Harvest
How we harvest our lavender farm. How we harvest our vegetable garden.
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The Best Greek Feta Shrimp
Feta and Shrimp is one delicious food pairing. Add some roasted garlic and tomatoes and make the best greek feat shrimp dish also known as Shrimp Saganaki. Nibble on one of these juicy shrimp and bask in the glorious flavor of Greece. Warm tomato, sea salted shrimp, sharp tangy feta. You can smell the salty sea breeze blowing softly across your face. Relax in the warm Greek sun next to the vacillating swell of the waves as the tomatoes burst in your mouth. Try using fresh tender shrimp, tangy, sharp feta, sweet cherry tomatoes and a hint of anis to make this dish a mouth watering delicacy. Better known as…
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11 Beautiful Fall Picnic Ideas with Pictures
Simple Ingredients for a Fall Picnic I love going up to the mountains on a crisp October day for a beautiful, simple, fall picnic. When the leaves are golden, orange and cherry red and the dry grasses swish as you walk through them. You can taste the sweet autumn air. Along with the beautiful ambiance the most simple ingredients paired together can make for an unforgettable fall Picnic. I love simple ingredients for a picnic. My favorite being cheese, bread, fruit and veggies. Pair your favorite sharp cheese with sweet and tangy Honey Crisp Apples, or Asiago cheese with some sweet Pears. Delicious! Of course you can have those ingredients a…
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Lavender Lemon Curd
The Best Lavender Lemon Curd recipe! Sweet and tart with the added elegance of lavender. This lavender lemon curd will have you doing the good food dance. Mmmm, mmm I put it in everything from frosting for fruit pizza to blueberry crepe filling. I lived in England for a short time where I first had this amazing condiment. With British Scones and clotted cream this beautiful sauce will change your world (I say that a lot, it must be true). Anyway, every time I travel I have to try the best most authentic foods of the area. And then, I have to recreate them using the best home grown fruits…
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3 Ways to Make Garden Fresh Crepes
Crepes are so versatile you can make them sweet or savory. Today we made crepes 3 ways with garden fresh ingredients. These fresh crepes are filled with fresh garden ingredients: Strawberries, Lemons, Blueberries, Arugula, Tomatoes, & Red Onion. Surprising elegant flavors fill these garden fresh crepes. When I lived in Costa Rica I became obsessed with making crepes. Which is weird because it’s not a Central American dish, I made them all the time because I always had the ingredients. Every morning vendors would pass by our apartment calling out their wares, and fresh eggs were always on the menu. I experimented with different ingredient to fill the delicate, thin…
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Most Requested Whipped Body Butter Recipe
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The Best Make it Yourself Lavender Body Lotion Recipe
This creamy, smooth lotion recipe is light and soothing to your skin. This lotion is super moisturizing and a top requested product that you can now make in your own home. You can make it any scent you prefer but the addition of essential oils like Lavender make this an even more amazing lotion. Have you ever put on lotion and a minute later your hands felt sticky and maybe even drier than before? Sometimes lotion recipes include alcohol and additives which make the lotion gummy and drying. This recipe is so creamy and moisturizing Essential Oils Essential oils are derived from plants and they smell so good. You can…
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Garden Fresh Thai Red Curry Coconut Soup
This Thai Red Curry Coconut soup has such an amazing fresh, bright flavor. You can grow most of the vegetables in this soup in your own garden. It is so yummy I’m seriously considering making it again tonight. I grew up with delicious homemade food. In our little country town there are two restaurants (pizza and hamburgers). That means that I’ve had a lot of experience in cooking my own meals. But, most of the meals that I learned to cook were very American comfort food, meat and potato type meals. When I was in college I went crazy trying all different types of food that I had never had…
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9 Best Vegetables to Grow in a Small Garden
The best 9 vegetables to grow in a small garden that will save time and money. When you don’t have lots of room to garden you have to choose wisely what you really need to grow. Most people stick with the vegetables that they know already but, here are some vegetables that you may not have thought of when planning your small garden. 1. Artichokes We live in a pretty difficult growing climate (cold, clay, desert) but I can grow artichokes so I bet you can too. The amazing thing about Artichoke is that it is perennial which means you only have to plant it once and it comes back…
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Most Requested Eggplant Parmesan Recipe
Eggplant is a great ingredient because it can be used in so many different ways because of it’s unique texture and mild flavor. I love making eggplant parmesan, it is easy and delicious. Garden Fresh makes this dish even better. What is Eggplant Eggplant is actually a berry botanically speaking but is classified by many as a vegetable. In warm tropical locations it is a perennial but here in the northern part of the United States it is an annual plant. It is part of the Solanaceae or nightshade family which makes it related to the tomato family. Serving dishes in these mini cocotte pans makes this a very fun…
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The Best Fresh Garden Vegetable Coconut Korma
I love to use my garden produce in new food dishes. This vegetable coconut korma recipe uses quite a few veggies so I am able to use fresh peas, carrots, cauliflower, green beans, tomatoes, ginger, garlic and cilantro. Literally any vegetable that you want can be added to this dish to make it your own.
