March 22, 2021

Crispy artichokes —and the vegetable garden Part 5: the lattice fence and the gate

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Alcachofas, artichokes, are probably my mom‘s favorite vegetable. And if you make them using this recipe, it might become your favorite vegetable too. Bye-bye chips! For that touch of crunchiness plus an overdose of flavor, try alcachofas fritas, crispy artichokes, which could easily be called artichoke chips.

Ta da! We have a gate

Not only are these crispy artichokes so tasty that you will not be able to stop after eating one or two, but they’re also highly nutritious. Artichokes have (more…)

November 12, 2020

Pisto —and building a vegetable garden (Part 3): THE FENCE

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I used so many of my garden vegetables for pisto that its recipe could only be posted alongside more on the progress of the vegetable garden, or Part 3.

Planting the seedlings on a very hot summer day

Tomatoes, peppers and zucchini have been growing with abandon, to the point where, mid November, I still (more…)

August 21, 2020

Cucumber Gazpacho —and a trip to Assisi

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We’re starting to see the fruits of our efforts, and with a bounty of vegetables from our garden, I‘ll be posting more recipes that use them. This post brings you a wonderful gazpacho that could be rightly called green gazpacho, a cucumber gazpacho that includes not only cucumber but also avocado and some other fruits of our garden: green pepper, jalapeño, basil and parsley. You see? A green gazpacho!

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