I have been making homemade pizzas ever since I was a kid (check out my pepperoni, mushroom & basil pizza recipe), but I would usually just use canned pizza sauce & store-bought pizza dough. I had dabbled a bit in homemade pizza dough, but it wasn’t something that I had really tried to perfect until…
Continue reading ➞ Perfect Pizza Dough Recipe with Fresh Garden Herbs
Pesto, how I love you. Let me count the ways. It has not been a long love affair, considering I only tried pesto for the first time last year, but it is an intense love. I try to make it as often as my basil plants allow me to because I just can’t get enough…
Basil is one of my favorite herbs to grow. It’s super easy to take care of, grows abundantly & it’s delicious. Basil is also a great companion plant for tomatoes. It helps to keep pests away & some say that it even improves the taste of tomatoes. Plus, you can harvest ingredients for caprese sandwiches…
Continue reading ➞ Basil Propagation Tutorial: Get Free Basil
Victory gardens are back in a big way & many brand new gardeners are looking to plant their own fruits, vegetables & herbs due to the current times of uncertainty that we are facing. Growing your own produce is always an excellent decision & creating your very own victory garden is a lot easier than…
I started growing mint for the first time in my AeroGarden in January & if there’s one thing that I’ve learned since then, it’s that mint grows like no one’s business. I heard about this, so I was aware of its prolific growth, but I didn’t really understand just how crazy it would get. Now…
Like a lot of people, I have been making homemade pizzas since I was a kid. Who doesn’t have fun putting together the perfect customized pie? But it was just a few years ago when I realized the power that homegrown basil brings to a pizza. I love a good Neopolitan pizza, but I also…
Continue reading ➞ Basil up Your Pizza: Pepperoni, Mushroom & Basil Pizza Recipe
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Summer is here and the temperatures are soaring. What’s a better way to beat the heat than a nice cool glass of limeade/lemonade? Here’s my fresh from the garden twist on a summer staple. Basil Limeade with Strawberries. Picture is my own. Ingredients 6 Limes2 liters Water4-8 tablespoons of SugarHandful of BasilHandful of Strawberries Method…
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