Synopses & Reviews
- Full of imaginative ideas for using up all your garden produce and avoiding waste
- Shows how you can enjoy home-grown food throughout the year
- Over 250 delicious recipes
Making the most of your Glorious Glut is the answer to the perennial problem of an over-abundance of wonderful fruit and vegetables. From courgettes to spinach, tomatoes to runner beans or blackcurrants to plums, most gardeners will recognize the sinking feeling that creeps over you when you realize you have had such a good harvest that you cannot actually face picking, cooking or eating any more. Even if you haven't grown them yourself, it is easy to end up with too many fruits or vegetables after just one visit to the local pick-your-own center or a trip to a country hedgerow.With the help of this book you will be able to make the most of any glut; as well as recipes for using fresh produce in new and exciting ways, you will learn how to pickle, preserve, dry, bottle and juice all your surplus fruit and vegetables so that they can be enjoyed throughout the year.
Review
“A great guide to the basics of preserving your harvests.” —Steve Ott, Kitchen Garden magazine
Synopsis
Making the most of your Glorious Glut is the answer to the perennial problem of an over-abundance of wonderful fruit and vegetables. From courgettes to spinach; tomatoes to blackcurrants, most gardeners will recognise the sinking feeling that creeps over you when you have had such a good harvest that you cannot face picking, cooking or eating any more. And even if you haven't grown them yourself, it is easy to end up with too many fruit or vegetables after just one visit to the local pick-your-own centre or a trip to a country hedgerow.
With the help of this book you will be able to make the most of any glut. It contains over 250 recipes for using fresh produce in new and exciting ways, and also explains how to pickle, preserve, dry, bottle or juice your surplus fruit and vegetables so they can be enjoyed throughout the year.
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Synopsis
The answer to the perennial problem of an overabundance of wonderful fruit and vegetables, this book helps make the most of any garden glut. Whether it's courgettes, beans, apples, or blackcurrants, most gardeners will recognize the sinking feeling when you have had such a good harvest that you can't face picking, cooking, or eating any more. Even if you haven't grown them yourself it is easy to end up with too many fruits or vegetables after a visit to the local pick-your-own farm or a country hedgerow. The book includes more than 250 recipes for using fresh produce in new and exciting ways and explains how to pickle, preserve, dry, bottle, or juice your surplus fruits and vegetables so they can be enjoyed throughout the year. Recipes for every occasion and every type of meal are featured, from pizza to pates, casseroles to cakes.
About the Author
Jackie Sherman is the author of 20 books, mainly on computing, and also enjoys writing general nonfiction, having had a number of magazine articles published.