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leaves are doing their job, then you will love sharing the smoothie recipe includes spinach, green apple, celery, mint
produce with family and friends. Tip: don't plant too many. and coconut water. Mint and spinach are very easy to grow
and are great for a summer plant. Body and soul have listed
Eggplants—Eggplants and tomatoes are related like their top green smoothie recipes. If you have any smoothie
cousins, although eggplants like their growing conditions a mixture left over then freezing it in icy-poles is a great idea
little warmer. You will need to support eggplants with stakes for a cold snack for the kids.
as the fruit gets quite heavy, and they don't like to dry out.
Keep them well fed and watered, and let the bees do their Vegetable fritters from your kitchen gardens—Fritters are
thing and you will have a bumper crop. easy and you can add whatever vegetables you like. To
Lettuce & Similar Salad Greens—With a smorgasbord of combine the finely chopped vegetables just add an egg and
choices, lettuce is a relatively fast growing crop to grow. some almond meal. Make sure you don't forget to add the
Flourishing in spring and autumn, lettuce responds really amazing fragrant herbs you have growing in your garden.
well to lots of water. Lettuce is a great addition to a Coconut oil is a good alternative for frying them in. Serve
courtyard set up or small container pots, especially the with beautifully leafy greens from your garden and you have
miniature variety. You need to harvest as soon as they look an amazing main meal or pack as a snack for your kids.
perfect, especially in the hot weather because they won't be
perfect for long. Herbal Iced Tea
With the hot weather why not use your fresh herbs to make
Beans—From the common dwarf bean to the purple iced tea. It is as simple as gathering all you're in season her
bs and boiling it in approx 4 litres of water. Add ice once it is
climbing bean, they are not only delicious but a very hardy cooled down. Peppermint and Chamomile are my favourite
and fruitful plant. Most beans are climbers (except dwarf & teas. ABC have created a great list of the best herbs to grow
bush), so you need to make sure you can support them up for iced tea.
to 2 meters high. Why not try a bean tee pee or an A-frame
walkway for your beans to become part of your garden Salsa—Mexican recipes never go astray. There is nothing
design. more summer than fresh salsa with lime juice. Salsa can be
used or served with tacos, eggs and even with you BBQ.

Capsicum—You can grow capsicums all year round, but Make your own tomato sauce—This is a great alternative to
they are fussy about position. They like a nice sunny spot, the sugary tomato ketchup and sauce you buy in the
however they don't like the frost and can die back over the supermarkets. Quirky Cooking website has some amazing
cooler months. Don't take them out, they will come back recipes including this tomato ketchup recipe. If you do not
have a thermomix then you can use a high-powered blender
even stronger when spring hits. Capsicums grow great in to puree. This sauce is great as it can be used as a base for
containers and like a deep soil for their roots. Don't pull them pizza, in pasta dishes and as a condiment for a variety of
off, just cut them off as it can stress out the plant. BBQ meats.

# Tip 3 – Garden Kitchen Recipes to Make The Most of
Your Produce Growing produce at home is not just about saving money,
The worst thing that can happen when you have an enjoying organic produce, that you would normally pay a
fortune for; it’s about sharing the whole growing experience
abundance of produce left over, is that it goes to waste. My with your family. Teaching our kids where food actually
best advice is have a few recipes or options up your sleeve comes from is a rich life lesson in itself. If they can also
for the excess produce. Of course share them with your experience the process from seed to garden to plate, it’s a
family and friends, but you can also get smart at making the childhood memory you are creating right there, and that’s
most of your nutrient dense patch! pretty awesome! Enjoy.

Green Smoothies—Green smoothies are a great way to use
up any vegetables in your garden. A favourite easy green Article submitted by Becky from Family Garden Life