Aubergine and Mushroom Moussaka recipe - C-N-Do Scotland Walking Holidays Aubergine and Mushroom Moussaka Moussaka is a Greek classic and this simple dish is best served with some simple brown rice and a Greek-style salad of cucumber, tomatoes, black olives and diced Feta cheese dressed with olive oil and fresh lemon juice. Cooking Instructions: Slice aubergine into thin slices lengthways. Show all recipes → Gutter Gardens Grow Produce Without Taking Up Space If you’d love to do a little at-home gardening but don’t have much space to do your planting, a simple gutter garden might be the perfect option. Alaskan news site Juneau Empire features a smart, simple idea for planting a small vegetable garden with very little space: A windowbox garden built from gutters. In Alaska, this idea solves a few problems for the author: We live near the glacier, so the soil is cold and has very little organic matter, there are lots of big trees shading it, and we have all the slugs and root maggots anyone could want, with porcupines, cats, bears and ravens meandering to boot.There is only one side of our house that gets much sunshine, and, of course, that side of the house has the smallest yard. Even if your garden doesn’t face the same problems, the idea behind the gutter garden could be perfect if you’re low on space but would kill for some homegrown veggies. How does your garden grow?
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15 Foods That Can Be Regrown From Scraps I love gardening. Well, not actually the work behind the gardening so much – it’s the harvesting that I really look forward to. There is nothing like fresh veggies from your own personal garden! I actually just planted a bunch of things in my vegetable garden, and may have gone a little plant happy at the feed & seed store. Obviously, we all know about the normal ways to grow plants – from seeds. Let’s count them out – from 1 to 15… 1, 2, 3, & 4. These are the ones I regrow the very most, I always have a mason jar of green onions regrowing above my kitchen sink. 5. You can regrow lemongrass the same way you regrow the green onions. 6. Plant a small chunk off of your piece of ginger in potting soil with the newest buds facing up. 7. Pick a potato that has a lot of good formed eyes, and cut it into 2-3 inch pieces, taking care to be sure that each piece has at least 1-2 eyes on it. 8. You will need sweet potatoes with good formed eyes, just as you would want with a regular potato. 13. 14.
50 Things You Should Stop Buying & Start Making As a society, we have become over-reliant on “ready made” products. We have lost the ability to make things from scratch. Rather than blend up some peanuts to make delicious, tasty and fresh peanut butter, we’ll spend many dollars on a jar from the store that contains artificial preservatives, unnecessary packaging and that simply lines the pockets of huge, unethical multinational corporations. Aside from foods, you can also make your own personal care products, beauty and make up products, cleaning products and home accessories that taste, work or look better than store bought, without the harmful chemicals and toxins and free from excessive, earth damaging packaging. Foods Homemade Ketchup – This ketchup won’t brake the bank, tastes better than the real deal and contains no added sugar – so it’s nutritionally good for the whole family. Peanut Butter – It is so simple to make this pantry staple it would be silly to buy it. Want to learn more about making your own foods? Next Page >>>
How To Grow Squash | Growing Squash | GardenDad.com Learning how to grow squash can open your garden up to an astonishing variety of cultivars, most of which are not very difficult to have success with. Squash falls into two categories: summer squash and winter squash. Summer squash includes all the varietals of squash that will grow best in hot weather and mature during the mid to late summer. Summer squash typically should be harvested when its skin is still relatively thin, which means you can harvest summer squash before it is fully mature. However it also means that summer squash will not keep as long in your pantry as winter varietals will. Winter squash includes all the varietals will grow best in cooler winter during the late summer and fall. In this guide about how to grow squash, I will begin by explaining some of the characteristics that are common to all cultivars of squash. Next, I will explain the differences between planting your squash directly in the soil or by starting it early indoors and transplanting seedlings. 1. 1a.
