Perfect Tomato Sauce
How to make tomato sauce to suit various recipes People often ask me what my one go-to recipe would be if I had to have just one. My answer is simple. A delicious, quick tomato pomodoro sauce to accompany pasta or use as a pizza base. Whilst you can knock this tomato sauce up in…
Batch Meal Plan: Black Bean & Zucchini
Our main ingredients for this week’s batch meal plan are black beans and zucchini since they are in prime season! Plus, they are a healthy food option. This week’s five meals tend to be a little more southwestern in nature though they are not necessarily spicy. Most of the recipes this week serve 4, except…
Fruit and Vegetable Halloween Costumes
Fall is in the air, which means it is time to start thinking about what you will dress up as for this Halloween. In the spirit of the blog and eating healthy, we think you should dress-up as a fruit or vegetable! Here are some good ones. You and/or the kids could dress-up like a…
Pruning Tomatoes for Maximum Harvest
Tomato plants need weekly love in order to help them produce larger tomatoes and to maximize the harvest. Pruning also helps keep the plant healthy and free from potential diseases and bugs. As a tomato plant grows it starts to develop new growth in-between the main stem and already grown branches. These additional growths/ are…
How to Save Seeds
It’s almost Fall which means it is time to start saving seeds for replanting in the Spring! Fruits and vegetables are known as angiosperm plants, which means their seeds will either come from the flower/pod of the plant (dry) or inside its fruit (fleshy). Here is a quick overview of how to save seeds for the beginner seed…
Recipes using Fresh Peaches
I live in Palisade Peach country… some say, we have the best peaches in the world! We also have an abundance of them. Surely you’ll find this type of fruits where you live, as long it’s the season. But do remember that fresh peaches tend to go from rock solid to super mushy within 1-2…
Natural Vegetable Dye
Most store bought food coloring contains toxic ingredients such as FD&C Yellow 5, FD&C Red 40, and Propylene glycol. Instead of feeding our bodies these harmful chemicals, you can make your own homemade safe and natural food coloring that can be used to dye eggs, create art on plates, and more! To begin choose your vegetable…
What to do with Oversized Zucchini
Have you ever walked into your garden and found a zucchini that is HUGE… you know the one that is a 2 feet long (shown above) and weighs 10 lbs. Extra large zucchini tend to be seedy and tough, but don’t throw them away just yet. Note: At maturity age, they can grow to nearly…