Banana Peppers
You know, I was just complaining the other day that there was nothing growing in my garden, but I just recently went back out and it's like all these veggies came out over night! How did that happen? lol
I know I'm posting a lot of garden posts, but I really didn't know how exciting this garden thing was going to be. This may be my new little hobby. The pic above is my banana pepper. I planted a bunch of banana pepper plants so I guess I should be getting a lot of those this year. I can't believe how big it already is.
Jalapeños and tomatoes.
Above, the top two pics are my jalapeño peppers. On the bottom are my tomatoes. The bottom left tomatoes are shaped kind of wonky. I've never seen tomatoes shaped like that before, but I did plant 3 different kinds of tomatoes. I can not wait to eat them!
My first cucumber.
Remember the pic I posted the other day of my cucumber that was one inch long? Well here it is! Ripe for the picking. I was so excited when I saw how big this was today, I could not resist picking it. So I did, my very first vegetable I grew myself. Woohoo!
Cutting up my first cuke.
Eating my cuke!
Yum!
It really tasted good, I mean, it was the best tasting cucumber I have ever had. It had a really neat flavor to it. I wouldn't say this just because I grew it :)
My meal: Mahi Mahi cooked with Thai spices on a bed of spinach, tomatoes, onions and my cucumber, some squash and onions from my dads garden, multi-grain baguette with olive oil and some green tea.
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That meal looks delicious. I love eating things from our garden, too. And, if your banana peppers are anything like ours, you'll have a ton.
They are all so cute! We did cucumbers, tomatoes, jalapenos, green bell peppers and banana peppers. Everything was great, but the banana peppers weren't to ripe tasting. I'd like to pickle them, but we only planted one plant and got about 10 peppers....what do I do with them?
I purposely grew my banana peppers to make salsa with. I got the recipe from a friend.
10 banana peppers
2 jalapeño peppers
2 or 3 scallions
6 to 8 sprigs cilantro
1 can tomatoes
Slice peppers in half, hollow out peppers, put all in blender and blend.
OH, look at your crops! I live in SE Wisconsin........my topsy turvy has 3 tomatoes roughly the diameter of a quarter, nickel and dime! hee hee.
Oh, this looks amazing, Jolie! Yum!
The 'wonky' tomatoes look like Italian plum tomatoes (the kind you get in tins). They are really delicious and are great for making soups, pasta sauces and ragu.
Ohh, how exciting! Aren't home-grown veggies the best? Last summer our new neighbors gave us tons of tomatoes from their gardens - and we LOVED them! They were so good and fresh. Enjoy the fruits of your labor (seriously!).
P.S. That meal looks delish!
~Chelsea
I would love to grow my own spices and veggies like this. That salsa recipe of yours sounds wonderful!
Wow they look so good! well done! i'm rubbish at growing veg!
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Aimee
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AWESOME!!!!!! :D
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