Kitchen Cheat Sheet | Everest Home Improvements Despite what modern cooking shows might tell you, whipping up a gourmet meal isn’t just a case of slicing, dicing and measuring ingredients before throwing them into a pan. You can’t just turn the oven on and gaze wistfully out of your Everest windows until it emerges perfectly cooked. It takes a lot of knowledge and preparation to be a whizz in the kitchen, which is why Everest Home Improvements have produced this Kitchen Cheat Sheet to help you on your way to your first Michelin star! Save it, Print it & Stick it on the fridge Whether you are new to cooking or an experienced chef, everyone can use a little help in the kitchen sometimes. Embed Kitchen Cheat Sheet on Your Site: Copy and Paste the Code Below
GreenStalk - Vertical Garden System by The Peterson Family Risks and challenges Packaging - The GreenStalk is a large lightweight planter. This presents challenges for product packaging. We currently use shrink wrap to package our product for shows and wholesale markets. However, the plastic warps over time and is very time consuming to put together. We are looking to add full color boxes with carrying handles as a packaging option. Additional Features - We love the GreenStalk just as is (and so do our customers and reviewers!) Distribution - We ship GreenStalk all over the US and have sent the system as far away as India. Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
3 Ultra-Satisfying Vegetarian Fall Soup Recipes Image via: Sneakerdog Every year, when it starts getting cold, I crave soups and stews packed with greens and garlic. To me, it’s the ultimate comfort food: hot, healthy, and vegetarian. I love to experiment with seasonal ingredients like apples and butternut squash, and add in favorites like spinach and hot spices. Here are three filling, unbelievably delicious meat-free soup recipes that will be in rotation in my soup pot this season. Garlic, Chickpea and Spinach Soup By Sneakerdog 2 tablespoons olive oil 4 garlic cloves, crushed 1 onion, chopped 2 teaspoons ground cumin 2 teaspoons ground coriander 5 cups vegetable stock 12 ounces potatoes, diced More after the jump! 15 ounces can chickpeas, drained and rinsed 1 tablespoon cornstarch 2/3 cup Silk(tm) cream (or other non-dairy cream) 2 tablespoons light tahini 7 ounces spinach, shredded cayenne pepper salt and pepper, to taste Heat the oil in a saucepan and cook the garlic and onions until soft and golden. Makes 4 cups Serves 6 to 8
metaspoon There’s something particular satisfying about building something with your own two hands, so it’s really no wonder that DIY projects have really been booming. Even if you don’t consider yourself to be a very crafty person, you can most definitely jump in on this trend. The good people of the internet have made it easier than ever to learn how to make things at home so you can save money, be creative, and create something truly unique and personal. Amy from Her Tool Belt is one of these good people, and if you like gardening, you’re definitely going to love this stunner of a project! Amy made her very own DIY Cascading Flower Pallet Planter Box, and she’s taken us all along for the ride. Get a regular planter box (the one in this photo is made from pallet wood) and drill holes in even spaced rows. “I used a 2″ hole saw to drill holes for the petunias … spacing the holes about every 6″ or so.” Now let’s get to planting flowers! Plant the first row of flowers and then cover them with soil.
Nigel Slater's classic bubble and squeak recipe Nigel Slater's classic bubble and squeak. Photograph: Jonathan Lovekin for the Observer The name refers to the appetising sound this stir-up of cooked potatoes and greens makes as it cooks. Most recipes suggest equal quantities of cooked potatoes to shredded cabbage, though much depends on what you have to hand. The only difficult bit about this recipe is turning the sizzling cake over in the pan in order to brown the underside. Some serve this with a fried egg on top, but my own favourite twists are to fry a little bacon in the butter before adding the vegetables or to add some chopped cooked sausages to the pan creating something more like a good old fry-up. Email Nigel at nigel.slater@observer.co.uk or visit guardian.co.uk/profile/nigelslater for all his recipes in one place
How to grow indoor plants for free from cuttings - ABC Life Whether you're living in a share house, apartment or garage behind your gran's house, a few plants can make a room more homely. But don't have to spend big to start or expand a collection — with some basic materials and know-how, you can grow plants for free. Sydney-based Laura Tjitradjaja discovered indoor plants when she moved into her own apartment. "It's south facing so there's not enough sun to grow herbs, but I discovered it's perfect for indoor plants," she says. Best of all, her collection cost her almost nothing. She's also worked out some tricks of her own. "Polka dot plants [Hypoestes phyllostachya] don't like to dry out so I converted a plastic egg carton into a mini hothouse, with soil and a cutting in each compartment, then you close the lid; air can get in but it makes it more humid and that seems to work better, even though there's no drainage." Laura is now the one giving away plants to get others started. "I'm not sure if I'm really addicted," laughs Laura. Basic toolkit:
Recipe for Mujadarra (Middle Eastern Lentils and Rice with Caramelized Onions) Mujadarra (pronounced moo-jha-druh and also spelled Mujadara, Mujaddara, Mujadarah, and Mujadarrah) is a humble middle eastern dish of lentils, rice, and caramelized onions. This is a recipe where the flavor becomes much more than you'd expect from the simple ingredients used. Years ago I started ordering Mujadarra at a now-closed Salt Lake restaurant which served it with Middle Eastern Tomato Salad around the the plate, the perfect way to eat it if you have tomatoes and fresh herbs on hand. Then that restaurant closed, and I never found another place in Utah where I liked it as much. Recently I decided to get serious about making Mujadarra myself, starting with a recipe from Paula Wolfert's The Cooking of the Eastern Mediterranean, in which she cautions not to reduce the amount of olive oil because "the dish will lack a certain richness." Rinse lentils, then add water and cook at a low simmer 20-30 minutes, until lentils are soft. Printer Friendly Recipe
How to sow seeds outdoors All those pretty flowers at the nursery can get pricey. The simplest way to get the most bang for your buck is to direct-sow seeds into your garden. Let me show you some tips I’ve learned over the years. The best time to sow seeds Try to match weather conditions with your seeds’ preferences so they don’t languish in the garden — the sooner seeds germinate, the less likely they are to rot in the ground. What’s the best day to direct-sow seeds? Your prepared bed has been rained on (or watered) so the soil is moist and the seeds can absorb water.It’s overcast so the sun doesn’t dry the soil too quickly.Air temperatures in the next week will only vary 10 to 18 degrees. Need some garden inspiration? It's best to prepare the whole garden so that roots can grow vigorously in loosened soil. Prepare the garden bed While you might want to just dig a little hole and pop a seed in, it’s best to prepare the whole bed. Check out this easy way to start a new garden bed Plant the seeds When and how to water