Oven-Fried Okra
May 21, 2011 by Mecca · Leave a Comment
The good news is I found another green vegetable my two-and-half year old will eat. The bad news? It’s fried okra. I remember before I ever actually had children that mine were going to eat all their vegetables without prodding or bribing. I thought all you parents that complained about your children not eating their greens [...]
Grow Buddies – Friends That Grow and Share Food!
March 13, 2011 by Mecca · 3 Comments
Be a Grow Buddy, it’s like a workout buddy but you get delicious homegrown food to share! According to the calendar spring is less than a week away and it’s time to start thinking about homegrown goodies. Not a gardener? Not a problem! As our friend Lee McBride with Foodscapes says, “Cut open a bag of [...]
I’ll Trade You a Tomato for a Zucchini
April 12, 2010 by Mecca · 1 Comment
Veggie Trader: Kind of like a Craigslist for vegetables. Last year we had two bags of peas from our garden mold before I could shell them. Besides the hard work put into growing them, wasting such delicious purple hulls and cream peas is a travesty (no one tell my dad, he would have a [...]
