What to Make With The Vegetables From Your Garden
This is the first year that my family has kept a vegetable garden. We went out and purchased all of the seeds for the veggies that we like and had a master plan. Unfortunately, our neighbours decided to gift us several tomato and courgette plants at the same time. Thus, we felt compelled to plant them in the space we had allotted for our carrots, cucumber, and lettuce. None of us like courgettes or tomatoes very much. So I have been attempting to find crafty ways to use them in which the kids will not turn their noses up at them.
So, I have come to rely upon various courgette recipes for breads, muffins and cakes. These have actually gone over quite well. Except, because of the excessive yield of the plants, we now have marrows. No telling what I can do with those guys. But, I am committed to finding the answer.
As for the tomatoes, I have resorted to making jar after jar of pasta sauces. These I have been giving away like crazy. In fact, the very neighbours who started this whole minor fiasco have been given 3 jars.
Thanks to the readily available recipes on the internet, a little creativity, and quite a bit of work, the tomatoes nor the courgettes have gone to waste. It makes me think back to early farmers and how the women of the house must have gone to great extremes to use every morsel that they grew. Picking and choosing would not have been a luxury they were afforded. Still, we al look forward to planting our own selections next year.