September is always a very busy month in our kitchen as I scramble to use as much of our fresh garden produce in as many meals, smoothies, muffins, and cookies as possible! I’ve also been freezing meals made with garden produce, as well as freezing the produce itself to use in the coming winter months (so far, cooked kale as well as peach & cucumber slices for smoothies).
So I’ve put together a recipe collection (from my archive) categorized by vegetable in hopes that it might give you some fresh ideas if you’re overloaded with a particular veggie at this time of the year!
**List UPDATED on 2/3/2016**
Apples
Apple Peanut Butter “Sandwiches”
Traditional Hot Mulled Apple Cider
Basil
Beets
Cabbage
Carrots
Cilantro
Citrus Salad with Macadamia Oil, Cilantro, and Avocado
Salsa Fresca (Fresh Salsa with Avocado)
Cucumbers
Homemade Bubbies Pickles (raw, lacto-fermented pickles)
Grapes
Concord Grape Freezer Jam (sugar & pectin free)
Grape Leaves
Kale
Parsley
Pumpkin
(see Winter Squash, below)
Spinach
Green smoothie frozen concentrate cubes
Tomatoes
Salsa Fresca (Fresh Salsa with Avocado)
Winter Squash/Pumpkin
Japanese Squash and Mushroom Soup
Zucchini/Summer Squash
Zucchini Cake with Spiced Frosting
Awesome! I love having recipes organized like this, thank you. I just got a great book from the library, “Simply in Season” and all the recipes are arranged around one ingredient, like tomatoes or zucchini. Makes it soooo much easier to eat seasonally, to figure out what to do with all the giant squash from the garden or the bunches of greens from the CSA.
This categorized list is TOTALLY helpful!!! THANK YOU!!
Hi Lindsey!
I just e-mailed you, let me know if I sent it to the right address.
The pictures of food on your blog are making me sooo hungry!! 🙂
Love, Taryn
Hey Linds, do you grow kale in your garden? It has come in my CSA box several times this season and I have yet to find a favorite way to fix it. What do you do with it?
Love, Kate
It’s amazing how many recipes you have shared since you started your blog.
Hi Kate,
I let my Red Russian kale go to seed last year and now we have kale everywhere! I love to steam it, and then melt cream cheese over it; it’s not a dish that’s very visually appealing, but it’s so good I could eat the whole pan of it! But probably my favorite way of preparing it is southern-collard-greens style, stewed with bacon, sauteed onions, and some other things. That recipe is on my list to make and freeze, and will hopefully share that SOON!
I love that format, and have the Simply in Season book, too! Indeed, SO helpful!
Thank you so much for the bounty of recipes! Right now I am trying to contain a flood of zucchini, tomatoes, cucumber, beets, carrots….KALE, green beans….aaagghh they come all at once!!!
Vivica,
They sure do all come at once don’t they!! I have an overabundance of kale too! Kale chips are a new favorite, for sure!
See ya!
Lindsey