Monday, December 10, 2012

Harvest Monday, December 10th, 2012

No harvests yet. I'm eating all the greens in my fridge as fast as I can before they go bad. Above is one of my favorite side dishes - coleslaw with cabbage, onions, and carrots from the garden.

My pizzas don't have tomato sauce on them. I usually make mine with a mix of mushrooms, onions (from the garden), and greens (from the garden). I saute them with red wine for added flavor. This time I used Swiss chard.

Last night we had fried rice for dinner. It is one of my husband's favorites, but he hates to have veggies mixed in. So I made a side dish for me of stir fried vegetables. Onions, Mushrooms, Chinese cabbage, and purple sweet potatoes. All from the garden except the mushrooms.

I've cleared out most of the greens that I need to use up. I still have some chard and some bok choy left. I expect to have those done soon and then I'll start picking from the garden again until it is all used up. The weather has been very very nice. Too nice. My husband told me that this year is on track to be the warmest year for the US in recorded history. I'm really hoping for a real winter this year. The insect pests were a bit out of control and their timing was all off. It is easier to garden when things are predictable.

Harvest Monday is a day to show off your harvests, how you are saving your harvest, or how you are using your harvest. If you have a harvest you want to show off, add your name and link to Mr Linky below.

30 comments:

  1. I am hoping for a real winter this year also!

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  2. I covered my beds to protect from the predicted freeze last night. I'm hoping my brassicas will figure out what it's supposed to do (ha!) and be a nice cold weather crop for me.

    I need to figure out a good way to handle greens. When I braise them they end up too tough. So my husband wants me to just boil them like his mother did, which leeches away the flavor and is yuck.

    I like your pizza idea.

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  3. I too am hoping for a real winter this year, won't mind a few extreme cold days to get rid of some of the insect pests.
    Did you parboil/precook your sweet potatoes before adding to the stir-fry?

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    1. No I find they cook very fast if you just slice them thinly. They only took about five minutes and were maybe an 1/8th of an inch thick.

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  4. That pizza looks PERFECT Daphne! Yum.
    The begining of the fall was really cool here, and now it's back to normal. Who knows what is going to happen. ?

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  5. OMGosh, those pictures....what time is dinner!?

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  6. It is a race against time with greens in the refrigerator!

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  7. We're hoping for real winter here too. It's hard to be active in the winter without the snow.

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  8. Your pizza looks absolutely delicious! Sometimes sauce just isn't necessary, even if one can eat it :-)

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  9. Enjoying cooking the harvest is as important as growing it — delicious post!

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  10. That coleslaw looks really good.

    I tried growing cabbage one year and when it was ready, nasty critters were in between the leaves. Do you prevent that by growing them under row covers?

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    1. It prevents the caterpillars from getting in, but the slugs and earwigs still can. I find that cabbage is tight enough that they don't get in. Chinese cabbage can be an issue sometimes, but I've never had a problem with regular cabbage.

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  11. Pizza Bianca, yummy! I like to make pizza without tomato sauce even though I don't have a problem with tomatoes. One of my favorites is with thin sliced potatoes and mushrooms. Winter squash also makes a great pizza bianca.

    Have you ever tried pomegranate molasses? It's tangy and sweet (some brands more sweet than others) and might make a good substitute for tomato in some dishes.

    Yum, everything looks so good, especially the coleslaw. I haven't had coleslaw in a while since I didn't grow any cabbage this year and seeing yours is making me crave some.

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    1. No I've never had that before. I've tried using plum sauce to substitute. It worked just OK.

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  12. That looks great, Daphne! No harvest for me but I do have a new bread recipe to share on my blog today :)

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  13. Yum~~ I like pizza without tomato sauce as well.
    What a coincidence, I made a coleslaw with butternut squash dressing, if I get my acts together maybe I can link it to Thursday's Kitchen Cupboard.

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  14. Hi Daphne; I'm not putting forward a post for your Harvest Monday link-up this week, because the only thing I have harvested since last week is more Radicchio, and there is a limit to how much interest I can expect people to show in such things...! Still reading what everyone else is doing though!

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  15. Daphne,
    Please remove the 1st link #15, it was the wrong URL, THANKS.

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  16. Yummy foods...I'm sure you have...but have you ever done pesto instead of sauce? I miss my overabundance of swiss chard! Must sow more of EVERYTHING next year.

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    1. Strangely even though I like basil a lot, I'm not a big pesto fan. I eat it occasionally, but not a lot.

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  17. P.S. What do you put on your stir fry in way of sauce?

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    1. It had just a touch of soy sauce. It really didn't need much with the caramelized onions.

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  18. I like the look of your coleslaw...I don't think cabbages would grow too well in pots (would they) which is a shame.

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  19. Oh if only the weather was predictable ........
    Your coleslaw looks tasty and
    what does hubby have in his fried rice if not veggies?

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  20. Everything looks so delicious! Even the pizza without the sauce! We got some small hail here today. Didn't even open up the cold frames. Nancy

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  21. Everything looks yummy. I like pizza without sauce and often use pesto or just brush with a little olive oil then top with whatever is on hand. K and I both like different veggies too so stir frying anything is a challenge. I have to have everything separated into batches of his, hers, and both then plate it up separately to serve.

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  22. I've got to try that Pizza, yum!

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  23. I LOVE the fresh cabbage/carrots/onion mix. One of my favorites too :)

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