I really hate to see food go to waste, and as I was cutting up a watermelon this year, I thought what a waste it was to put the watermelon rinds in the trash. I don’t have chickens anymore, and I don’t have a compost, so I really do feel like I am wasting them […]
Must-Grow Kitchen Garden Herb Plants – The Ultimate Growing Guide Index
No garden is complete without an herb garden. Whether you use them for cooking, preserving, or home remedies, here is a list of must-have herbs from our Untrained Housewife community.
How to Grow Garlic (and Why)
Note: This is a guest post from the wonderful Tessa at Homestead Lady. She’s got some great tips here on fueling your garlic habit by growing your own – but her blog and Facebook page are chock full of plenty of other tips, tricks, and homestead ventures. Tell her we sent you! Raise your hand […]
Garlic, Herb, and Sugar Oven Roasted Chicken
One of our favorite meals as a family is to oven-roast one of our home raised chickens. My father-in-law salt-and-sugar brined this chicken so it was already tender and flavorful and I wanted to give the chicken a treatment that would complement that as much as possible. The solution was a twist on the typical […]
Green Beans With Lemon Garlic Sauce
If you are harvesting bushels of green beans from your garden like I am you’ll appreciate this delicious way to prepare and cook them. This preparation gives a unique cultural flavor to your green bean harvest or CSA box treasure trove. These are simply boiled or steamed a bit and dressed with a tarator sauce. This would […]
Spicy Herbed Sausage Pasta
This is the time of the year summer herbs are beginning to produce well, like oregano and basil, while over-wintered garlic is coming out of hte ground. Both play a great role in seasoning this spicy and savory sausage pasta dish. I love how Heather used chicken sausage for a lower fat version. See the […]
Pickled Asparagus With Dill and Garlic
I love asparagus, but since the full harvest comes in over the course of just a few too-short weeks, you may find yourself with more asparagus harvested than you can eat immediately. That’s why this recipe is such a perfect addition to the Eating Garden Fresh series — you can preserve the asparagus through a […]
Spinach and Ricotta Pasta
We love pasta at my house. We are Italian, though, so it was a foregone conclusion. I am, however, always trying to find ways to get my children to eat more vegetables, so adding them to a pasta dish is an easy way to do this. Two of my children are very picky, but they […]
How to Make Garlic Infused Oil
You have your olive oil, you have your garlic and now you think you’re ready to make garlic infused oil. Maybe you are. However, if you’re like me, you might not really know what you’re doing. You see, I used to think you simply put some cloves of garlic into some olive oil and let […]
How to Grow Garlic Organically – Plus Giveaway!
Did you know fall is the season to plant garlic? It is an excellent time to plant other bulbs – daffodils, crocus bulbs, etc so it’s easy to remember, when you think about it that way, to plant your garlic as well. Planting Garlic When you plant garlic you aren’t planting the full bulb. Break […]
