The Homegrown Recipe Contest is back — and I couldn’t be more excited! For the third 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…Read More
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 many nutritionists, eggplants are packed…Read More
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 is required that an entry…Read More
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 recipe to us from her…Read More
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 with the deadline being on…Read More
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 our door. It was a…Read More
The Fruits of My Labor Over the last 6 months, I’ve been receiving recipes via my email box from various sources, trying to inspire myself to cook more. For a while I’d just read the subject line and think about how great it would be to make meals like that and then head home to make a frozen pizza. But…Read More
Berry Pecan Salad with Red Berry Vinaigrette Erin Dalton of East Stone Gap, Virginia was the contestant who claimed the Second Place spot in the Fruits Category. Her Berry Pecan Salad was so refreshing, it seemed like the perfect recipe to share right before the spring season begins! Erin is an avid fruit and vegetable gardener and has grown all…Read More
Springtime Asparagus Pizza Our second place winner in the Vegetables Category submits her recipe from Columbia, South Carolina. She is currently waiting for her asparagus crowns to mature so that she can begin to harvest them out of her own garden! Perhaps you could do the same 🙂 Ingredients: 1 Lemon, thinly sliced and seeded 2 c. water 2 T.…Read More
Lip-Smacking Strawberry Soup I’m excited to tell you about the 2nd place winner in our Fruits Category. This recipe was submitted by Kenneth of Washington, D.C. An avid strawberry grower, he says he would love to grow them all for this recipe but it requires “a heck of a lot of ’em” and therefore more of an abundant harvest than…Read More
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