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You can also add a can of oil-packed tuna or chopped bits of ham to the saute, or, just before serving, some strips of prosciutto. Saute the anchovies, breaking them up, along with the capers and garlic, until just browning.

In fact, you can choose any seasonal green with some texture and bracing bitterness: Try chard, turnip greens or Savoy cabbage. Serve the soup piping hot along with croutons, a hearty country loaf or a pan of corn bread.

Oven-roast the squash, then remove the strands and serve with pasta sauce. Where to plant: Garden When to harvest: About 100 days from seed, when the rind can be pierced with a fingernail with moderate pressure; yellowish when ripe Produce storage: Store...

Utilizing the whole grain is much more nutritious, richer in fiber minerals, B vitamins and antioxidants, which is why many gardeners are choosing to grow their own. It can even be planted in rows as you would other types of crops.

These aren't your local yard variety of dandelion, although many a spring morning as a child in rural Indiana were spent gathering dandelion greens for supper. It's how you dress them up and combine them with other flavors that make these a truly dandy...

In addition to being used in the kitchen for salads or to season poultry, fish or pasta dishes, it's been used in tea to treat headaches, poor circulation, depression and muscle cramps.

And at least the days are getting visibly longer now. It's cold here in Rapallo, about 0 degrees Fahrenheit last night, but at least we're having mostly sunny days. 6, and that means Valentine's Day is a little more than a week away.

It's also been a notably cold and cloudy winter, so the plants haven't had as much sunshine as usual. Actually, everything is not perfect in the broccoli patch. Broccoli is considered to have been grown first in Italy and the Romans were eating broccoli...

It is an impressive addition to any cook's collection and a helpful reference. Gardeners love books, as the number of titles devoted to the subject attest. Have you ever been tempted to purchase unfamiliar vegetables, but were unsure how to prepare them?

I ordered it, not realizing it was served with shrimp. I begged, pleaded, and bribed, but nothing ever convinced those wonderful cooks in our cafeteria to make pickled corn. So we pickled it.

Here are some tips and recipes to get you started... Freeze for longer storage.Put the basil and garlic into the bowl of the food processorwith the tomato mixture, and process to a rough paste.A batch of pesto will sauce at least a pound of cooked pasta...

Photo by Judith Hausman Ready to harvest lettuces fill the hoop house. What do I do with all those greens? Just drain the quickly cooked greens well so they don't make these dishes watery.

Are you feeling a bit bored with your food choices? I plan to winter sow the seeds in a container that can just be set into the ground. The other squash were easy after working with the spaghetti squash.

Tags compost , compost bin Here are five ways to make your job even easier: Make it moist. UF's list of green and brown materials will help you make sure you get the right ratio for perfect compost cooking.

If the word sage brings to mind only Zane Grey novels or Thanksgiving dressing, read on! The bright red flowers add that bit of wow to this cake!"2 tablespoons chopped pineapple sage leaves (the small, new leaves are best)3 tablespoons coarsely chopped...

Tomato-growing advice for those who love datterinis. I like growing tomatoes on top of a big ball of something nutritious that I've buried relatively deep in the soil. Cooked green beans with pesto and pasta and sliced fresh datterini on top is one of...

This broccoli relative offers the Western world new flavors. What I'm talking about is cima di rapa, or as the English-speaking world calls it: broccoli rabe . I think these fresh florets are best steamed lightly and served with pasta.

In the bean plots I've planted all climbers this year, because climbing beans on trellises expand the surface growing area in my postage stamp planting areas. Some of my favorite green beans are just now showing up in the markets.

Dessert: Don't forget the most important course! Anything goes here; just be sure your ingredients are locally grown and real. Share your favorite combo, and don't forget the dressing! Entr e e: How about a pasta dish served with a sauce of tomato and...

Serve on a cheese plate—especially herbal jams. Use to bake layered fruit bars. Make a barbecue or enchilada sauce. Food preservation is not, of course, just about the end products—the sparkling jars of jellies, colorful containers of pickles and...

Store It Here's the secret to long-term asparagus storage: When you bring it inside from the garden, cut off about an inch from the bottom and stand the stalks upright in a container, such as a wide-mouth canning jar, with the cut ends in the bottom of...

Soup Swiss chard is excellent in soups. Swiss chard is best picked small, and often the grocery store only carries very large, almost stalk-like pieces. Egg Dishes Making a savory quiche , strata or frittata?

Simple saute a diced red onion, and four cloves of garlic until the onion goes translucent. After that, you won't be wondering what to do with all your basil, but what to substitute if you run out.

Don't bring the grill indoors as this can cause fatal carbon monoxide to build up inside your home. To get through disruptive storms or other emergencies, also store the following items: water (1 gallon per person per day for drinking and hygiene) alternate...

I'll let the degrading compost and the nitrogen-fixing bacteria provide the nitrogen, and that should work out better. The problem is I had enriched the planting area with too much nitrogen; too much nitrogen will make bean plants grow a lot of leaves...

Combine the vinegar and all the spices and sugar in a large pot. I admit, I have to remind myself to use these relishes and chutneys throughout the winter but I give away a lot of sparkling jarsful as well.

Season to taste. Broccoli di rabe holds up so well to cheese or sausage or hot peppers or all of these combined on a crunchy roll; so well, in fact, that next time, I'll tell the guy at the Redding Terminal to hold the shaved beef.