Mexican Stuffen Peppers

This recipe was taken from Simply in Season

4 green, yellow, orange, or red sweet peppers

cut 1/2 inch off top of peppers and discard seeds/ Steam whole peppers in 1 inch boiling water until tender, about 5-8 min. Remove peppers from water and set aside.

1/3 cup onion (chopped)

2 cloves garlic (minced)

Saute in 1 tablespoon oil

2 cups tomatoes (chopped)

1 jalapeno pepper (minced after seeds removed)

2tablespoons fresh parsley

1 tablespoon oregano

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 bay leaf

add and cook 5 minutes

2 cups corn

1 1/2 cups cooked black beans

add and simmer 10 minutes. Place peppers in oven proof dish so they can stand upright, with the cut ends up. Stuff peppers with vegetables mixture. Any extra filling can be placed in dish next to pepper

sprinkle parmesan cheese on top. bake at 350F for 20 minutes.

Pumpkin PIE FROM SCRATCH

Here is a nice recipe that we are trying out using butternut squash from our garden to make pumpkin pie.

http://www.pickyourown.org/pumpkinpie.php

Watch the video we made on Pumpkin Pie from the garden

Plant your garlic Now

The fall is the best time to plant your garlic outside. It is like a tulips, daffodils and other bulbs, it needs to freeze in order to grow. It's very easy to plant and one of the main foundations for our cooking.

Watch as the Jr. Farmers of the Center For Environmental Transformation demonstrate how in this short 2 minute video: