Andrea’s Recipes

The jalapeño plant is holding its own in a jungle of grape tomatoes, bell peppers, and tomatillos. Even caged, the plants around it spread so much they lay over it, and most of the time I have to go under the deck to reach the spicy little gems. The plant is about three feet tall [...]

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Creamy with a kick is what comes to mind when I dip tortillas or lavash into this salsa.
The September Daring Bakers challenge required the members to make both lavash and a dip or other condiment to serve with it, and considering our abundance of tomatillos and jalapeños coupled with my utter devotion to avocados, the [...]

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Today is posting day for the monthly Daring Bakers challenge, and I’m live blogging the challenge. This month our hosts Shel of Musings from the Fish Bowl and Natalie of Gluten A Go Go chose an alternative challenge for us: vegan and/or gluten-free lavash crackers from Peter Reinhart’s The Bread Baker’s Apprentice with vegan and [...]

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We didn’t expect our tomatillo plants to grow as large as they did, and Michael was downright skeptical when I brought them home.
M: “What kind of tomato is this?”
A: “It’s a tomatillo, not a tomato, and we’re going to try growing some this year.”
M: “What do you use them for?”
A: “Good Mexican salsa.”
M: “Whatever you [...]

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We planted three eggplants in May, but sadly they were overtaken by flea beetles, a really nasty little pest that devoured the plants. Unable to find an organic solution for getting rid of them, we had to remove the plants from the garden to prevent the pests from spreading. So we’ve been buying eggplants this [...]

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