NEW Ricotta and lemon zest give brunch dish some tang
NEW Almond flavor three ways enhances the fruit-filled muffins
NEW Roast these little root veggies with garlic
NEW Strawberry quick bread with walnuts
NEW! Roasting the fruit concentrates flavors
NEW Orange-raisin sour cream scones with orange-vanilla glaze
NEW Celery adds crunch; mint lends an herbal note
NEW Purple flannel hash patties with roasted beets
This light dessert requires minimal stove time
Greatest hits recipe: Ricotta cheese, phyllo part of a perfect brunch dish
Triple-orange sugar cookies with or without orange glaze
Flavorful recipe can be a vegetarian main or lively side dish
The two-in-one vegetable in a frittata variation
Cheese-topped casserole a delicious winter recipe
Lemon and coconut work beautifully in corn cakes
Recipe: Baking and experimenting with fresh citrus fruit
Ripe limes, lemons become breakfast treat -- no canning required
In-season Meyers are sweeter, ideal for baking
Easy and warming, this treat can be tailored to taste
Applesauce, apple cider and fresh apples for flavor
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Garden Checklist for week of July 21
Your garden needs you!
* Keep your vegetable garden watered, mulched and weeded. Water before 8 a.m. to reduce the chance of fungal infection and to conserve moisture.
* Feed vegetable plants bone meal, rock phosphate or other fertilizers high in phosphate to stimulate more blooms and fruiting. (But wait until daily high temperatures drop out of the 100s.)
* Don’t let tomatoes wilt or dry out completely. Give tomatoes a deep watering two to three times a week.
* Harvest vegetables promptly to encourage plants to produce more. Squash especially tends to grow rapidly in hot weather. Keep an eye on zucchini.
* Pinch back chrysanthemums for bushy plants and more flowers in September.
* Remove spent flowers from roses, daylilies and other bloomers as they finish flowering.
* Pinch off blooms from basil so the plant will grow more leaves.
* Cut back lavender after flowering to promote a second bloom.
* It's not too late to add a splash of color. Plant petunias, snapdragons, zinnias and marigolds.
* From seed, plant corn, pumpkins, radishes, winter squash and sunflowers.
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