Garden Wisdom Blog — category: Recipes

Kohlrabi and Potato Subji is a Punjabi vegetarian dish that makes an excellent vegetable side, but it’s rich and spicy enough to feature as a main course. It may even improve by cooking it the night before and reheating. We even liked it served cold. The mild and tender pieces of kohlrabi and potato are coated in a delicious and spicy seasoning mix. 15-30mL (1-2 Tbsp) avocado oil (or substitute with olive or canola oil) 2 medium onions, diced 6 cloves garlic, crushed 2cm (1”) of ginger, minced 2 green chilies (like Sureño), crushed 15-30mL (1-2 tsp) cumin seeds 10mL...

The blackened char of tomatillos and peppers adds so much depth of flavour to this classical Mexican salsa. Foodie puritans might achieve this over direct flame in the traditional manner, but the broiler works just as well. Enjoy this salsa with corn chips, or add it to nearly any Mexican dish. It’s perfect for parties at the height of summer, but it’s pretty amazing in the middle of winter, too. Classic Salsa Verde is made with minimal ingredients, and takes less than half an hour to prepare. It has a luxurious sweetness and mouth feel. This recipe produces about 2...

This recipe for Roasted Fingerling Potatoes is the perfect side for fall meals. Russian Banana Fingerling potatoes get planted in early spring – as early as April on the coast. This is a slow growing, late season variety, meaning that it won’t be fully mature and ready for harvest until late summer. The seed potatoes that get planted come in various sizes, from thumb-sized down to large marbles. Expect to harvest ten times what you plant, either in terms of weight or number of seed potatoes. When they are ready for harvest, most fingerlings will be 10-12cm (4-5″) long, but...

Happy Chinese New Year! If you’re looking for a simple side dish for your Chinese New Year gathering, this is your ticket. This dish needs only a few ingredients, yet packs a ton of flavour. If you planted pac choi in your winter garden, grab a few from outside, sauté, and serve along rice and your favourite protein. Didn’t grow pac choi this past winter? Pac choi can be started outdoors in some regions as early as February. Learn when to grow pac choi with our regional planning charts, then make this savoury dish later in the season. Serves: 4...

The elements of this Fennel and Golden Beet Salad really benefit from the use of a mandoline slicer to achieve very thin, even slices. Both the fennel bulb and beet are sliced this way (on the thinnest setting), but they are raw. A thicker slice would do, but the salad would be much crunchier. This is a salad to be served in small portions, more as an elegant palate cleanser than a vegetable side dish. It combines the delicious pairing of fennel with citrus, but the gold beets add a whole new layer of mild flavour and colour. The dish...