Did you know there used to be a magazine called Kitchen Gardener? I did not, until I received a review copy of Cooking from the Garden: Best Recipes from Kitchen Gardener.
From the publisher: The vegetable garden is back – thanks to renewed interest in living green, rising food prices, and a desire to eat tasty, healthful food grown close to home. Eating fresh unprocessed food has universal appeal. Farmers’ markets, community gardens, and the availability of heirloom seeds and organic vegetable plants have more gardeners than ever digging up recipes for delicious, down-to-earth dishes. More than 200 recipes, culled from the pages of Taunton’s Kitchen Gardener magazine, will delight growers and home cooks everywhere. The dishes included here are innovative and easy to prepare. They range from starters, sauces, and snacks to main dishes and desserts. Even seasonal recipe menus have been included for good measure! Anyone who loves fresh produce will reap ideas on how to make use of abundant yields and take advantage of seasonal buys at the market.
I think I would have liked that magazine. At least, I enjoyed reading this cookbook. You might remember that I made rhubarb conserve from this book back in May. Unfortunately, I haven’t used it since.
I think I’ve been reviewing seasonal cookbooks too long, because the first thing I noticed about this book is that it is NOT organized by season. It’s organized in the traditional manner (starters, snacks, and drinks; breakfast, brunch & egg dishes; sauces, salsas, and vinaigrettes; etc.) with a few pages of seasonal menus thrown in at the end. The index is pretty good, though, so you’ll still be able to find the recipes you want easily.
There are no photos of the recipes, but they do highlight what you’ll need “from the garden,” (or farmer’s market, whichever the case may be). There are also a lot of them – more than 200! And they are fairly basic, with lots of familiar flavors and preparations.
Disclosure: I received a complimentary review copy from the publisher; I was not obligated to review it and all opinions are mine.
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I always have a garden of some sort no matter where we live. I love to cook and find new ways to prepare the great foods God has given us. I think this cookbook would be great
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I am always looking for inspiring recipes
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i’m not too good of a cook, need all the help i can get
I’d like to have this cookbook so that I can have some new ways to use the veggies from our garden and the great fruit we get from our local orchard.
I am always looking for new ways to celebrate the miracle that my garden even produces!
I am always looking for great new recipes!
I am a vegetarian and i look forward to our yearly summer garden!!
I would like to find new recipes and share some with my grandparents and dad who also have a garden:)
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I have been looking for a book like this to use-our neighbors have a overflow from their garden this year that they are giving us
I love having my garden and this is my first year doing so since i was a child. I have so much Zuchini and I don’t know how to use all of it and i also have tomatoes coming out of my ears. I would love to win this cook book to get inspirtation on different ways to cook from my garden.
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I grew a garden this year and I am always looking for new ways to utilize the veggies and herbs I have
I think that a cookbook with “down to earth” meals sounds fantastic, expecially with all fresh produce! Thanks for hosting this giveaway! And please count me in!
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i would like this book because i just started a garden last year and i love to cook
I would like to learn new recipes featuring fresh produce from the garden
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This book sounds like one I’d cook from often. I love cooking from the garden.
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This book sounds really interesting because I’ve discovered I like to garden, but when the veggies come in I haven’t really been sure what to do with them.
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Hubs and I have been eating healthy this year, quite honestly for the first time in our married lives. Our energy has skyrocketed! We’d love more healthy recipes.
I would love this since I love veggies. I feel like a freak, I love them so much.
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