July gardening tips: It's harvest time!
Harvest and Store
July 04, 2011
During the weekend I manage my garden and rooftop products, storing or cooking them.
 Here's my harvest, along with some ideas, recipes and suggestions.
Rainbow chards and rhubarb chards, purslane, sorrel and dandelion: 140g
Tomatoes: 250g
Chilies: 60g
1 gherkin: 30 g
My aromatic herbs (not in the group picture): rosemary, basil cinnamon, a little of celery, marjoram, curry plant, Thai basil, lemon balm, rhubarb.
Total: 480 g (1 lb)
This harvest goes to Harvest Mondays.
 I will add rosemary and marjoram to an herb mixture similar to italian seasoning that I'm creating.
EDIT: the Mediterranean Aromatic Mixture recipe.
 I'm creating also an oriental herb mixture with thai basil, cinnamon basil (in the picture), curry plant, lemon balm, chives garlic, lemon balm and some spices. It's an experiment, I will let you know.
EDIT: Asian Aromatic Mixture recipe.
 I also prepared Pickled Green Purslane, fairly faithful to my recipe (with garlic, mustard seeds and nigella), but I also added a small celery stalk, diced.
 I stuffed the Pimento Piquillo with some soft pecorino cheese cubes and minced beef meat. I wrapped them with aluminium paper and baked for 10 minutes. They were delicious.
 A picture of my first Bear Claw tomato: it's a steak variety, pinkish red, big and sweet.
 I'm growing a gherkin plant in my rooftop, they are so delicious that we are eating them fresh instead of preparing pickles.
 With these Cherry black tomatoes I prepared the recipe Couscous Salad with Cherry Tomatoes and Aromatic Herbs.
Other recipes with this harvest:
Sorrel: Mackerel with sorrel sauce
Rhubarb: Banana and rhubarb muffins
Dandelion: Dandelion and sweet potato pies and Eggless Dandelion Fritters
 One year ago: Fried egg with coriander
Two years ago: Clams spaghetti
Three years ago: Sensitive weeds?
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