Tag Archives: Dill

Caterpillars on my Dill

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Sincerely, Emily

I plant more than one dill plant in hopes of being able to harvest some each year. I’ll keep hoping. Each year more and more black swallowtail caterpillars show up. Each year, I still hope I will get to harvest … Continue reading →

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Herbal cheese spread

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Sincerely, Emily

Lately I have been taking an appetizer to several different meetings. In the effort to make things easy on myself I just keep taking the same herbal cheese spread over and over. I don’t have to think about it, just … Continue reading →

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Fermenting cucumbers … soon to be pickles

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Sincerely, Emily

I purchased a few crocks earlier this spring with fermenting in mind. I started with sauerkraut and that turned out fantastic (hope to post about that soon) Now it is cucumber season and I wanted to get a start on … Continue reading →

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SSFC: Cucumber Salsa – #5

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Sincerely, Emily

This time of year, gardens around the northern hemisphere are starting to produce wonderful things. I am picking beautiful sweet and hot peppers from my garden and I am frequenting farmers markets for other fresh taste of summer. I wanted … Continue reading →

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SSFC: Raw – #2

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Sincerely, Emily

This is the first of our theme weeks for the Southern SOLE Food Challenge. We set our sights on raw/vegetarian for this weeks theme. I love eating many thing raw straight out of the garden, but it took me a … Continue reading →

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Cool as a Cucumber soup

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Sincerely, Emily

Last summer when I was visiting my parents in Minnesota my mom and I made a lovely cold cucumber soup using cucumbers from my step fathers vegetable garden. The recipe we used was out of the old worn and well-used … Continue reading →

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