Garden Fresh Herbs and Vegetables

Garden Fresh Herbs & Vegetables - Roasted Heirloom Tomatoes

Using garden fresh herbs and vegetables helps meals satisfy all of the senses. Colors, textures, aromas, flavors, even sound all play a part of what your mind perceives as deliciousness. The crunch of biting into a B.L.T. sandwich made with fresh lettuce and tomato, or the scent of fresh parsley in a lemony Gremolata will awaken your senses, and you will be amazed at how much the flavors in your meal are improved.

Enhance your Cooking

There are few things that will enhance your cooking better than using fresh garden herbs and vegetables. If you have the ability to grow a garden, or have access to a local farmer’s market – the flavors, colors, and textures that you will enjoy will easily surpass anything you might find at the supermarket. 

Heirloom tomatoes are the best! Once you experience one, it’s really hard to go back to the flavorless junk you’ll spend money on at the grocery store. Sure, a grocery store tomato might look pretty, but they can’t compete for flavor.

Worth the Effort

Yes, it takes some work. You have to tend to the garden. There are pests and squirrels to contend with. Everything loves fresh vegetables! You may have to water them by hand, and you will certainly deal with weeds. But, if you make the effort to grow a garden you will be rewarded in your cooking. I promise!

Fresh is Best

It’s not just for salads, either! Using fresh rosemary in a Balsamic Red Wine Reduction sauce will make your steaks sizzle with flavor. Using garden fresh San Marzano tomatoes will make your Pomodoro pop! There is nothing like a delicious Tomato Bisque made with garden ripe tomatoes. Fresh cilantro, tomatoes, and jalapeños on Matagorda Fish Tacos gives it a finishing touch that can’t be beat. I think by now, you get the point! Fresh is always best!

  • Green Garden Tomatoes, picked and ripening indoors.
    Green Garden Tomatoes
  • Green garden tomatoes ripening on the vine
    Green Garden Tomatoes
  • Cherry tomatoes ripening on the vine.
    Cherry Tomatoes
  • Black strawberry heirloom tomatoes ripening on the vine.
    Black Strawberry Heirloom Tomatoes
  • A blend of freshly picked heirloom tomatoes in a basket.
    Freshly picked garden Tomatoes.
  • Heirloom garden tomatoes ripening on the vine.
    Heirloom Garden Tomatoes
  • Heirloom beefsteak tomatoes, sliced thickly on a cutting board.
    Heirloom Beefsteak Tomatoes
  • Salad bowl lettuce growing in the garden.
    Garden Salad Bowl Lettuce
  • Garden salad bowl lettuce, picked, washed, and draining on a paper towel.
    Salad Bowl Lettuce
  • Garden Sage
  • Rosemary, Lavender, and Curry growing in the garden.
    Rosemary, Lavender, and Curry
  • Thyme growing in the garden.
    Fresh Thyme
  • Green onions growing in the garden.
    Green Onions
  • Oregano growing in the garden
    Fresh Oregano
  • Flat leaf and curly leaf parsley growing in the garden.
    Fresh Flat Leaf and Curly Leaf Parsley
  • Dill weed growing in the garden.
    Dill Weed
  • Freshly cut oregano, parsley, thyme, garlic, and lemon.
    Oregano, Parsley, and Thyme

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