Category Archive for "Gardening"

Old- fashioned tomato jam

23Aug

Got lots of tomatoes today from my garden, thought will make something new, Old- fashioned tomato jam. I like that you can freeze it and don't need to use pectin. (more…)...

Summer favorite!

Posted by Olya Sandstrom

49 Comments

21Aug

My favorite dish this summer, super easy recipe and so flavorful and bright!

Creamy Pasta with baked feta cheese, vegetables and mushroom. Love to use my tomatoes and basil from the garden! (more…)...

Tomato mozzarella feta cheese tart

Posted by Olya Sandstrom

4 Comments

19Aug

Love summer, love my garden, so many tomatoes this year! Tomato mozzarella feta cheese tart (more…)...

Lemon tree

Posted by Olya Sandstrom

2 Comments

10Aug

10 years ago I started growing a lemon tree from some seeds, now it’s a big beautiful tree. So a couple of weeks ago I grew more seeds and they are going good (more…)...

Tomatillo salsa verde

Posted by Olya Sandstrom

1 Comment

08Aug

Got some tomatillas from my garden and made Tomatillo Salsa Verde (more…)...

Elderberry jam

Posted by Olya Sandstrom

1 Comment

07Aug

I did Elderberry syrup before so many times, this time I tried to make Elderberry jam using pectin. (more…)...

Spicy tomato basil soup with orzo

Posted by Olya Sandstrom

2 Comments

05Aug

Spicy tomato basil soup with orzo

we made salsa yesterday from the tomatoes from my garden and had leftover tomato–pepper juice from it, I used it for the soup today as a base. It was so tasty! ...