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Julie Elefante replied to grrlscout's discussion Tomato jam in Growing Gourmet
"That's a beautiful plate of food! I've never made tomato jam--maybe I can try it out this year."
Jun 11, 2010
Julie Elefante replied to Julie Elefante's discussion stuffed blossoms and roasted zucchini in Growing Gourmet
"Thanks, Nadine! You don't have to fry these--you can bake them at 350, just until they're slightly brown--maybe 15 minutes or so. =)"
Jun 11, 2010
Julie Elefante replied to Julie Elefante's discussion stuffed blossoms and roasted zucchini in Growing Gourmet
"Thank you!

Zuke blossoms are good in other dishes, too--I've mixed them into risotto and topped focaccia with them. They'd probably be tasty in just a salad, too, maybe a warm/wilted salad."
Jun 11, 2010
QuebecGirl replied to Julie Elefante's discussion stuffed blossoms and roasted zucchini in Growing Gourmet
"YUMMY!!! I can't do fried food right now but will have to try the blossoms sometime. I will absolutely try the roasted zucchinis, maybe even tonight :) I have alot of huge blossoms right now, it makes this recipe very tempting.

Thank you much for…"
Jun 1, 2010
grrlscout replied to Julie Elefante's discussion stuffed blossoms and roasted zucchini in Growing Gourmet
"Those look sooooo delish!!

I like them stuffed with herbed goat cheese and tempura'd too.

Sadly, all the varieties I grow produce teeny tiny blossoms. Too small for stuffing. :c ("
Jun 1, 2010
Julie Elefante replied to Julie Elefante's discussion stuffed blossoms and roasted zucchini in Growing Gourmet
"Chris, thanks!

Treasa--from what I understand, the bummer about zucchini that aren't pollinated is that you usually don't know they haven't been pollinated until the flower's long gone, so usually, pollinated baby zucchini are used. They go through…"
May 31, 2010
Jeff Adams replied to Julie Elefante's discussion stuffed blossoms and roasted zucchini in Growing Gourmet
"Pretty cool. Will have to try this one day. Thanks ! :)"
May 30, 2010
Treasa replied to Julie Elefante's discussion stuffed blossoms and roasted zucchini in Growing Gourmet
"oh yum , How do you fix the small zucchinis attached to the female flowers. some of mine don't pollinate so they turn yellow and shrivel always seems such a waste"
May 30, 2010
Julie Elefante posted a discussion in Growing Gourmet
A fist full of harvest: the first Ichiban eggplant and zucchini, and two squash blossoms (male flowers) that showed up that morning.This is several days' worth of blossoms. You can keep them in the fridge for several days if you can't harvest as…
May 30, 2010
Julie Elefante replied to Saul Lopez's discussion Guava Plants../ great Fruit in Growing Gourmet
"Good to know--thanks! MSN recently included guavas in a slideshow of healthy foods because of its high antioxidant (lycopene) content. Tomatoes have them, too, but have to be cooked before our bodies can absorb them, but guava delivers, raw or…"
May 3, 2010
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