Gardening Gardening

MikeInMa I have a recipe for a jellied cucumber salad. Main ingredients are lime Jello, grated cucumber, cottage cheese, green onions and a touch of mayo. I can post it if you want it.

 

Sounds good!

 

MikeInMa Here it is:

1 pk lime Jello
3/4 c boiling water
1 1/2 c cottage cheese
1 c grated cucumber
1/2 c mayo
green onions chopped up to taste

Dissolve the Jello in the boiling water and set aside until it starts to thicken.
Grate the cucumbers and mix in the cottage cheese, mayo, green onions.
When the Jello starts to set, mix everything together and put in the fridge.
I usually don't measure the cucumber so I probably put in more than that.
If it doesn't want to set because you added too much cucumber, dissolve a Knox gelatin package in 1/4 c of boiling water, cool it a bit and mix it in.

If you try it, let me know how it went. We come from an era where jellied salads of some sort were always served at family gatherings.

 

Tomatoes are coming in good! (From our CT garden)



Brought some up north and had a few with breakfast this morning:

 

You can't beat homemade tomato sauce!

We canned 146 jars over the past week. We do this as a family every year. I buy those tomatoes from local farms. One tip I can pass along to you is to fill your jars up to about 1/4" of the top of the jars. Supposedly less air space leaves less chance of spoilage.

 

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