Our garden has produced so many zucchini that it has been difficult to keep up with them. Since I have so many, I have been using them in every way I can think of. I have grilled them, baked them and used them in recipes. My favorite thing to do in the kitchen however, is to bake desserts (I wish this weren’t true, but it is!), so of course I looked for something rich and delicious to make with my zucchini. I remembered being given a recipe for moist, delicious zucchini bars many years ago. I searched through all of my old recipes to no avail, and then contacted my sister to see if she had it. Which, I’m happy to say, she did! read more….
Working in the garden is healing to the mind and soul!
I am 60 years old and I have never had a vegetable garden, until now. When I was a child my grandparents always had a large garden. My sisters and I were sometimes allowed to pick out our very own little watermelon. We loved that. I can remember eating watermelon and having the juice run down our arms and drip off our elbows!
Our mom worked most of the time as we were growing up so vegetable gardening was not something she felt she had time to do. So I didn’t grow up accustomed to having one, or learning how to garden. Now more and more I want to eat and live more naturally and healthy so a veggie garden was on my agenda. read more….
