Category: From the Garden

This weekend I had a pile of zucchini which I needed to use before they spoiled. Often I’d use these to make zucchini bread, but this weekend I wasn’t feeling like making something sweet. I wanted to make something savory instead. Ideally something to serve as an appetizer. When I go to Italian restaurant one […]

Several years ago I bought a different variety basil plant from a vendor at the local farmers market. The variety – African Blue basil, is the one I’ve had the greatest success with over the years here in Houston. My first plant grew as a perennial over several winters. It was constantly getting so large […]

Yes. It is another lemon-based recipe. I’m still working my way through the bag of lemons and the big bottle of juice I’ve squeezed. My spouse suggested perhaps a creamy lemon pasta dish would be good. I resoundingly agreed and set about cobbling together a workable recipe. Any cream sauce is really just butter, flour, […]

The lemon saga continues! I’ve managed to reduce my lemon supply to less than a hundred. This morning I got up and slice diced and juiced four more to attempt to make a lemon jam recipe. After dicing and juicing the lemons I boiled in water and drained twice to remove the bitter taste present […]

Last night I decided I was in the mood for scones Saturday morning for breakfast. I typically make savory scones such as herb cheese scones because I think they are better than sweet scones when you toast them to reheat them. Given the fact I have a surplus of lemons and a nice rosemary bush […]

One of the best things about living in Texas is the wonderful produce. Fall is when local citrus is ready as well as nuts from pecan trees. There are many different kinds of citrus available from a variety of producers and sellers: lemons, Meyer lemons, satsumas, kumquats, many varieties of grapefruit and navel oranges. In […]

This morning I went our to the garden and discovered my asian eggplant plant had a ton of eggplants on it. I picked the seven which were ready and there were still 4 more small ones I left to get bigger. Having this many eggplants to use is a bit of a challenge but I […]

One of the things I grow in my garden pretty much every year is basil. I don’t use it every day. However, I love the smell of it SO much and it is easy for me to grow. So I always plant it. I almost always end up making pesto with it as well. Probably […]

This week my asian eggplant produce 6 eggplants. This is a lot of eggplant for me to use given that I’m the only one in my family who likes it. Given that I didn’t want it to go to waste I was looking for recipes that would allow me to use it at a later […]

I typically am not a cake baker because and entire cake really isn’t something I can easily make sure gets eaten at my house. I make cakes for birthdays but otherwise only for events with a large number of people. However, as I mentioned a previous post, I have more kumquats from my neighbor than […]