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Hey there, friends. Today, we’re going to have some fun in the garden harvesting a ton of veggies. Then, we’ll head up to the house to turn our bounty into some delicious meals. We’ll make a beautiful Greek salad and a delightful yellow squash casserole. I hope you enjoy coming along with me.
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48 Comments
Yummy looking & your gardens are so beautiful! Thanks & blessings to all 🤗🇨🇦
When I make squash casserole I add cheddar cheese sage thyme and chopped red bell pepper along with cream of chicken soup and sour cream and onions
“A little bit of sour cream here” holds up a giant bucket 😆
I make a cabbage stew first I take about 7 10 turnip cut them in too chucks. Then a medium head of cabbage chopped But that in a big pot with 1/2 chicken broth & the rest water. I let cook till turnip are Tinder then I put baby carrots in but I don’t have a Garden so I would put your carrots in with the turnips after they’re cooked or tender. Then I get 4/5 of both zucchini and crooked neck squash not too big but not small and I cut them round ways I’ll leave all the stuff in it you know when they young the stuff so good cut about a pinky nail thick rounds. At this time I add in some smoke sausage usually two packs. Then I make some sweet cornbread. You can add what ever you want that just want I like.
if I ask (nicely of course), would you be able to re-share the recipe for cream of chicken soup. I use that soup for a lot of things one of which is my potato bake. I'd love to be able to make my own instead of relying on a can of the stuff. Thank you so much for today's video, I loved how shared what each item from the garden was going into such delicious food.
Oh that squash recipe looks delicious. I have so much coming in from the garden this year.
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I’m glad u are going to have a bumper crop this in some or most of the produce Chelsea u should be a home economy teacher and. Teach cooking
Or u could build a separate kitchen and in summer times u could. Invite people to stay and they learn about. Gardening and cooking just an idear
Only one cucumber plant survived here. But I can’t keep up on those. It’s producing a lot!
Do u peel the squash?
Can you dill pickle can cucamelons?
Dear Chelsea, on the Channel Darren McGrady there is a great recipe for no bake cake. Maybe it is something for you! https://youtu.be/1Rc_2hQ9ou4?si=uo4v8oxZvL-N9aYt
It has been cool here in northern Michigan, winter squash is one of my very favorites.
“A little bit of sour cream” lol
Hello! I figured I would recommend this tip in case you find it useful I started using those metal tomato cages to support my peppers and it has helped WONDERS! My pepper plants actually grow much larger and produce much more now because they have that structural support. For how cheap the cages are, it’s been a fantastic addition to my garden!
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My Dad was Turkish Cypriot and when I was little he made a salad like your making, it might be somewhat different I’m not sure it was many decades ago and I’m going off memory here but it did sure look like what your making.
however I’m now allergic to cucumber and certain other vegetables that go in salads so I couldn’t eat it anyway.
Here in TN if I don't pick the tomatoes when they start blushing, something else will eat them. Tremendous pest pressure when we have a mild winter.
Down here in the southern US, we always get boatloads of summer squash harvest, so we get inventive with how we preserve it and how we cook with it. One thing that folks dont think about often is Squash Handcakes, like salmon cakes or potato cakes, but with squash and without salmon. Sometimes we mix in the plethora of zucchini as well, even potatoes occasionally. We shred the squash, zuchini, potatoes, onions. Add in an egg, a little flour or cornstarch/arrowroot to bind it, any spices, of course garlic… then form it into a pattie and pan fry it. It's a great "grab and go" food to have ready for the busy weekends or lunch through the week. We eat them hot or cold.
I liked the comment Fried with Onions. Your recipe looked tasty for sure, and your HighTunnel and Gardens have done so very well. I have noticed some in various States have also had a Cucumber bumper crop.
I live in the South USA, on the Gulf of Mexico . We always plant Crook Neck Yellow Squash! They are the best! Fried up with Onions and bacon bits! We pick them small, about 6”.
