
It might take a little bit of work but it can help you save a lot of money along with offering just what you want when you need it. When it was fresh, as well as for how much it cost. When you grow your own food you know how it was produced. (4) To help others- While this is not a must, even a tiny garden will give you enough food that you will be able to give some neighbors, family, and friends. Thus a bag of 4 tomatoes may cost up to 3 dollars more, as the same tomatoes that you could grow at home would perhaps even less if you live somewhere that gets a good amount of rain, and the sun. (3) Money- when you buy from the store you pay the price of seeds, the salary of the farmers, and the people at the store, gas, and storage. Homemade Pico de Gallo (Fresh Tomato Salsa) Youll love this easy pico de gallo recipe Chop tomatoes and onion into small pieces. Or they might even have been grown under lights. The soil that was used may have been in bad condition. They could have chemicals on them or recently been watered with dirty water.
Combine all ingredients except chips in a medium size serving bowl.(2) Safety- You do not know where or how the vegetables you purchase at the store where grown. You can try the adapted recipe below or check it out on the Kraft Recipes site. It was a big hit here at our house and one that we’ll be making again and again for picnics and potlucks. Remove from the heat and add cilantro and lime juice. Reduce heat and simmer for an hour or until flavors are mingled. Combine everything except lime and cilantro in a large stockpot and heat to boiling. 2 cups diced fresh red tomato 1 cup diced white onion 1 serrano pepper, stem removed and finely diced (and seeded, if you want less heat) 1/2 cup chopped. This recipe was very easy to make and was ready in minutes. 2 oz chopped hot green chillies (1/2 a can) juice of 1/2 a lime. Layered salads are always delicious but this time I thought it would be fun to try our hand at some fresh garden tomato salsa. With picnic season here, I browsed the Kraft Recipes site to find delicious picnic recipes where I can incorporate some of our delicious fresh veggies. Cut tomato into wedges, then cut each wedge into small pieces. That’s why I am excited to with Kraft Foods as a Tastemaker on this sponsored recipe. Serve salsa with baked tortilla chips and/or assorted cut-up fresh vegetables instead of the regular tortilla chips. With all of these veggies I’m often looking for ways to use them. It kept the garden surrounded in warmth even in the cold, that’s why we were able to enjoy yellow roses in February and veggies throughout the summer and late fall. It hit me then that the brick wall of our neighbor’s house was acting like a greenhouse. Then one day while pulling weeds I put my hand on the brick wall it grows against and it was warm even on that cool fall day. It took us a while to figure out why this garden does so well with very little maintenance. Our zucchinis are gigantic, eggplants grow in abundance, and we are often overrun with tomatoes. We dont know a lot about this varietys history other.
As the name implies, its flesh to juice ratio is perfect for making fresh salsa. Its fruits are globe-shaped, uniform in size, weigh about six ounces each, are bright red in color, solid, and tasty. This particular garden does amazingly well. 70 days, determinate Salsa matures early in the season and is quite productive.
As the years have gone by we’ve moved some of the rose bushes around the yard to suit our tastes. We also converted one rose garden to a flower & vegetable garden. Seeing the blossoms peek through the cold & snow always made us smile. We were surprised our first winter here when one of the yellow rose bushes bloomed all the way into February. They adored them and we found them beautiful. When we first moved into our house 10 years ago the previous owners had rose bushes planted all over the yard.