Garden to Table Recipes
Welcome to our Garden to Table Recipes page! If you’re looking for delicious and healthy recipes that feature fresh, homegrown ingredients, you’ve come to the right place.
From beverages to desserts and everything in between, our recipes showcase the best of what your garden has to offer. Whether you’re growing your own fruits and vegetables or picking them up from a local farmer’s market, you’ll find plenty of tasty and nutritious recipes to try.
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Garden to Table Main Dishes
Chile Rellenos
Chile rellenos are a traditional Mexican recipe made with stuffed poblano peppers that are dipped in egg and deep fried. This version has a creamy cheese stuffing that perfectly balances the mild spiciness of the poblano chili pepper.
Easy 1-Pot Chili
This simple and delicious recipe is a quick dinner to make. Eat it as plain chili or pour it over cooked macaroni to make chili mac.
Baked Italian Eggplant
This delicious blend of oregano, tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese is a simple, quick and healthy way to enjoy eggplant.
Oyster Mushroom Carbonara
Here’s a no-fuss dish, showcasing the woodsy tastes of oyster mushrooms, that you can whip up in less than 30 minutes.
Rosemary Chicken Panini
Fresh rosemary and feta cheese give this chicken panini a Mediterranean flair.
Cheesy Vegetable Casserole
Here’s a simple recipe that’s got it all: a good three servings of healthy vegetables and the cheesy richness of macaroni and cheese. Add to that the ease with which this vegetable casserole can be prepared, and you’ve got a recipe we bet will be your new go-to for winter family meals.
Garden to Table Beverages
Iced Herbal Tea with Stevia
This recipe explains how to use stevia leaves in tea. Stevia is a popular sugar substitute that has no calories or carbohydrates.
Energizing Strawberry Smoothie
Here’s a recipe for a protein-packed power smoothie to provide all the on-the-go energy you need to fuel you through your day.
How to Make and Enjoy Shrub
Learn how to make your own shrub–a colonial-era, refreshing and oh-so-trendy drink mixer. All it takes is vinegar, sugar and your own fresh produce.
Make Your Own Herbal Infusions
Herb infused drinks are quickly becoming one of the trendiest drinks for keeping cool on hot summer days. Besides tasting great, they’re low calorie and loaded with nutritional value.
Make Herb-Infused Cocktails
Borrow some fresh inspiration with ingredients from your kitchen garden and impress your guests with an herbal cocktail menu.
Mint Julep
A refreshing adult beverage; perfect for those hot summer nights or as the signature cocktail of your Kentucky Derby party.
Desserts From the Garden
How to Make Horehound Candy
Horehound is an easy to grow perennial plant that has been used as a therapeutic herb for centuries. Homemade horehound candies also double as soothing throat lozenges!
Honey and Lemon Balm Tea Biscuits
Easy to make biscuits with naturally sweet honey and a hint of lemon balm for a refreshing twist on a basic tea-time biscuit.
Blackberry Muffins
Here’s the first thing we do with our summer blackberry crop—whip up a batch of these easy and scrumptious blackberry muffins. Here’s the second—freeze a batch to savor come winter.
Easy to Make Berry Jam
Everything you need to know to create simple berry jams by canning them in a hot water bath.
Hint of Mint S’mores
Fresh mint leaves provide a brilliant twist to our campfire favorite.
Baked Acorn Squash with Brown Sugar and Pecans
Acorn squash will be your new favorite side dish after you try this recipe!
Garden to Table Salads & Greens Recipes
Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage
Using red cabbage instead of green gives this recipe a nutritional boost. In addition to providing a rich source of vitamins C and K, calcium and fiber, red cabbage is high in an anthocyanin – an excellent source of antioxidants.
Caprese Salad
This traditional Italian salad is quick, easy and delicious. Prepare it as an appetizer, side dish or even a light meal. Sure to become one of your favorite recipes!
Get to Know Leafy Salad Greens
The days when iceberg lettuce set the standard for a leaf salad are long gone. Get in on the latest salad trends with these 16 leafy options that will bring fresh color, flavor, textures, and added nutrients to your next salad.
Black Bean & Corn Salsa Salad
The ingredients of this easy-to-make recipe blend into a robust, fresh flavor that works well as a relish with chicken or fish, as a side dish or served with tortilla chips.
Marinated Cherry Tomato Salad
This great recipe provides the perfect blend of tangy tomatoes and mellow feta cheese.
Garden Grown Salsas, Sauces & Dips
Marinade for Vegetable Kabobs
Use this simple marinade when preparing vegetable kabobs on the grill. It’s the perfect way to unify flavors when using a mix of different vegetables.
Plain Yogurt and Cream Cheese Fruit Dip
A quick and easy fruit dip! This dip recipe adds creaminess and a hint of almond without overwhelming the natural flavor and sweetness of your fresh fruit.
Garlic and Chives Cheese Spread
A rich spread for bread or fresh vegetables. Make a complete meal with a hearty soup served with bread and herb-cheese spread.
Apple and Mint Chutney
This easy apple chutney recipe can be used on sandwiches, as a dipping sauce and with roasted chicken or pork.
Apple Butter Recipe for Canning
Canned apple butter is incredibly versatile. Use it to spice up breads, hot cereals, waffles and pancakes. Apple butter is also delicious used as a condiment or glaze for pork and chicken. Slather it on a ham or turkey sandwich to create a sweet-savory treat!
Canned Apple Pie Filling
This delicious homemade filling can be used to make pies, a quick cobbler, crisp or even as a filling for coffee cake.
