The Garden — the cook & the garden

Radish Leaf Remoulade

Dairy Free, Dinner, Lunch, Salads, Summer, The Garden, VegetablesCathy ClearyJuly 31, 2020pesto, pickles, salad, zucchini, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, cucumber salsa, salsa

Cucumber Salsa

Appetizers & Snacks, Summer, The GardenCathy ClearyAugust 13, 2019cucumbers, herbs, fresh herbs, salsa, appetizers, spicy, peppers

Value Added Southern Harvest Recipes

VEGETABLES, Winter, The Garden, Appetizers & SnacksCathy ClearyFebruary 19, 2019Classes, pickled collards, Apple Chips, tomato pesto, garlic herb cream cheese, value added, Southern Harvest Cookbook, collard greens

Summertime Savory Squash Pie

Appetizers & Snacks, Dinner, Gluten-Free, Summer, The Garden, VegetablesCathy ClearySeptember 4, 2018summer squash, zucchini, savory pie, eggs, toaster oven

Pie Party!

Desserts, Fruits, The GardenCathy ClearyAugust 23, 2018raspberry, chocolate, pie, rhubarb, cream, dessert, party, party food

Visit Farms and be Inspired!

A visitor checks out the flowers at Flying Cloud Farm in Fairview. Flying Cloud is one of nearly two dozen area farms participating in the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project's 10th annual Farm Tour. Photo by Colin Wiebe

Summer Squash Pickles

The Garden, VEGETABLESCathy ClearyMay 17, 2018pickles, summer squash, tailgate market, zucchini, yellow squash, refrigerator pickles

WILDLY Prolific

Wildly Prolific out this week in the Mountain Xpress tells you what to munch on as you stroll in the forest! Also find my springtime recipe for Greens and Eggs!

Deviled Egg Salad

I sent out a newsletter recently and was pleasantly surprised at how many folks said they were planning to make the recipe I sent out. I event had facebook friends tag me with photos of their deviled egg salads.

Dinner, Lunch, Gluten-Free, Salads, Spring, The Garden, VegetablesCathy ClearyApril 3, 2018eggs, beets, asparagus, salad, Deviled eggs, Easter, Brunch, lunch

The Sweet Potato Underground...

Check out the link to my Mountain Xpress article all about sweet potatoes!

Off the Grid - Pedal to Plate

It takes just the right kind of person to enjoy spending an entire Sunday riding up and down steep mountain inclines with bicycle pedal power in order to see small farms in action. I guess I fall into that “right person” category because I had a ridiculously good time at Pedal to Plate in Madison County.

Blueberry Waterfall Birthday Cake

It wasn't my idea to run 14 miles through the woods scaling ridges and fording slippery rocked streams to celebrate our birthdays. We can blame that one on Elizabeth. Luckily I am a glutton for punishment and I can't think of a better way to spend a day.

FEAST in the Sunny Point Garden! Plus pig and pickles

I'm so excited to help organize this event with such generous businesses! On August 7th, 2017 Riverbend Malt is donating a pig (fattened on their spent grain) and Sunny Point Cafe is preparing a FEAST to benefit FEAST!

Sweet Potato Slips

Sweet potatoes don’t grow from seeds. They are one of those fascinating regenerative vegetables. Plant a sweet potato and it will grow baby sweet potatoes. Onions, ginger, turmeric, cassava, and potatoes all fall into this crazy category. Wouldn’t it be so cool if we could grow our own babies all by ourselves? Well, maybe I should save that for another discussion.

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