Monthly Archives: July 2015

Pesto and Cucumber Soup

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I decided to grow a few herbs this year, but I have such a habit of using dried herbs that I forget to ever cook with fresh.  Today I fixed this issue with my basil plant by making a small batch of pesto.  I’m freezing it in an ice cube tray to have chunks to use for later dishes.  Hopefully I’ll get even more basil to add to this.

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We are overflowing with cucumbers at the moment but as I still have pickles left over from last season I need to find different uses for my cucumbers.  I love fresh cucumber salad in a vinegar/sugar dressing and plan to make plenty of it this year.  I also went ahead and experimented with making a cucumber soup.  It called for avocado, yogurt, parsley, chicken broth, and spices.  I used our garden onions too.

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I ate it warm and thought it was good.  Drew says he will only eat it chilled, so he is patiently waiting as it cools in the fridge.

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The Lemon

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Can you believe it?  While we were gone our lemon turned yellow, fell off, and turned squishy on one side as it sat in water for who knows how long.  Here is the pretty side.  Drew is telling me to be happy that it at least made a lemon.

DSC02925I did make a couple batches of carrot soup with our large harvest of carrots.  It was the consistency of a butternut squash soup and I great way to use the carrots. First you roast the carrots.

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Here is the rest of the loot that was waiting for us after getting back from Washington D.C.

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Roma Tomatoes

Huge Zucchini

Huge Zucchini

Pepper and Onion

Pepper and Onion

 

 

 

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