Gardening with Potatoes 101 // Guest Blog
(photo source: Chariot’s Run) Spring is here and it is the time of year to start planning and planting your vegetable garden! One of the most beloved vegetables you can plant is the potato! Potatoes are low in calories and fat, but also high in potassium, vitamins and minerals. I suggest you incorporate some potatoes...
3rd Place Winning Recipes
The last of our winning recipes are our third place winners for each category. These are two more you won’t want to miss! Middle Eastern Watermelon Salad by Maria R. of Crawfordsville, Indiana Ingredients: 2 lbs. Watermelon flesh, seeded and cubed 16 oz. jar kalamata olives, pitted, in brine 2 shallots, minced 1/4-1/2 cup pinot...
2nd Place Winning Recipes
Today I’m sharing with you the 2nd place winners in both the Fruit and Veggie categories of our 2012 Homegrown Recipe Contest. Make either of these this weekend for a true treat! Raspberry Cheesecake by Kyle L. of Boulder, Colorado Ingredients: For the crust (can use a pre-made crust if in a time crunch): 1-1/2...
And the Winners Are…
Wow! What a wonderful year we had in our Homegrown Recipe Contest! We received so many good recipes and I think all of us here at the Bulb Blog and Holland Bulb Farms have gained ten pounds over the last two weeks while creating and tasting so many of them… Today is the day we...
Cooking Up a Storm!
So a huge THANK YOU to everyone who submitted recipes in this year’s Homegrown Recipe Contest! We received so many great entries and we here at the Bulb Blog and Holland Bulb Farms have been working frantically around the clock (ok, so maybe not quite the much…) in our kitchens to create as many of...
Salad with a Twist…Watermelon Style!
Here at the Bulb Blog and Holland Bulb Farms, we busy re-creating all of the wonderful entries we received from the 2012 Homegrown Recipe Contest. Even though the contest officially ended last Friday, I thought I’d share with you one of the entries we’ve found recently to be truly delightful! This unique salad recipe comes...
Eggplant Burgers with Tomato and Lettuce
I’d like to share with you another delicious recipe we’ve received for the 2nd Annual Homegrown Recipe Contest. This one comes to us from Pam Correll in Pennsylvania and I felt it was a good one to feature since it uses a vegetable not quite as commonly-grown in the garden: eggplant! Considered a “superfood” by...
Tomato: Fruit or Vegetable???
Yes, it an age-old question and one that comes with much debate. Normally I wouldn’t write a post about something so “overly discussed”, however, I’ve received multiple entries into the recipe contest that use tomatoes as their “qualifying ingredient”. Since we have a separate contest category for fruits and a separate category for vegetables, it...
Bacon Kissed Potato Gratin
The 2nd Annual Homegrown Recipe Contest is in full-swing and we’ve been receiving some AMAZING recipes! With the “feels like” temperature today being -14 degrees F, my thoughts are turning towards food of warmth and comfort. Therefore, I’ve selected Barbara Engelhart’s recipe for Bacon Kissed Potato Gratin to share with you today! Barbara submits her...
The Homegrown Recipe Contest is Back!
Listen up all of you cooks and bakers out there! Holland Bulb Farms just announced its 2nd Annual Homegrown Recipe Contest! Just like last year, Holland Bulb Farms is asking for your best recipes using a fruit and/or vegetable that they sell! The contest began on Friday, January 13th and continues for about a month...
Do Less and Do it Better
We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential. ~Ellen Goodman The New Year is upon...
Halloween Harvest Soup
I’ve been really into making soups lately…probably due to the fact the weather has turned chilly fast and there is nothing like a steaming bowl of creamy soup to warm the soul after a long day. I made the following recipe last night, amidst all of the ghosts, witches, and Justin Beiber look-alikes coming to...
