Yellow tomato sauce:
Simmer 8-12 yellow tomatoes in a pot on medium low heat. Add a hot banana pepper or whatever pepper you have in your garden, a clove or two of garlic, fresh basil and oregano. Add salt and pepper to taste. Allow to simmer until tomatoes are broken apart. Strain if you prefer a smooth sauce. The flavor will be very mild, so throw in a couple red tomatoes for a fuller taste.
Chicken:
Pound chicken with a mallet and cover with Italian bread crumbs. Cook in a skillet with a table spoon or two of olive oil on high for about 4 minutes on each side until golden. Pour sauce over top, cover with a lid and reduce heat to medium and cook until the internal temp is 180F. Sprinkle mozarella cheese on chicken and recover until the cheese is melted. Serve over spaghetti noodles.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Potatoes Un-potted
I had one plastic small pot in which I had planted one red skinned potato seed. The seed was about the size of a golf ball. Over the past couple months, this pot has struggled because of it's tendency to dry out due to its size and the soil content, which was only peat. Several times the plant has wilted only to be revived to a spotty but decidedly perky state.
Today, the plant looked like it was finally at the end of its road, so although it was a little early, I decided to un-pot the plant and see what grew.
I was expecting to find nothing in the pot but a tangled mess of roots.
Instead, as I began to shake out the earth, I found a healthy number of maggots and a small but respectable harvest of new potatoes.
The other potatoes are still growing strong and I anticipate to get a much larger yield from them.
The rest of the gardens are also doing very well. I haven't been doing any more pollination by hand as the bumble bees are back in full force due to the dry weather.
I purchased a pot of cukes from Walmart which had seven sprouts, and I failed to thin them out any and now they are growing all over the tomato cage, the brick path, and on top of other tomato plants.
The peppers are setting fruit as well. This pepper, although only a centimeter or so in length, will grow to 4-6 inches before I harvest it, deseed it, fill it with Monterey Jack cheese, dip it in an egg batter and deep fry it!
Today, the plant looked like it was finally at the end of its road, so although it was a little early, I decided to un-pot the plant and see what grew.
I was expecting to find nothing in the pot but a tangled mess of roots.
Instead, as I began to shake out the earth, I found a healthy number of maggots and a small but respectable harvest of new potatoes.
The other potatoes are still growing strong and I anticipate to get a much larger yield from them.
The rest of the gardens are also doing very well. I haven't been doing any more pollination by hand as the bumble bees are back in full force due to the dry weather.
I purchased a pot of cukes from Walmart which had seven sprouts, and I failed to thin them out any and now they are growing all over the tomato cage, the brick path, and on top of other tomato plants.
The peppers are setting fruit as well. This pepper, although only a centimeter or so in length, will grow to 4-6 inches before I harvest it, deseed it, fill it with Monterey Jack cheese, dip it in an egg batter and deep fry it!
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