Pesto for Pennies, from seeds to pantry to table

Three baked stuffed hot peppers with a golden crumb topping on parchment paper Stuffed Hot Peppers (Baked not Fried) Orzo pasta salad with cherry tomatoes, cucumber, artichokes, olives, red onion and feta in a wooden bowl with wooden servers Summer Pasta Salad with Orzo Glazed blueberry lemon pound cake loaf with slices cut on a wooden board with fresh blueberries Blueberry Lemon Pound Cake

Vegan Casserole with Potatoes and Green Beans

Vegan casserole with potatoes and green beans in a creamy, cheesy nutritional yeast sauce under a crunchy bread crumb topping. Clean eating comfort food.

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Recipes

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Preserving

Eight jars of home-canned foods, including jam, relish, pickled peppers and tomato sauce, stacked in two rows Is Home Canning Worth the Effort? Mason jar of homemade tomato sauce on a wooden table with a ripe tomato, garlic cloves, fresh oregano and onions Annie’s Garden Fresh Homemade Tomato Sauce Jar of fire roasted taco sauce on a marble counter with garlic, a poblano pepper, a dried ancho chile and a plum tomato Homemade Taco Sauce with Fire Roasted Tomatoes Two Mason jars of homemade dill relish with chalkboard labels, pickling cucumbers and a small dish of seeds Dill Pickle Relish

Gardening

Five kraft paper seed envelopes in a row on a gray wood table, each topped with a small pile of saved seeds: dark beans, green peas, white beans and tiny brown seeds Benefits of Seed Saving Young seedling growing inside a round plastic mesh cage on dark soil, with straw mulch around it Bird Pest Control in the Vegetable Garden Young seedling growing inside a round plastic mesh cage on dark soil, with straw mulch around it Spring Garden Two dark compost soil blocks side by side in a terracotta tray, each with a tiny seedling just emerging from the top Starting Seeds in Soil Blocks