Garden notes and drying tomatoes


I knew when we planted our garden this spring that I didn't want to do a lot of canning.  It's just a lot of work, and I was tired and wanted rest

Ahem.  I did NO canning.  Oh, wait.  That's not true.  I think I did up two batches of freezer jam: one strawberry and one peach.  But still.  That's not a lot.  I imagine I'll regret that come fall and winter.  But when it's 80-something degrees in the kitchen, I just cannot get motivated to can.  No way.

I froze a lot of berries- strawberries and raspberries from our yard.  We made several batches of fruit leather.  We ate beans fresh and roasted them up for a few dinners.  We made a lot of tomato-and-cucumber-and-garlic-and-basil-and-feta salads.  YUM.  

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I still have tomatoes and basil coming out my ears.  So this morning I was up early in the garden and picked a huge bowl of Sun Gold tomatoes (my favorite), and decided to try drying them.  I just sliced them in half (quartering the larger ones), and then in a food processor, blended about 10 leaves of basil and a couple of garlic cloves and olive oil, and drizzled it all over the top of them.  Sprinkled salt and pepper over the top and we'll see how it goes.  But I cannot WAIT to try them.  They look and smell delicious.  :) 

I'm contemplating doing this with my rhubarb.  Has anyone ever tried this?  And I'm definitely making some more rhubarb syrup just as soon as I can get ahold of some cheesecloth. 

4 comments:

  1. Oh, the tomatoes look wonderful, and I love that idea for rhubarb. I'd never heard of doing that before. Excited to hear how it turns out if you try it ♥

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    1. You're so sweet, Quinne. I know! I'd never considered drying rhubarb before, either, but figured I should try and see how we like it. My kids love dried fruit, so why not? And I love the idea of adding it to granola/oatmeal or muffins in the off-season months. :)

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  2. Stacy, I just wanted you to know I am still reading your blog after all these years. :) Love your heart for your family and the Lord. I so appreciate that you share here. You are an encouragement to me!

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    1. WENDY!!!!! How ARE YOU?! SO good to hear from you here. Much love to you. Heading over to see if YOU are still blogging. ((big hugs))

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