My Veggie Box

Bibb Lettuce

My Roma Tomatoes

Oh... I have babies ...Roma Babies

Oh, it's a baby dill plant.  How I LOVE DILL! :)  Dill, Dill, Dill!  I really don't know why I love this herb so much. Is it because, I love dill pickles.  I would love to live where there were fields of dill.  Ok, that's getting a little deep, I know.  Moving on...


 

Oh look.  It's a pickle ... I mean a cucumber!  :)

My summer favorite - cucumbers!  Dill PICKLES

Wow!  Just a little 4x8 box will grow quite a lot.  And, I didn't even mention my basil. (lower right side of picture)

Nutter Butter Banana Pudding

Nutter Butter Banana Pudding

1   -   5.1 oz  Vanilla Instant Pudding Mix
1   -   20 oz   can crushed pineapple, drained
3   -   large bananas, sliced
1/2  box Nutter Butter Cookies, broken in half
1   -   8 oz   extra creamy cool whip
Cherries to garnish, optional


Put pudding mix in a medium size bowl; set aside.  

In another bowl - drain pineapples, and reserve liquid.  

Combine the juice of the pineapple with two cups milk, pour over pudding mix.  (you should get 1-cup of pineapple juice from the can)  added with milk to make three cups of liquid.   

Whisk pudding mix. If the pudding mix doesn't set up rather quickly, put it in the freezer for just a little while.
Add the drained pineapple, and sliced bananas to your pudding; stir to combine.


In a 2-1/2 quart bowl add: a layer of broken nutter butters, then  1/2 of pudding mixture, then 1/2 of the cool whip.  Continue layering and top with cool whip, garnish with cherries.

Refrigerate overnight. 



*The next time I make this I'm going to add some almond extract or vanilla extract - or maybe both.*


recipe adapted from: Southern Living
 

Fried Green Tomatoes

Our first green tomatoes of the season ...

bet you can't tell what I'm going to do with them ...

 

First, dredge in cornmeal ...  yes, just cornmeal, no flour.

And fry.  I use olive oil - or sometimes canola oil - or both.

You guessed it ...   :)



Fried Green Tomatoes

Fry until golden brown - serve hot.  Season with salt & pepper, of course!

That's as simple as it gets.

Hope you enjoy these tart, garden gems.

Fried Green Tomatoes
Printable Recipe

Oil, for frying
2 - medium green tomatoes, sliced
1/2 to 3/4  cup cornmeal
salt & pepper to taste

In a non-stick pan, heat oil over medium heat.  Meanwhile;  Dredge sliced green tomatoes in cornmeal and fry until golden brown on both sides; drain on paper towels. Season with salt and pepper.  Serve hot.

Lemonade

 What is more refreshing than ice cold lemonade on a hot summer day?

For an added touch; freeze some berries and grapes in ice cube trays.  Just put berries in your trays add water and freeze.  These ice cubes are really pretty in a lot of drinks.

Lemonade

• six lemons
• 1 cup sugar
• 6 cups cold water

Juice the lemons - you'll get more juice out of your lemons by first rolling them between your hand and the counter top before cutting in half and juicing.

In a pitcher combine lemon juice, sugar and cold water.  Stir until sugar is dissolved.