Fresh from the garden winter bounty is always fun to mix with the foods eaten during celebration. An article in the Seattlepi lists out the various handy ingredients that you can pick from your garden to pep-up festive foods. The handy ingredients from the garden are as follows:
1. Lemon from the garden can be juiced and added as a marinade or for flavoring stir-fries.
2. Cranberries or gooseberries can jazz-up everything from pickles to salads, desserts to stuffing.
3. Vegetable garden gives you endless ways of stewing carrots, peas and green beans this winter.
4. Herbs like parsley, basil, coriander, mint, rosemary and thyme have endless flavoring and dressing uses.
5. Salad plants with apple and nuts can prove to be hearty with a bowl of soup.
6. Fresh corn off the cob with butter, salt and pepper can prove to be welcoming in snack-time.
