! Don said enchiladas, refried beans, and rice would be nice. After raiding the pantry, I…