Garden Fresh Recipes
The best part of gardening is eating what you grew! Here are simple recipes using garden vegetables:
Garden Salad: Pick lettuce leaves, wash them, tear into pieces. Add cherry tomatoes cut in half, cucumber slices, and shredded carrots. Drizzle with olive oil and a squeeze of lemon. The freshest salad ever!
Beans and Rice: Pick green beans from your garden, wash them, snap off the ends, and ask a grown-up to cook them with rice. A simple, nutritious meal!
Salsa: Ask a grown-up to chop tomatoes, onions, and peppers from the garden. Add a squeeze of lime and a pinch of salt. Eat with chips or on tacos!
Spaghetti Sauce: Garden tomatoes make the best sauce! A grown-up can cook chopped tomatoes with garlic and herbs. Pour over pasta for a farm-fresh dinner!
When you eat food you grew yourself, the connection between garden and plate is complete. You planted the seed, cared for the plant, picked the vegetable, and now you are eating it. How amazing is that?