Recipes

 

Please enjoy these recipes submitted by the USDA Garden volunteers.  We'd love to get more!  Please email the webmaster with any recipe you'd like to share and we will list them here for everyone to enjoy.

 

Words in parenthesis after the recipe title are the garden crops that the recipe uses. 

 

Appetizers

Brussels Sprout Appetizer (Brussel Sprouts)

 

Soups & Salads

Gazpacho (Garlic, Tomato)

Massaged Kale Salad (Kale)

Middle East Zucchini Salad (Zucchini)

Spicy Zucchini Soup (Zucchini)

 

Entrees

Kale and White Bean Saute with Parmesan Toasts (Kale)

Zucchini and Basil Pasta (Basil, Zucchini)

Zucchini and Beef "Ragu" (Zucchini, Herbs)

 

Side Dishes and Salads

Fava Beans, grilled whole or peeled (Fava beans)

Green Beans Sauteed with Garlic (Garlic, Green Beans)

Roasted Beets with Fennel Seed (Beets, Fennel)

Roasted Delicata Squash Salad (Delicata squash, Herbs)

 

Sweets and Baked Goods

Tomato Cake (Tomatoes)

Chocolate Zucchini Cake (Zucchini)

Zucchini Bread (Zucchini)

Zucchini Brownies (Zucchini) [NEW!]

 

Snacks and Misc

Kale Chips (Kale)

Green Tomato Pickles (green tomatoes)

Green Tomato Chutney (green tomatoes)

 

 

If you would like more recipes, please check out the USDA MyPlate Kitchen (formerly USDA Mixing Bowl)

 

 

Have some great recipes?  Here's a list of the produce that we'd love to get recipes for:

 

Artichokes

Arugula 

Basil

Beets

Broccoli

Brussels Sprouts

Cabbage

Carrots

Corn

Cucumbers

Fava Beans 

Fennel

Garlic

Green Beans

Kale

Kohlrabi

Lettuce (Red Leaf and Green Leaf)

Onion, Red or Yellow

Parsley

Peppers, Hot (Jalapeno and Pasilla)

Peppers, Mild (bell peppers)

Perilla/Shiso, Red

Potatoes

Radishes

Sunflowers

Tomatoes

Winter squash (Delicata, Butternut and Pumpkin)

Zucchini