March Food and Recipe Basket 2024:

 

I am so excited to share the March Food and Recipe Basket with all of you today. Weather is such a big factor in March as to weather we will have a early spring planting season or late. So far this year it looks like we will be able to plant early because we are having some real consistent warm days with some rain which is what we look for when planting.  We grow our own vegetables here at the cottage, which allows us to have either fresh, home canned or frozen vegetables available the year round. What we don't have available here, we usually find at one of our local farmers market. I have always been a seasonal cook and enjoy the transitions of the seasons so I hope you will enjoy these ideas and inspirations as we transition into another season.

Our Food and Recipe Basket For March

 Will  Be Filled With

Cabbage

Row's Of Lovely Cabbage

From Garden To Table

Old Fashioned Cream Cabbage

One of our favorite recipes is our Old Fashioned Creamed Cabbage, it is a very simple dish but has amazing flavor that comes through with a creamy sauce. There is no doubt that this is a delicious comforting vegetable dish. 

Irish Mashed Potatoes- Colcannon

The star of this recipe is the cabbage, what an amazing combination. This is a recipe that

 we make the year round.

Unstuffed Cabbage Casserole

This unstuffed cabbage will give you the same full flavors of the old fashioned stuffed cabbage in a simple casserole. We use the same flavors and the basic ingredients to present this delicious casserole. This is a winter garden to table recipe for us. We take a walk out to our winter garden and cut the fresh cabbage that we use in this recipe.

Grandma's Dublin Coddle

The traditional recipe has Irish potatoes, sausage and bacon that is made into a stew. My Grandparents grew cabbage on their farm so my Grandma added cabbage to her Dublin Coddle, giving it a wonderful flavor. This is a great dish that

 brings back so many memories for me.

Cabbage and Sausage Stew

 This pot of stew smells heavenly as it simmers away just waiting to greet the family at the end of the day.

Tangy Lemon Cole Slaw

Tangy Lemon Cole Slaw has become a favorite here at the cottage. Its takes no time to make this slaw and it is ready for the table. The dressing for this slaw is full of great seasons and  tangy lemon, just shake it in a jar and  it is ready to drizzle over the slaw. There are

 no dairy products in the slaw so it will

 go to a summer picnic without a problem.

Kale

Curly Leaf Kale

Very Healthy Winter Curly Leaf Kale

From Garden To Table

Fruit and Kale Salad With Lemon Vinaigrette

I love walking out to my winter or summer garden and gathering some fresh kale for a nice salad. In this recipe I added some apples, pears and red onions, then topped it with a delicious lemon vinaigrette and last we sprinkled it with toasted almonds. I really enjoy a flavorful salad with all these very fresh ingredients. This is a great garden to table recipe!

Berries

We have beautiful berry bushes at the cottage, then right across the street we have many different kinds of wild berries

 that are currently blooming. 

From Garden To Table

Blackberries

Blackberry Cobbler

I always look forward to the berries so we can have a fresh Blackberry Cobbler. I even freeze the berries from year to year so that I can make this family favorite any time of the year.

Blackberry Swirl Frozen Pie

 We do love our blackberries and always look forward to the harvest and the opportunity to develop some special treat with the berries. This year our special blackberry treat is this awesome Blackberry Swirl Frozen Pie. It has a delicious lemon base with our special blackberry jam swirled into the pie

 to make this an exceptional pie. 

Spicy Blackberry Jam

One of our favorite recipes for the berries is our Spicy Blackberry Jam, my Grandmother used this recipe every year for her berries.

Irish Blackberry Crumble Cake
This cake recipe always reminds me of my Grandmother and our Irish Heritage.

These are some of our favorite recipes that we make during this season. You will see some of them on our weekly meal plan that is included in Whats For Dinner Next Week that is posted each Saturday. Be sure and let me know some of the food's that are in your March Food Basket. Hope you have a fantastic week and come back to see us real soon!

Peace and Joy

Miz Helen

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