Have you ever seen a cake roll in a bakery and wondered if you could make one? These delicious desserts are really not that difficult to make. Let me give you a few hints to making these desserts for your Holiday table!
Cheesecakes have always been a favorite of mine to serve. They are one of the easiest desserts to make sugar-free that taste like the regular ones. Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake s a favorite on mine, especially in the fall when all the pumpkins are ready to pick.
Tomatoes—every backyard garden needs a few plants. You can grow all sizes, shapes, and colors to suit your palate! Tomatoes are one of the easiest veggies to preserve! Let me show you how to make Marinara Sauce.
Chicken Croquettes—did you know you can make them at home? It is really not that hard, either! This is one of the best ways to use up leftover cooked chicken or turkey.
Summer brings with it a bumper crop of tomatoes from gardens and produce stands. Heirloom tomatoes are all all time favorite at our house. They are not the perfectly shaped orbs you will find at the grocery stores. Heirlooms have a shorter shelf life so they are not found in all stores. These tomatoes have a superior taste though they may be very odd shaped.
Canning meat is easier than most people think. It is so handy to have canned meat on your pantry shelves to make a quick meal on busy days. Pop the lid off the jar and you can make Chickenetti, Soups, barbecues, and even pizza.
Summer is winding to a close but my zucchini plants are still thriving and producing well. I am trying to hang on to summer and the bountiful garden harvest. This Zucchini Lasagna is delicious using tomato sauce I preserved and zucchini from my garden.
Zucchini is one of the most prolific vegetables you can grow in your garden. Once they are picked they can be use in almost any vegetable side dish and even transformed into cakes, cookies and bars. I try and pick zucchini small…no larger than 10-12 inches but occasionally some get over looked.
Bright red rhubarb stalks are one of the first vegetables to be harvested in gardens. These crisp stalks need added sweetner to offset the tartess but make the best pies and desserts.
Bright red juicy strawberries herald the arrival of spring. They are one of the most versatile berries and the most widely cultivated. They are featured in many dishes and are one of the easiest fruits to grow. My garden has always had a large strawberry patch much to my children’s dismay. They hated the weeding but when they berries were ready the patch became much more likeable. June-bearing are my favorite kind to plant. Homegrown strawberries have the most flavor simply because the sugar converts to starch soon after they being picked.
