Ingredients: 2 cups diced cooked chicken 3 cups cooked rice, cooled 1 cup finely sliced celery 1/4 cup chopped green pepper 8 ounced crushed pineapple 2 tablespoons sliced pimiento 1/2 cup nonfat yogurt 1/4 cup mayonnaise 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 teaspoon curry powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper Preparation: Combine chicken, rice, […]
Written by Alicia R. Maybe you’ve put away your garden gloves in favor of lounging on the patio. Admiring flowerbeds while sipping iced tea is pleasant during the heat of mid- to late summer. But if you don’t feel inclined to recline, and you find it sweeter to hold a trowel than a tumbler of […]
Ingredients: 1 pound soaked Great Northern Beans 2 teaspoons salt 1 medium chopped onion 1/8 teaspoon ground pepper 2 pounds beef short ribs 6 cups water 3/4 cup barbeque sauce Preparation: Place all ingredients in a crock pot except barbecue sauce. Cover and cook on low for 10 to 16 hours. Before serving, remove short […]
Many gardeners are concerned about helping to support insects that pollinate plants, especially the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) due to its continuing decline. In this article, we will cover the many ways that gardeners can help monarch butterflies. The Xerxes Society for Invertebrate Conservation reports that only 200,000 monarchs were observed overwintering along the California […]
By Richard Flowers, ACCNP-Green Thumb Nursery-Ventura Just the other day, my neighbor showed me a plant in his garden that he didn’t know the name of. This sprawling and scrambling shrub covers a 10 foot area so densely that it provides needed privacy from the road and the house. I told the neighbor it is […]
Ingredients: 1 medium onion 4 tomatoes 1 head of lettuce 1 cup grated cheddar cheese 1/2 cup french or thousand island dressing Hot sauce to taste 1 bag of corn tortilla chips (6 ounces) 1 large avocado 1 pound ground beef 1 can kidney beans (15 ounces), drained 1/4 teaspoon salt Preparation: Chop the onion, […]
Ingredients: 2 thinly sliced apples 2 tablespoons lemon juice 3 cups shredded cabbage, chopped stalk celery, grated carrots, and thinly sliced medium onion 1/2 cup sour cream 1/4 cup mayonnaise 3/4 cup celery salt Preparation: Sprinkly sliced apples with lemon juice. Mix with cabbage, celery, carrots and onion. Combine sour cream, mayonnaise and celery salt. […]
Written by Sarah R. Urban homesteading, sounds kind of trendy and cool, doesn’t it? It also sounds kind of contradictory. Urban means city and homesteading means country. How can ever the two meet? Urban homesteading, although at face value seems to incorporate two conflicting ideas, is a cool possibility that is becoming a trend among […]
By Richard Flowers, ACCNP-Green Thumb Nursery-Ventura Any time when the temperature rises to unbearable levels and the humidity is very low for an extended period of time, it plays havoc on our beloved gardens. During these episodes, plants become stressed, agitated, and look poor or unhealthy. Plant responses to heat include but not limited to […]
Ingredients: 1/2 pound spinach 1 head romaine lettuce 10 spears of asparagus 1/2 head red cabbage 1/2 cup sliced celery 1/2 cup peeled and sliced cucumber 1/2 cup lemon French dressing Ingredients for dressing: 1/3 cup oil 1/3 cup lemon juice (about 2 lemons) 1 tsp honey 1/4 tsp paprika 1/2 tsp salt Preparation: Rinse […]