The Homegrown Recipe Contest is back — and I couldn’t be more excited! For the fourth year in a row, I’ve teamed up with Holland Bulb Farms to offer gardeners and cooks alike the chance at winning a Holland Bulb Farms gift card! Just like in years past, the only requirement is that any recipe submitted contains at least one fruit or vegetable…Read More
So, are you loving these recipes??? You should be! They are truly excellent. Today is the final day of recipes (then I’ll get back to more garden-related topics, I promise!) as I feature the Third Place Winner in each category. Third Place in the Fruits Category: “Healthy Fish Tacos” by Paula Quillen Paula resides in sunny Florida, where I’m sure…Read More
As you’ve already heard, our 2013 Homegrown Recipe Contest was once again a success and I’m having great fun sharing the winning recipes with you this week! Today, I’d like to introduce you to the Second Place Winners, as well as delight you with the dishes the made them famous. Second Place in the Fruits Category: “Strawberry Trifle” by Mariana…Read More
As promised, this week I will be sharing with you the six winning recipes of the 2013 Homegrown Recipe Contest! Today, I’m starting with the first place winners in each category. We literally could not get enough of these two dishes and I think most of us intend to make them on our own at home in the near future!…Read More
Another wonderful year of the Annual Homegrown Recipe Contest has come and gone and we’re ready to announce our winners! Each year we hold this contest, the recipes seem to get more and more irresistibly delicious. We love seeing your creativity and most importantly, the way you use ingredients which could be potentially grown in your own backyard garden! The…Read More
Somehow, I always manage to get myself in a bit over my head with plans – it always sounds like a great idea and completely realistic until it gets down to the actual carrying out of whatever event or project I have gotten myself into. And now that I have two almost three-year olds running around the house, there never…Read More
This is it — The final day to submit your entries for the 2013 Homegrown Recipe Contest! And let me tell you: the competition is fierce this time around! We’ve gotten recipes for some wonderful foods…from cantaloupe salad to pumpkin casseroles to eggplant burgers. They’ve all been amazing! Today, as the final day for the contest, I wanted to feature…Read More
With only one week left in the 2013 Homegrown Recipe Contest, the entries are really starting to roll in! Today we’re featuring a recipe that would be absolutely wonderful on a cold day like today here in the Upper Midwest. This mouth-watering french onion soup recipe comes to us from Bee in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Bee was actually the grand…Read More
As you know, I’ve been spending the last few Fridays featuring some of the entries we’ve been receiving in our 2013 Homegrown Recipe Contest. This Friday is no exception! Today I’m featuring an amazingly tasty, but more importantly, easy to execute recipe from Evans in Green Cove Springs, Florida. The total preparation time is 10 minutes and the frying of…Read More
Last week Tuesday, I focused on one of my favorite plants to grow (and harvest!) in the garden – Heirloom Tomatoes. Today, I decided to feature another one of my favorites, not only for their vibrant colors and versatility, but also their health benefits: peppers! Peppers come in pretty much all shades of the rainbow and range in taste from…Read More
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