How to Make Applesauce
Homemade applesauce is one of the simplest foods to make from scratch. It requires few ingredients, and once the fruit is prepared, takes little attention during cooking. The slow cooker method makes this a dream side-dish or snack if you don’t have much time.
Spicy Lime Marinade
Keep meal prep fast and easy with this light, flavorful and healthy combination of lime juice and herbs you can throw together in minutes.
Simple Fruit Salsa
Heat and ice. Tart and sweet. This quick fruit salsa brings everything we love about spring, summer and the garden straight to your table.
Greek Tzatziki Sauce
Tzatziki couldn’t be easier to make and can be used as a dip, a sauce, or even a stand-alone side dish. Home-grown cucumbers make this Greek favorite even more delicious.
Basil Pesto
Four simple ingredients and ten minutes and you’ll have delicious pesto ready for pizza, pasta or dipping.
Parsley Cilantro Marinade
An easy-to-make blend of fresh herbs and lemon for marinating fish or poultry. This is the perfect recipe to use herbs cut from your garden!
Lemon and Thyme Marinade
This super simple recipe provides the basis for an unlimited number of herbal blends you can create for marinating fish, shrimp or poultry.
Baked Radicchio and Herbed Goat Cheese Dip
Herbs, goat cheese and radicchio all mix together in perfect dip harmony.
Low Calorie Green Onion Dip
Pair this low cal dip with chips, pita bread and other dippable delights.
Black Bean & Corn Salsa Salad
The ingredients of this easy-to-make recipe blend into a robust, fresh flavor that works well as a relish with chicken or fish, as a side dish or served with tortilla chips.
Fresh Salsa Mexicana (Pico de Gallo)
Enjoy this refreshing condiment on tortilla chips, tacos, frittatas, burritos, quesadillas, potatoes and fajitas.
Garden to Table Snacks
Coriander and Thyme Potatoes
Crushed coriander seeds and thyme transform this basic potato recipe into a flavorful side dish. These potatoes pair well with just about any main course.
Super Bowl Party with Gourmet Finger Foods
Super Bowl Sunday is filled with football and food. This year kick it up a notch with gourmet finger foods.
Homegrown Soups
Buttercup Squash Soup with Sage
Buttercup squash has an earthy, mellow flavor. This creamy soup combines buttercup squash with a subtle hint of sage to warm you from the inside out on a chilly day.
Easy Vegetable Soup
When the snow is falling, the days are short, and the wind howls outside, that’s the time to whip up a vegetable soup to warm the bones and nourish the soul. Our simple vegetable soup will have you ready to call “soup’s on” in less than an hour.
Tomato Soup
What to do when the tomatoes start pouring in? Make soup, of course! An added benefit of this recipe is that it freezes well, so you can save some for the cold months after the vegetable garden has been put to bed.
Cold Soup Recipe Collection for Summer
Our favorite summertime soup recipes that use fresh-from-the-garden vegetables and herbs.
Recipes with Vegetables
Baked Italian Eggplant
This delicious blend of oregano, tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese is a simple, quick and healthy way to enjoy eggplant.
Coriander and Thyme Potatoes
Crushed coriander seeds and thyme transform this basic potato recipe into a flavorful side dish. These potatoes pair well with just about any main course.
Grilled Zucchini Squash
This is a quick, easy-to-prepare recipe with sliced zucchini and a few basic herbs.
How to Make Vegetable Stock
You can use fresh produce from your garden or the market to make your own vegetable stock – the base for vegetarian soups, sauces, and so much more.
Summer Squash Chips
Roasted squash chips are a great way to use some of your summer squash harvest. They make a great snack or serve them up with your favorite dip.
How to Make Your Own Hot Pepper Flakes
Hot pepper flakes add zip to everything from take-out pizza to sophisticated curries. Use your own homegrown hot peppers—or fresh ones you can find at the farmers’ market—to make this spice rack favorite.
Microgreen Toast
Microgreen toast is set to be this year’s next big thing. Are you growing your own microgreens, those first shoots of lettuces, broccoli, cabbage, radish, onion, herb and more? If so, we’re sure you already know to use them in salads and smoothies. But how about microgreen toast, a delicious sandwich or elegant appetizer, a great way to eat more of these super-greens.
Cheesy Vegetable Casserole
Here’s a simple recipe that’s got it all: a good three servings of healthy vegetables and the cheesy richness of macaroni and cheese. Add to that the ease with which this vegetable casserole can be prepared, and you’ve got a recipe we bet will be your new go-to for winter family meals.
How to Roast or Grill Garden-Fresh Vegetables
Nothing beats home-cooked fresh produce, and the most delicious–and simplest–way to prepare vegetables is roasting or grilling. These tips will guide you to perfect roasted or grilled vegetable dishes, every time.
Broccoli Romanesco with Cheese Sauce
Any type of broccoli or cauliflower can be substituted in this recipe, but we suggest Romanesco because it adds a wow-factor, elevating the classic cheesy broccoli side dish to a new level.
Roasted Pumpkin Seed Recipe Collection
Our favorite gourmet flavors to season oven-roasted pumpkin seeds! Save the seeds from your pumpkins and use these recipes to make yourself a homemade fall snack.
Garlic Parmesan Cauliflower
Roasting is one of the most popular ways to prepare cauliflower these days. We take roasted cauliflower to new levels of flavor by combining it with a tempting blend of garlic and Parmesan cheese, to create a side dish that will complement just about any main course.
Carrots & Potatoes Roasted with Onion & Garlic
Toss together a few simple ingredients along with the vegetables and pop them in the oven to bake. An inexpensive, easy-to-make recipe using carrots, potatoes and onions.
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