I Made a Strawberry!

Yummy Pizza Topping Alert!

It's KALE! I was happy to be able to combine two of my current obsessions the other day (homemade pizza and my container garden) when I added some freshly-harvested kale to a homemade veggie sausage (Tofurky Italian Sausage) and onion pizza. It was amazing! All I did was saute the kale briefly with some garlic in a little olive oil before adding it to the pizza, and the greens added a delicious depth of flavour to the otherwise standard sausage pie. I think I might experiment with a swiss chard pizza next. Yum!

Alana's First Garden

While my mom was in town this weekend, she was nice enough to plant me a patio container garden! I now have three large planters growing yummy goodies such as strawberries, jalapenos, cherry peppers, corn, carrots, swiss chard, kale, spinach, fennel, tomatillos, and a wide variety of herbs. I can't wait to harvest and cook from my own garden! Here's a picture of the just-planted veggies:

I love how the light goes through the bright red swiss chard stalks. Here are my herbs:

That's purple basil in the middle -- I'm pumped to make some purple pesto! I'll be blogging more about my garden this summer as things sprout, flower, and/or ripen. Stay tuned!