My mom grew an artichoke when I was young and she was so proud of it. She was mortified when she cooked it and cut it open. It was full of aphids. 😮
I love yellow squash! They’re a staple of Southern cooking and have been for about ~5000 years. They were first developed from a native squash by indigenous peoples living by before Europeans showed up. You can eat them a thousand different ways. Sautéed with butter and sweet onions is excellent. Squash casserole is a southern delicacy. Halve the little ones, toss in oil and seasoning, and grill them. But my mom used to just boil them sliced and then we’d top it with butter, salt, pepper, and some shredded cheese. I actually really loved that as a kid. But I think it’s probably an acquired taste.
I love home cooked meals, especially the ones that are comfort meals! It's hard for me now as my hubby passed last year. The meals are just harder for 1 person! I don't like them frozen and reheated either. You're recipes look scrumptious. Thanks for sharing all you do! ♥
How do you trellis or cage your tomatos?
Lol. She says, “a little bit of sour cream” and then holds up a gallon of it. So funny. 😘
Everything looks so yummy & fresh. Love the squash casserole!
I am always amazed how you can grow so much in a short season!
I’m in the Deep South and i have been waist deep in preserving for a month now. Still have a lot to do.
I love crook neck squash cooked in gee, then mixed it with scrambled eggs freeze dry shredded squash to sneak in vegetables in meals.
You can use yellow squash in any recipe that calls for zucchini.
Yellow squash or zucchini is good slice along with some onions cook in spaghetti sauce then serve with Parmesan cheese. Quick and delicious
In one of your videos you mentioned a zucchini that you grew. It was a lighter colored and longer in size and not so many big seeds or watery. I didn't write down the name
As one of your Greek viewers I do agree that that is not the traditional Greek salad, but everything can be tweaked at times and two thumbs up for using block feta and not that crumbled dry wall stuff..lol..
The garden looks amazing! And I'll be sure to plant some of that crookneck squash next season here in Northern Ontario. I think our growing season is similar… and short too 🙂 Thank you so much for this. It's always a pleasure to watch your videos.
That's great using your home made chicken soup because it has enough meat to just have it along with a salad. Where as using bought canned soup only has a couple tiny pieces in it.
Nice squash I don’t know this kind of squash. I am going to try to get Some seeds. 😊
Chelsea, how do you decide which crops go in the high tunnel or go in the garden?
If you have an abundance of cucumbers you could slice them and put some salt and/or seasonings of your liking and put them in the freeze dryer for snacking.
Yellow squash can be straight neck or crooked. However, harvest them when they’re young & tender; too big & they’re tough & have large seeds that must be discarded. I feel the same about zucchini. I live in ⬆️state S. Carolina, about 1/2 hr. from the NE Georgia mts. In Dillard, GA, there’s a wonderful resort/restaurant called The Dillard House. Their food is wonderful, served family style. I especially ❤️ their Cabbage Casserole! When temps are cool, there are many fields of cabbages…a site to behold‼️
We had good slicing cucumber year too. We had 5 plants and have had probably close to 25. I only got 2 pickling ones😢
Gather your yellow squash when it is smaller. The skin won't be hard and see not as big. A lot better
The smaller crocks make and are great pickled
That's one thing I don't care for, Black Olives.
An article I read says when the tomato begins to show its mature color it is called the breaker stage. It forms a layer of cells across the stem which effectively seals the fruit from the vine .The plant can no longer contribute flavor to the tomato. You can harvest at this stage when problems arise. That would be forecast calling for frost, birds, insects or deer damaging ripe fruit. Rain after a dry spell will cause cracking, ambient temp. over 95* F. I was not able to harvest my Roma tomatoes due to something eating them. I waited for the blush stage and picked. They ripened and I now have some frozen for sauce. So personal preference to leave on vine or harvest at breaker stage. You have a magnificent garden. Love the information on preserving and canning.
It always makes me SO happy to see you use Ms Maudie's squash scrapper I sent! It's like being in the kitchen with you, and gives me big smiles😊
Mix water, and Dawn dish soap, or any dish soap, and a spray bottle that will get rid of the aphids, may have to spray two or three times to get them to go away. Works wonderful and tomato plants also.
Your cucs are beautiful, we only got a few tiny ones. We had hard rains I think they were drown.
In Louisiana yellow squash is stuffed with dressing and baked, better than eggplant or zucchini!!
We made the squash recipe and my husband said to give you a shout out!!! Loved it.
Next time you make Greek salad add some fresh mint ❤