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Tips for your Garden in April as recommended by Michael Vidrine By April, we are well into Spring and the vegetable garden is transitioning from cool to warm season vegetables. Many of the crops that have been growing through the winter have been harvested or they have bolted and been removed. One hardy leafy green […]
Tips for your Garden in March as recommended by Michael Vidrine March is often a month that can’t decide if its Winter or Spring – freezing one day and very warm the next. Despite the variability, Spring does officially arrive this month and lots of our flowering plants burst into bloom including one or our […]
Print Mixed Season Lettuce with a Berry Grenache Vinaigrette For the salad base use a blend of Romaine, Butter Crunch, Black Simpson, Oak Leaf and Red Tip (or a mix of whatever lettuces you have). I like to try to use the leaves in their whole form and stack them for plate presence. Ingredients ½ […]
Tips for your Garden in February as recommended by Mike Vidrine The many faces of Lettuce It’s February and the days are gradually getting longer as we move towards Spring. Leafy greens, brassicas (cabbage family), peas and root vegetables comprise the bulk of the harvest from the vegetable garden this month. One leafy green we always […]
Print Fresh Sugar Snap Pea Salad Ingredients 8 oz. fresh sugar snap peas ½ red bell pepper julienne ¾ cup buttermilk 3 Tbsp plain Greek yogurt 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice 1 small garlic clove minced ¼ cup Messina Hof Gewürztraminer 1 pinch kosher salt 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1 tsp freshly grated […]
Tips for your Garden in January as recommended by Mike Vidrine If you are looking for an attractive low maintenance fruit tree, a persimmon is a good choice. We pretty much always have legume (beans and peas) growing in the garden. In the cool season months like January , we will be growing and harvesting […]
Print Baked Corn Pudding Serves 8-10 Ingredients ½ cup sugar 3 Tbsp all-purpose flour 3 large eggs 1 ¼ cups whole milk ¼ Messina Hof Unoaked Chardonnay ¼ cup melted butter ½ tsp salt ½ tsp black pepper ½ yellow onion small dice ½ red and green bell pepper small dice 2 cups fresh corn […]
Print Pecan Caramel Bread pudding Ingredients 1 loaf white bread cubed 1 quart liquid eggs 2 cups half and half 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup pecan pieces 2 tsp cinnamon 2 cups caramel sauce Instructions Place the cubed bread in a bowl In a separate bowl mix together the remaining six ingredients, reserve 1 […]
Print Spinach Artichoke Dip Ingredients 8 oz cream cheese softened 1 ½ cup sour cream 2 cups artichoke hearts 1 tbsp chopped garlic 1 ½ cups baby spinach wilted and chopped 3 tsp Messina Hof Mama Rosa Rose’ wine ¼ tsp salt ¼ tsp black pepper 3 tsp minced fresh chives 2 tsp minced […]
Tips for your Garden in December as recommended by Mike Vidrine By December the warm season crops are gone from the garden and cool season vegetables have become the mainstays. Our fruit and nut harvests are over as well except perhaps for persimmons. We have native American persimmon trees (Diospyros virginiana) growing wild on our […]
