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Smoked pasta sauce with vegetables

07Sep

Smoked (smoked paprika and smoked liquid) pasta sauce with vegetables, this year garden produced a lot of everything! And this is my last canning with vegetables this year :) (more…)...

Burrata with grilled peaches, balsamic glaze, tarragon and mint

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07Sep

One of our favorite dish, burrata with grilled peaches, balsamic glaze, tarragon and mint (more…)...

Colorful corn and corn smut

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05Sep

Colorful corn and corn smut, also known as Mexican truffle, cuitlacoche. We tried it at Tepoztlan, when we had our cooking classes there, it was tasty! The unique, earthy taste has been part of local cuisine since Aztec times. They would use the corn and the attached fungus in tamales and stews. Huitlacoche has a very pungent earthy, sweet...

Juice from the garden: pear, beets with apples and carrot with pear

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02Sep

Juice from the garden: pear, beets with apples and carrot with pear, so delicious! (more…)...

Plum jam

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31Aug

11 kg of my favorite plums went to jam. I cooked it for 2 days but it was worth it, no pectin, not too much sugar and was so delicious! Perfect recipe! (more…)...

Homemade sauce from baked vegetables, garlic, herbs

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29Aug

When you have a lot tomatoes, zucchini and onions in your garden… homemade sauce from baked vegetables, garlic, herbs. Also added some hot peppers for nice kick. You can can it or freeze it. (more…)...

Old fashioned dill pickles

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19Aug

I canned already dill pickles this summer, I used this recipe, but added an extra 1 tbsp salt for each jar. Also, I prefer to put the jars in a pot with hot water for 15 min. (without tightening the lids) instead of the oven, after, release the air, close the lids tightly and turn the...

French onion pork chops

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16Aug

Found a new recipe for pork chops and we love it! French onion pork chops (more…)...

Ricotta pancakes with honey butter, strawberries and condensed milk cream

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15Aug

Our breakfast today: Ricotta pancakes with honey butter, strawberries and condensed milk cream. It was so delicious!! One of our favorite pancakes!! (more…)...

Sweet Smokey Zucchini Salsa

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15Aug

Sweet Smokey Zucchini Salsa, easy recipe, amazing flavors and smells so delicious! I’m sure I’ll make it again in a couple of weeks! Great idea to use my all zucchini and tomatoes from the garden, I have a lot this summer. (more…)...

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