Are you new to growing bell peppers and want to know what to expect? Or maybe you've grown them in the past but they haven't produced well. I'm here to help! I've documented the bell pepper growth stages so you can follow along in your own garden. This guide shows you how long it takes... The post Bell pepper growth stages (with timeline photos!) appeared first on Ask the Food Geek.| Ask the Food Geek
A majority of cities in the Mountain West are at a high elevation with cooler temperatures and shorter growing seasons. While it's an absolutely stunning part of the country, it can be challenging to grow| Ask the Food Geek
When the temperature drops below 60F, flowers don't pollinate properly, drop, or the plants drop bell peppers that just set.It isn't an all-or-nothing scenario though.| Ask the Food Geek
The weather in the warmer parts of the Midwest are pretty favorable for bell peppers: warm but not too hot, with humidity that pepper plants like. However, the colder weather and shorter seasons in the| Ask the Food Geek
Say hello to the Goldilocks of garden vegetables. Bell pepper plants need warm weather to grow and to flower. But if it's too hot, they'll fail to pollinate, drop flowers, or even drop fruit that just set. If it's too cold, they won't set fruit and will struggle to mature any fruit already on the... The post How to grow bell peppers (in YOUR climate!) appeared first on Ask the Food Geek.| Ask the Food Geek
This caprese asparagus salad combines the second half of asparagus season with the beginning of tomato season in early summer. While caprese salads traditionally use fresh, uncooked slicing tomatoes and fresh mozzarella, this recipe roasts them. After cooking in the oven, add fresh basil and drizzle the salad with balsamic vinegar. From prepping the ingredients... The post Caprese asparagus salad with tomatoes & balsamic appeared first on Ask the Food Geek.| Ask the Food Geek
This Parmesan roasted asparagus is ready to eat in just 15 minutes, cooked in the oven at 425F for 5-10 minutes. Large asparagus spears roast well, but any size will work. Any type of hard, dry cheese can be used, including Parmesan, Asiago, or Pecorino. The recipe uses 1 pound of asparagus, which is a... The post Parmesan roasted asparagus appeared first on Ask the Food Geek.| Ask the Food Geek
If you are expecting temperatures above 90-95F, you might want to help keep your garden cool. High temperatures can cause flowers to drop, prevent fruit from settings, and turn certain vegetables starchy or bitter. You can help keep your garden cool by making sure the soil stays moist, using mulch to reduce heat, misting the... The post How to protect your garden from a heat wave appeared first on Ask the Food Geek.| Ask the Food Geek
Banana nut muffins can be a healthy start to your morning breakfast loaded with nuts and even whole grains. But they can also be packed with sugar or saturated fat from butter. The muffins can range from relatively small to jumbo - twice the size at a bakery. This article looks at calories and nutrition... The post Banana nut muffin nutrition (by ingredient) appeared first on Ask the Food Geek.| Ask the Food Geek
To add flavor back into bland strawberries, they need sugar, citric acid, and rose water (if you have it). Roasted strawberries with these added ingredients give them more flavor.| Ask the Food Geek
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Banana pecan muffins with twice the nuts, a lot of bananas, and half the sugar. The flavor rivals the best bakery banana nut muffins.| Ask the Food Geek
As one of the largest sauce tomatoes, Amish Paste also makes the best flavored tomato paste. It's thick with a rich, sweet, tomato-y flavor.| Ask the Food Geek
Any type of tomatoes can technically be turned into sun-dried tomatoes, but some varieties turn out significantly better. Small paste tomatoes (aka plum or Roma) are the best options, but there's a big variance within| Ask the Food Geek
Butternut squash are vining plants that naturally spread along the ground, but with just a little help they easily climb up a trellis. The trellised vines are pretty, of course, but the benefits are more| Ask the Food Geek
Butternut squash go through several ripening stages before they are ready to pick. First, the skin turns from green to tan. Next the flesh softens and sweetens.| Ask the Food Geek
Harvest pickling cucumbers when they are small. Gherkins should be about the size of your thumb, sliced pickles just smaller than a spice jar, and spears should be just larger than a spice jar.| Ask the Food Geek
These red currant muffins are easy to make in one bowl with simple ingredients that you already have on hand. They bake up fluffy and stay moist when stored.| Ask the Food Geek
Welcome, I'm Veronica, your resident food geek - experienced recipe developer and gardener. But I didn't start out that way! My journey to a love of cooking I'm a child of the 80's and its feminism movement. My version was as loud as my neon clothes as big as my hoop earrings. It meant I'd...| Ask the Food Geek
These zucchini soup recipes offer a variety of flavors for you to try: italian tomato, loaded potato, southwestern, roasted poblano, and walnut thyme. #zucchini #soup #recipes| Ask the Food Geek
This roasted zucchini poblano soup is creamy, smoky and a little bit spicy. The creaminess comes from the zucchini instead of heavy cream.| Ask the Food Geek
This soup is as quick & easy as it is tasty. Everything for the soup is roasted in the oven on a single sheet pan. Bacon is laid over the top of butternut squash and| Ask the Food Geek
These colorful silicon seed starting trays are as functional as they are cute. They come with a sturdy plastic bottom, a humidity dome, and mini grow lights. Grow your own food. #garden #seedstarting| Ask the Food Geek
How to roast any winter squash seed in the oven so they are extra crispy. There are two secrets: drying out the seeds and baking them low and slow.| Ask the Food Geek
Acorn squash are treated as winter squash, but are actually part of the same family as zucchini and other summer squash - cucurbita pepo. Delicata and spaghetti squash also belong to this family, which is| Ask the Food Geek
Delicata squash are prized for their thin, edible skin and sweet, smooth flesh. They are in season from September through December.| Ask the Food Geek
Honeynut squash are a smaller, cuter, tastier butternut squash relative with about 25% more sugar. They make a low-effort side dish when simply cut in half and roasted.| Ask the Food Geek
The popular roasting vegetable, butternut squash, are in season in fall and store well into the winter. I grow my own butternut squash and also buy them from the local farmers market to roast, add to soups, turn into sauces, and mix into salads.| Ask the Food Geek
