Garden harvest recipes

Check out this MEGA list of recipes using garden produce and learn how to turn your homegrown vegetables into dinner that your family will love!

If you're wondering what to do with basil from the garden after you harvest it, here are two great ideas. These are some of our favorite things to do with basil that are super easy to do, to make it last much longer.

Don't toss those radish greens! I love to sauté them to make a simple side dish or blend them into this vibrant radish green pesto. Spread it onto bread, toss it with pasta, dollop it onto salads, and more!

Preserve your harvest by learning how to freeze mixed fresh herbs and garden greens for the winter months ahead! Find out what herbs you can include, and what you should leave out, so you can stash your freezer with a nutritious and flavorful Italian-inspired herb mix that can be used in lots of recipes. This method of freezing garden herbs can be prepared in less than 30 minutes!

I love this easy and delicious sage pesto recipe! It's a great homemade pesto to gift and enjoy, and a great way to use up surplus sage.

Once your tomatoes are grown and you begin to harvest them, you'll no doubt wonder how you can keep those tomatoes for the winter. Food preservation is a skill that has become rare in our grocery store society with 24/7 access to fresh fruits and vegetables no matter the time of year.

This recipe for giardiniera — a spicy Italian pickled vegetable mix that’s sort of a condiment and sort of a salad — is adapted from Cook With Me by Alex Guarnaschelli. Enjoy it as a nibble with a pre-dinner glass of wine, or put it on the table when you have pizza or pasta with a rich ragù bolognese. You’ll need to soak the cut-up vegetables overnight in salt water before you start.

A quick and easy way to get your own pickled veggies!

How do you make fermented peppers? What is the best salt ratio for fermenting peppers? how long to ferment peppers? With our Easy Pepper Fermentation Recipe you'll have the best fermented peppers in just 5 weeks! Learn how to ferment any type of pepper at home.

Go foraging for dandelion greens and make this nutritious dandelion pesto! Recipe is from the Alchemy of Herbs book by Rosalee de la Forêt.