Taste of the Blog: Garden Harvest Salsa Verde + Thrifting Colanders
Jordan Simplifies Taste of the Blog: Garden Harvest Salsa Verde + Thrifting Stainless Colanders
In this weeks taste of the blog we are talking the last summer harvest and recipes to preserve our summers treasures, over wintering peppers, tomatillos, and ground cherries, thrifting stainless colanders.
We visited the pumpkin patch this week because I'm the type of person to enjoy harvest season for as long as possible, I will have pumpkins at my front door until mid December hehe and pleasantly to my surprise the u-pick tomatoes were still around with lots of green tomatoes to collect and ripen over the next few months. What a special treat to be able to enjoy local grown tomatoes all winter. I also harvested the last of my tomatillos and peppers.
Garden Harvest Salsa Verde
2 white onions peeled + halved
2-4 jalapeños depending on spice
4 cloves garlic peeled + smashed
Makes five 12 ounce jars.
Turn oven to broil.
Peel tomatillos from their husks and rinse any dirt away, no need to scrub away the sticky layer of tomatillos. Remove stems from peppers.
Place tomatillos, onions, peppers, and garlic on a sheet pan and broil for 5-10 minutes. Don’t walk away during this process as it is easy to burn. Once the tops of the veggies have a nice brown charred hue then remove them from oven.
Place all of the ingredients into a blender or food processor and blend until smooth.
Place into 12 ounce jars and can for long term storage (I have a tomato canning guide available HERE) or place in the fridge or freezer. If freezing, make sure to leave about 1 1/2 inches of headspace because the liquid will expand in the freezer.
THRIFT THAT STAINLESS!
I love discovering clean materials at the thrift. One of my favorite scores that will always brighten my day is stainless. Stainless is such a hearty healthy material to have in your home and around your food but can be costly, especially when you are trying to replace your materials. I can’t tell you how many mesh stainless strainers I find at the thrift. I also like having the variety of sizes for all of my cooking and creating needs. I really don’t like putting hot food in plastic colanders so this switch was a no brainer for me, and very doable with finding them at the thrift.
Be sure to do a hot soapy soak or hot dishwasher run to disinfect your new stainless strainers. As stainless steel is not porous, this will disinfect wonderfully and be ready to use in no time, making your kitchen a healthier place.
In my full bite sized magazine this week you can also find information about tucking away your pepper, tomatillos, and ground cherry plants for the winter and a fermented hot sauce recipe. This weeks magazine was inspired by the last of the summer harvest. Click below to get the full magazine.
