Basil is summer. Shredded fresh on tomatoes, added to salad, spooned over steamed vegetables or chopped into mayonnaise for burgers and grilled cheese sandwiches. Yet my favorite way to eat basil is to make pesto, fresh on pasta or in this Pesto Swirl bread. It’s easy! Make a batch of pesto, and spread it over […]
Archives for August 2017
Rose Hip Jam
In August, when the rose hips were ripe and ready to harvest, I filled a basket with about two pounds of hips. The plan was to make my grandmother’s recipe for jelly. It was one that she learned to make from a friend and handed down to me and I remember making it with her […]
Green Tomato and Pepper Piccalilli
Green Tomato and Pepper Piccalilli | 6 pints Sweet pickles have been my summer staple, and make them every August with small pickling cucumbers. When a friend gave me her family recipes for Piccalilli, I found this spicy relish so much more useful that I’ve almost given up pickles forever. Piccalilli is often served with hotdogs […]