Calling All Vegtables = Come jump in my Greek Salad

I just chopped up a salad of all kinds of goodies from the garden and topped it off with homemade fresh, herbal Greek salad dressing that I made – it included Basil, yellow squash, zucchini, tomatoes, onions, garlic and much more are in the salad. The cool thing with a greek salad is that you kind of dump in a little bit of everything from your garden. Top it off with a bit of Feta cheese before serving and yummmmmmmm. All that fresh, raw food, just harvested………. life is good.

I took a Greek cooking class this winter that was offered through the extension service in Oregon. The owner of Alexander’s Greek Cuisine in Roseburg, Oregon taught us how to prepare several of his recipes. The most treasured for me is his Greek dressing. I will post it on the website when I can. It is easy, relatively simple and so delicious. Freshly grown herbs really set off the flavor of course.

That is one of the repeating themes you will see are methods and recipes for managing all the food that your garden can produce. I have developed some really great ways to enjoy and consume the tsunami of food that a healthy garden can pump out.

Dr Tim Lowenstein

http://supergreengarden.com/

If you ever find yourself near Roseburg, Oregon – save room for his baklava – insanely delicious

Alexander’s Greek Cuisine

http://www.alexandersgreekcuisine.com

214 Jackson St.
Roseburg, OR 97470
(541) 672-6442

Starting to Pump Out the Food

Okay, I confess, I do pick green tomatoes in anticipation of the new harvest……….. I just get excited. I pick green apples, grapes that are not ripe………. oh well, it just seems you wait and wait and wait. It is so much fun when they are fully ripe. We have a ritual of going out each day and enjoying what is fresh. Chomp, chomp, chomp right there in the garden or in the orchard. I love the burst of energy that fresh delicious food gives me.

It is hard living here in the Northwest as I would love to have the harvest of fresh food all year long. But we are fortunate in many respects in having a mild climate, good water and relatively low air pollution.

I hope this blog and the website will empower you to do even a little gardening – like one pot on your window or deck. Or if you are gardener, you can learn new ways to grow more food with less work that is of the highest quality.

Dr Tim Lowenstein