My mom always roasted or grilled a variety of peppers. She would peel the skin off and then either just salt them or she’d put them in a jar with some oil (??). I loved eating them roasted.
My SIL taught me this “recipe” with banana peppers.
Take a small casserole or pie plate and spoon some marinara on the bottom. Cut the tops of the banana peppers off and de-seed. Mix together a couple of cheeses - mozzarella and cheddar are good with a little softened cream cheese. Stuff the pepper with the cheese mixture. Lay on top of the marinara. Bake at 375 till the peppers and sauce are slightly browned and bubbly.
It looks like a good recipe for sweet peppers, I have some sweet peppers coming up, like Ajvarski, they are huge. Waiting impatiently for them to turn red.
I like to freeze quite a few to have for use over the Fall, Winter and Spring. I usually cut the top off, remove the seeds, cut them in half and freeze them on a sheet. Once frozen I combine them in a Ziploc freezer bag for later use. No cooking, no fuss, just basically freeze right out of the garden. So easy to save many for later.
I also do this with sweet and other varieties of peppers. I do cut those into strips for smaller storage.
Also putting in a suggestion for summer bumper crops of peppers and tomatoes, shakshuka! Great for a savory breakfast or brunch or an easy lunch or dinner!
I have a special family recipe that is not actually a defined recipe but this looks like a well loved one:
Our fig tree finally rewarded us with some tasty fruit! But not without drama: despite our wire and fishing line “fencing,” blasted bambies somehow made their way into my garden and nibbled the low hanging fruit off the tree! Ate a chunk out of one tomato plant - !!! We added a few “evil eyes” around the fig tree.
A gardening friend lives next to horse stables and has suggested I take some of her large load of aged horse manure for my tomato garden (where I have alkaline soil / ph9). I did take some last fall. But I hesitate to spread it midseason, with tomatoes on the vine. Thoughts?
I used to buy a few bags each year, $2.50 for a large bag, but they are already composted. I still throw them in my compost bins for the worms to compost them further, they have wood chips in them. I’ve read they have more salt so I no longer buy them. If they are free, I see don’t see why not.
Send some of your alkalinity here! I’m sick of horsetail trying to creep into my garden! Had to spread a ton of dolomite lime to keep those evil things out of the good part of the yard.
!!! We added a few “evil eyes” around the fig tree.
Had to spread a ton of dolomite lime to keep those evil things out of the good part of the yard.