Sadly, no canned tomatoes or tomato sauce, salsa, or chutney this year, or dilly beans or cucumber pickles . Every batch was small – two to four jars except for the tomatillos that I blogged about in November. Luckily, there was enough …

The Biggest Loser trainer – and vegetarian – considers cooking his “therapy”

Do cucumbers need hand pollination in the greenhouse? Gardening When It Counts has a lot of information on compost quality. Read it. Growing oregano, cilantro, flat leaf parsley in the greenhouse. … Things to do and do differently: … Choose plants that require less light for the beds west of the greenhouse. Pay more attention to plant height and light requirements …

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I am going to blog about the recipes that I know and love, as well as new ones that I experiment with! I cannot take credit for coming up with all of these recipes , (as I am a recipe collector/thief) but I can take credit for trying …

The bad news? Medically, there is no cure for the common hangover. The good news? That hasn’t prevented people from trying out ever-more outrageous theories.

New Year’s Eve Pickle to drop into 2010 in Mt. Olive, NC.

Great ingredients are: bread cubes, cheese, marinated tofu cubes, grape tomatoes, olives, pickles , cucumber , bell peppers, or fruit chunks. Sandwich cut outs: As long as you don’t mind eating the leftovers, use a cookie cutter to cut …

Less obviously we grow Borage – the leaves can be used like spinach and the very pretty cucumber -tasting flowers used in salads or to decorate desserts or drinks; the peppery leaves and flower petals of Nasturtiums (cleaned of aphids! … Most of these aromatic plants are also nectar-rich, providing a food source for bees as well as…

We’ll celebrate with several pasta recipes . This one is an old family recipe that’s served cold and makes for an excellent potluck offering. INGREDIENTS. 8 oz. spaghetti, broken in 3 equal lengths. Water. 2 tablespoons oil. 1 cucumber …

recipe and layer on a large serving platter. Dividing with a sheet of waxed paper between layers. Make it even more special by using a small star or other shaped cookie cutter to cut cucumber sliced into shapes. Or …

FORT LEE, Va. – The holidays are the season to indulge, with food everywhere along with an almost endless number of events and things to do. It’s the time of year when we often mindlessly eat all those delicious foods showing up at parties, the office and our homes.

When sleep won’t come, the nights are lonely, long, and way too quiet.

I loved my trip to visit his smokehouse in Cork, and it was the first product that I sold on the stall with home made cucumber pickle and soda bread. Also recommended are his smoked mussels in vinaigrette which are nothing short of …

1/4t Oregano 1/8t Black Pepper Toss it with a salad of romaine, thin-sliced red onion, cucumber chunks and sliced olives. Kick it up a notch and add some crumbled feta at OWL Rung 2+. Can also be used as a basic marinade for chicken. …

Snack: Some carrot sticks and cucumber dip:80. Dinner: Sitrfry of Babycorn, greenbeens, shallots, garlic, runnerbeans, zuccini && Soya sauce: 250. And then, if I have any calories left and get hungry, I have some cereals or low fat …