Dirt to Table Experiences
Dill Pickle Cucumber Slices
The cucumber pickles in this recipe will not take you more than 10 minutes to prepare. They will be sweet and crunchy, and maybe a bit sour too. You can serve them up as an accompaniment to your favorite sandwiches, as a side dish to your favorite grilled meats, or placed on grilled or pulled
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Insalata Caprese
A reminder of the abundance of vine-ripened summer tomatoes and what a few simple fresh ingredients can create for your garden to table meal. Insalata Caprese Serves 4 Ingredients: 2 pounds vine-ripened tomatoes, sliced 1 pound fresh mozzarella, sliced 1/4 cup fresh chopped basil 3-4 tablespoons Extra Virgin olive oil Fine sea salt to taste
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Spinach and Avocado Salad with a Basil Vinaigrette
Summer is almost here! This salad is a wonderful way to say goodbye to Spring. I have been serving up this salad for several years, and use it often when entertaining guests. We rarely serve salads in bowls. Instead, we serve up our salads on large family style platters, where everyone helps themselves, and encourages
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Blue Cheese Sirloin Burgers with Red Wine-Onion Jam
Welcome to our Sunday gathering. The weather is perfect. The windows have been opened, the music is turned up, the table and chairs have been brought outside, and friends have arrived with ice coolers and wonderful side dishes to compliment the meal. My husband has fired up the grill and we are going to enjoy
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Mom’s Orange-Cranberry Relish
This orange cranberry relish recipe that I found at George’s food blog A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse www.gmg706.blogspot.com was delicious. I prepared it for Thanksgiving and it was a hit with the family. They enjoyed it as a side dish with the roasted turkey. The next day, the family enjoyed
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Winter Minestrone
This soup is soul satisfying and full of winter greens. Since this soup has to cook slowly don’t worry about prepping all your vegetables before you begin-just chop as you go. Winter Minestrone Serves 8 Recipe from Gourmet Ingredients: 1/3 lb. sliced pancetta, chopped 3 medium red onions, chopped 4 celery ribs, chopped 2 medium