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The Daily Palette
The Daily Palette will be my new home starting January 1, 2011. Please make a note of it. Thank you!
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For Lavender Macaron {Coming Soon}
Harvesting Once the color is bright and vivid, that is the time to start cutting. Cut the flower stems during the cool of the morning after the dew has dried. Both fresh and dried flowers and leaves are used in culinary … Continue reading
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Tagged Culinary Herbs, Lavender, Lavendin, Moonglow Gardens, Organic Gardening
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Tortang Sili (Stuffed Peppers)
Peppers are gorgeous in the garden and delicious on the plate. For us Pinoys, traditionally extra pepper plants are grown around the yard for talbos (leaves) used in salads and favorite chicken dishes like tinola (chicken in ginger broth). Please note … Continue reading
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Tagged Filipino Food, Organic Gardening, Peppers, Philippine Chile Relleno, Philippine Cuisine, Torta
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Getting Ready For a Luau
Driving around the neighborhood eyeing some banana trees, I did think about ringing the doorbell to ask for a whole banana leaf, possibly the largest. Then maybe not. Banana trees largely serve ornamental purpose here in San Diego though for … Continue reading
Oh, my! Father’s Day coming up!
For Mother’s Day, the Little Dude made me Chocolate Truffles. It was a sweet project included in the book In the Kitchen with Grade Two. I was fortunate enough to witness their hands on cooking projects.
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Potato Leaf and Regular Leaf Tomatoes
Potato Leaf (PL) usually has fewer cuts or serrations on the leaf edge. Sometimes there are a few large notches in the mostly smooth leaf edge. Regular Leaf (RL) is the most typical leaf type with leaf edges that are … Continue reading
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Tagged Moonglow Gardens, Tomato Growers Supply Co., Victory Seeds Company
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Quick Lunch: Fajitas
What to do with leftover beef tenderloin roast? Fajitas! Here’s my take.
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Tagged Beef Tenderloin Roast, Bell Peppers, Leftovers, Onions, Quick Lunch
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Moonglow Tomato
Winner of SSE’s 2007 Heirloom Tomato Tasting Thanks, Mark! Moonglow becomes the first tomato of the 2010 growing season. I hope it lives up to reputation as the tomato with the best texture and flavor of any yellow-gold tomato. Gary … Continue reading
No Cooking Today!
Happy Wednesday! Though not cooking today, I’m definitely eating. I should practice on rolling these babies. I apologize, they are not very sexy (the rolls). First time. Rice paper wrap is not a Filipino thing, and although I enjoy them … Continue reading
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Tagged Fresh Lumpia Sauce, Moonglow Gardens, Philippine Peanut Sauce, Rice Paper Wrap, Vegetarian
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The Kitchen Gardener – March 2010
Thank you very much, Melissa for reminding me to blog about Sloat Garden Center’s The Kitchen Gardener. I had a the most awesome opportunity to contribute to the March 2010 issue.
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Tagged Moonglow Gardens, Sloat Garden Center, The Kitchen Gardener
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