Locally grown and foraged ingredients sourced from within a 40 - mile radius take center stage as diners are treated to wild foods such as ramps and
garden nasturtium.
Not exact matches
Make your recipe bloom with rose water, flowering herbs, floral teas, dried lavender blossoms or even fresh flowers like
nasturtiums, violets, borage, squash, sunflowers or pretty much any blossom in a vegetable
garden.
New to this year's
garden are strawberries,
nasturtiums, cauliflower, and watermelon but we also welcomed back old favorites like Brandywine tomatoes, cayenne peppers, and of course sweet corn.
For the summer salad you see here, I used a combination of four different types of lettuces from my
garden chopped with radishes,
nasturtium flowers, and fresh herbs (basil, cilantro, lemon balm, and parsley, also from my
garden).
We started with a salad of organic baby spinach and arugula, with heirloom cherry tomatoes and
nasturtiums from my
garden:
The
garden also features rainbow chard, potatoes, peas, tomatoes, kale, carrots, corn, strawberries, blueberries, zucchini, dahlias, and
nasturtiums.
Bonus herb: No
garden would be complete without the happy, colorful faces of
nasturtiums.
8 fresh
nasturtium leaves OR 2 tablespoons minced fresh
garden cress leaves 1/4 cup fresh loosely packed parsley leaves 1/4 cup fresh loosely packed dill leaves 1 cucumber, roughly chopped 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 to 2 garlic cloves, minced or pressed 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice 3 cups vegetable stock 1/2 teaspoon salt freshly ground black pepper to taste
Apples Bean or alfalfa sprouts Blackberries Blueberries Cactus fruit Carrots Cherries Cranberries Edible flowers from the
garden (organically grown and NOT from a florist) such as roses,
nasturtiums, day lilies, pansies and snap dragons Green or red bell peppers Kiwi Fruit Mango Melons Papaya Pea pods (flat, NO peas) Peach Pear Pineapple Raspberries Squash Strawberries Pellets
Apple Bean or alfalfa sprouts Blackberries Blueberries Cactus fruit Carrots Cherries Cranberries Edible flowers from the
garden (organically grown and NOT from a florist) such as roses,
nasturtiums, day lilies, pansies and snap dragons Green or red bell peppers Kiwi Fruit Mango Melons Papaya Pea pods (flat, NO peas) Peach Pear Pineapple Raspberries Squash Dried fruit can be used as well, but since it is so concentrated, use only one third the amount as fresh.
Nasturtium: This edible flower is not only beautiful, and is claimed to benefit the flavor and growth of many other plants, but also is thought to deter aphids, beetles, squash bugs, whiteflies, and other common
garden pests.
She planted it with edibles like Swiss chard and
nasturtiums then invited people to sample the
garden by attaching a sign to the basket.
Walking through the back yard this morning, I thought that these
nasturtiums were looking lovely up against the
garden fence and inside the
garden.
Nasturtiums are a common
garden plant that fits the bill, or you can find frozen banana leaves at Asian or Central American grocers.
Yes, a full weekend of
gardening and yard work... planting watermelon, tomatoes, peppers, strawberry plants & 2 blueberry bushes plus plants I'd been given; planting the seeds for annuals (morning glory, moonflower,
nasturtium) THEN I mowed the lawn & installed an American flag on my house and removed the vinyl shutters to paint....