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Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care

Maria Failla- Happy Plant Lady and Author of Growing Joy: The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness

Education, How To, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Home & Garden, Leisure

4.8 • 883 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Are you running out of ideas on how to use the tomato and cucumber harvest from your garden? As summer goes on, many gardeners end up with a ton of produce they don't know what to do with. Those eight tomato plants that seemed like a good idea in spring are now producing more than you can eat! But my guest this episode has got you covered with some of her delicious and creative ways to use up your garden bounty. I had an amazing conversation with Julia from Lemon Stripes about her new cookbook "Garden Grown," and I'm excited to share some fantastic recipes and preservation techniques that will help you make the most of your tomatoes, cucumbers, and herbs.

In this episode, we learn:

[05:51] Who is Julia and how did she start her gardening journey?
[08:06] Julia’s small-scale homesteading project
[11:15] What are her tomato recipes (tomato confit!)
[15:24] Actionable garden solutions in any weather with Kim Stoddart's "The Climate Change Resilient Vegetable Garden"
[16:52] How to preserve your harvest
[19:12] How to make a tomato tart
[21:58] What is cowboy caviar?
[24:51] Fish with tomato recipe
[28:17] Simple pickling recipes!
[30:30] Cucumber Basil Margarita Recipe!
[32:40] What is a hot and cold cucumber salad?
[34:46] Marinated cucumbers (a snack homage)
[39:03] Vegetarian rainbow rolls (with peanut sauce)
[43:00] Herb salt and homemade teas!
[47:08] Exploring shrubs and simple syrups
[50:55] Where can you find Julia and her book, Garden Grown?

Mentioned in our conversation:

Growing Joy Episode 195: Homesteading for Beginners with Michelle Bruhn and Stephanie Thurow
RITUAL ZERO PROOF Tequila Alternative
Garden Grown by Julia Dzafic
Anel Dzafic (@botanicalbosnian)

For Julia's easy and delicious tomato and cucumber recipes,

check out the full show notes and blog here!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	It's that time of season where we are starting to hopefully reap the fruits of our labor in the garden plant friends.
0:06.5	For you outdoor growers, I hope you are enjoying an abundance of delightful fruits and vegetables and herbs from your gardens and making all sorts of
0:14.0	delicious meals for yourself, your family, and your friends. If you're like me, you find that you
0:19.5	might go back to similar recipes, right? For me, it's my husband's pesto, it's making sandwiches
0:25.2	with his sourdough and my homegrown tomatoes, and also pickling stuff. But the old recipes
0:30.5	get old quickly, right? Plan friends, part of the fun of growing your own food
0:34.5	is finding new and fun ways to cook with the abundance
0:37.2	that you have.
0:38.3	I mean, I might argue I could eat pesto every day
0:40.8	for the rest of my life, but realistically,
0:42.3	I probably shouldn't. I should probably find other things to eat with the
0:45.8	Basil and herbs I grow from my garden and today's episode is all about
0:51.2	Inspiring you to spice up your garden harvest with some recipes you might have never heard of before. Welcome to the Growing Joy with Plants Podcast, where we not only learn how to
1:06.4	care for plants successfully, but how to simply and affordably use our
1:10.0	plant babies to cultivate more joy in our lives by doing so. I'm Maria, former
1:15.0	plant killer turned happy plant lady, author of Growing Joy, the Plant Lover's
1:19.0	Guide to Cultivating Happiness, Speaker, podcaster, and most importantly, your new best plant friend.
1:24.0	On growing joy with plants, you'll find conversations about house plant care,
1:28.0	gardening tutorials, and wellness through the lens of plants.
1:31.0	Plant care is self-care on growing joy.
1:41.0	Hello, plant friends. Welcome back. I'm so happy you are spending the hour with me
1:46.2	today talking about fun recipes that we can use on our cucumbers, tomatoes,
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