I just love having Thanksgiving leftovers! But one can only consume so many turkey sandwiches before wanting a variation thereof. Enter in the turkey leftover recipe for Turkey Tetrazzini that will have you excited to eat turkey again! This recipe uses spaghetti squash instead of pasta for a healthy twist and could be made gluten…
When the green bean plants are done producing and are not diseased, resist the urge to pull them. Instead, cut them down at soil level. The green bean plant is what we call a “nitrogen fixer”, which means like other legumes, beans have nitrogen-fixing bacteria…
Well friends, the frost is coming and our tomatoes will not be happy. The time has come to wind down the tender plants in the garden and save what we can. When I pulled the tomatoes, I ended up with about 10# of ripe red…
We love a good fresh salad with a variety of veggies! We eat salad pretty much every day. I don’t know about you but I absolutely dislike buying salad dressing at the grocery store. Not only is it expensive (sometimes as much as $4 per…
The apple harvest is plentiful this year so we are making applesauce! We grow two varieties on the farm: chestnut & sweet sixteen. You can read up on these MN varieties here: https://mnhardy.umn.edu/apples/varietiesTailor the sweetness, tartness, and spice levels to your personal taste is always…
I had sort of an “ah-hah” moment this week about my tomatoes. After canning over 25 jars of salsa, 10 jars of oven roasted marinara and loads of pizza sauce, it occurred to me that I still had tons off small red tomatoes that I…
Today, we are planting buckwheat in our garlic bed with hopes of adding some beneficial nutrients to the soil. Our soil health is over-all pretty good but could always be better. And who doesn’t want to set up their soil for success? Buckwheat is very…
I grew up in a German household and then I married a German. SAUERKRAUT MUST BE MADE when the cabbage comes in! Making sauerkraut at home is relatively easy, and it’s a fun process to try if you’re into DIY food projects with tons of…
Raise your hand if your chives are going crazy in the garden. (raised hand here) Chives are one of the first herbs to pop through the ground each spring and are such a tasty treat in salads, on potatoes and as garnish on all the…