Category: Condiment
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Five-Minute Pickled Peppers
I’m not a huge fan of really hot peppers (unless you’re talking Cowboy Candy), but I do love pickled banana peppers. Do you? I love the little extra zing and crunch that they bring to a submarine sandwich or a salad or cheese plate. So I planted a few banana peppers in my garden this…
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Sweet Red Pepper and Onion Relish
At this time of year here in Florida, I love to spend sweltering Sunday afternoons in the kitchen, saving my tomatoes. This recipe is a knockoff of Harry and David’s fame, and it is perfect for preserving the season’s best tomatoes, peppers and onions from the garden or farmers market. It takes some time to…
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Quick and Easy Meyer Lemon Finishing Salt
I spent a happy afternoon in the kitchen preserving this year’s Meyer lemon harvest. Meyer lemons are one of my favorite crops, and we’re very lucky that they thrive in our north Florida location. Although my tree is just starting to bear fruit, I was gifted with about 30 pounds of lemons this weekend. Thank…
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Three Secrets to Perfect Pesto
If you are a gardener and a cook, pesto is one of those things that you should know how to make. The combination of sweet basil, garlic, pine nuts and olive oil is classic. Like many great recipes, this one is basic and only takes a few minutes. And yet, it’s taken me several tries…
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Best Guacamole from the Garden
Guacamole is a food for gods and gardeners. With its origins from our neighbors in Mexico, it is simple to make–an everyday food. But it literally bursts with the flavors of the summer garden. I think the keys to great guacamole are using the freshest ingredients available, and using a molcajete and tejolete (mortar and…
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Spicy Pickled Okra
Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is one of my favorite plants to grow during the heat of summer. A member of the mallow family, okra has large leaves and lovely flowers that resemble hibiscus. Here in the south, it can grow eight or nine feet tall, and in a few weeks, I’ll need a ladder to harvest…
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Party Favors and a Recipe for Candied Pecans
We are preparing for a big feast this week! I love big feasts, don’t you? This year, the cottage will be full to the rafters with family and friends. We’ve got some love and romance going on, some big challenges, and some adventure, too. We have very interesting guests…artists and stylists, lawyers and builders, IT…
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Summer in a Jar: Mango Lime Salsa
I was so lucky this week to receive some absolutely magnificent organic mangoes from our local organic farmer, Miss Louise of Turkey Hill Farm. Please see my post on Jamming to read about the Mango Man, and don’t miss the comments. I ran into Mango Man’s wife at the grape-crushing, wine-making event in Tally last…