On Friday after work I zipped out to my garden, hoping to do a little weeding before the sun went down (and to avoid going out there in this weekend’s oppressive heat and humidity). I ended up spending most of the time harvesting a huge amount of produce that was absolutely ready to be picked/dug/thinned/etc. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘swiss chard’
Zowie, what a harvest!
Posted in Food, Gardening, tagged basil, beans, carrots, dill, harvest, herbs, mint, shallots, string beans, swiss chard, tomatoes on June 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Out with the old, in with the new
Posted in Food, Gardening, tagged pickles, preservation, salad, swiss chard on April 13, 2010 | 3 Comments »
If you preserve your own produce, it’s easy to hang onto things too long because each item seems “special.” I mean, you can’t just open that jar of pickles for any old occasion, right? And don’t you realize how precious that frozen bag of blanched Swiss chard is?!! This is how I ended up with [...]
Happy Pi Day
Posted in Food, tagged pi day, quiche, swiss chard on March 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, 3/14, was Pi Day, the day when numbers nerds celebrate our favorite irrational number. Hooray for 3.1415…! Most people bake sweet pies to celebrate, but I thought I’d go savory. Et voila, la quiche. The best part of this quiche is that I used up some of the last of my frozen garden-grown Swiss [...]
Weekend Photos: Snow in the Garden
Posted in Gardening, tagged arugula, baby bok choy, kale, mei qing choi, photos, swiss chard on December 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
DC’s first snow of the year fell on Saturday – a wet, ploppy kind of snow that didn’t really stick on the sidewalks, but left some accumulation on the grass and bushes. So today I trekked out to my garden plot to see whether any of my winter vegetables had survived. It’s very peaceful out [...]
Recipe Win: Leek and Swiss Chard Quiche
Posted in Food, tagged leeks, quiche, recipe reviews, swiss chard on October 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It was a Smitten Kitchen-inspired bonanza on Sunday when I baked a Leek and Swiss Chard Tart in a slightly modified Foolproof Pie Dough crust. The recipes, which came from Bon Apetitit and Cooks Illustrated respectively, were both featured on Smitten Kitchen and make a delicious pairing. I omitted the sugar and added some whole [...]
Weekend Photos: How the Garden Grows
Posted in Gardening, tagged beets, carrots, chard, lettuce, mexican sour gherkins, salad greens, swiss chard on October 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »
My fall garden is doing very well, and now I’m once again dealing with an excess of greens. And some of the stars of summer are producing into the fall. I’m still getting jalapeños and other peppers, plus a few tomatoes here and there (Romas and Dr. Carolyns). And the Swiss Chard is as productive [...]
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