I noticed our first small artichoke today. We’re hoping it’s one of many. It’s pretty exciting to be growing one of my favorite vegetables, that’s gotten too expensive to buy on a regular basis. It reminds me how much I’m saving, when I’m harvesting asparagus spears everyday! We’ve also got great green peas. I planted…
Tag: asparagus
Asparagus and Pork Quesadillas (Cooking for One)
I’ve made quesadillas out of most everything. It’s just a great quick meal. For this one, I used leftovers in our fridge. I actually made one “sandwich” using a wonderful roll, and one using a wholewheat quesadilla. The asparagus was from our garden. I steamed it, and marinated it in garlic olive oil, but you…
Gardening April 2013
I harvested our first Paris Market Carrots this week, and they’re delicious. I’m so pleased with how everything is doing. The collards, Swiss chard, beets, Chinese cabbage, Siberian kale, and Red kale are all doing great. Lettuce is still doing well, and asparagus is hard to keep up with. I am keeping all the greens…
Asparagus with Garlic Cream
I am so thrilled we have so much asparagus coming on. The challenge is to be able to come up with some new ways to use it. I left to take a walk after I made this recipe, and Don, who normally isn’t too interested in asparagus, ate all of it, before I got home! …
Spring Harvest 2013
It’s really nice to be able to pick lettuce right outside our back door, along with the arugula coming up in the rocks around the base of the lettuce pot! But I’m most excited to start harvesting asparagus. We don’t have a lot of asparagus plants, so when the spears come up, I try to…