I'm in North Central Kentucky and I try to have something homegrown every day. Everything outside is frozen now, but I've saved a lot in the freezer, I canned tomatoes, carrots, and pickles, made peach jam, fig jam, and strawberry jam.
My favorite home grown meal is burritios with all home grown ingredients (except for the tortillas): Butternut squash, red pepper, cherokee black beans, onions and garlic. This year I made them with pumpkin because I grew pumpkins and the taste is the same.
I made potato soup two nights ago from home grown potatoes. I added lots of my home grown dried greens which includes beet greens, radish greens, bok choy, kale, green onion, and chard. I add this to most anything I cook and it adds much flavor and nutrition. And used my frozen celery.
I make chili with my home grown tomatoes, red and green peppers, onions, garlic, and red hidatsu beans.
At least once a week I have a smoothie where I use frozen home grown figs, strawberries, cucumber, kale, watermelon, or cantelope.
I have a lot of amaranth seeds that I've harvested but yet to find a good way to use them. Sometimes just add a few here and there. My jar is a few years old now and I'm wondering how long it will still be good.
