Garden to Table Cookbook: A Guide to Preserving and Cooking What You Grow (Fox Chapel Publishing) Use Your Homegrown Produce in Over 100 Seasonal Recipes for Canning, Jams, Mains, Desserts and More - Softcover

Kayla Butts, MS, RDN, LD,

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1497102928 ISBN 13: 9781497102927

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2023

Synopsis

Learn how to preserve and serve what you've grown in your garden in your daily meals!

• Comprehensive guide to preserving and cooking with healthy fruits and vegetables grown at home
• Canning and preserving, freezing, fermenting, and drying fruits and vegetables is all covered
• 137 healthy recipes organized by season for starters, main dishes, soups, salads, desserts, and more using the produce you grew, from greens, stews, and stir fry to pies, jams, dips, and more
• Expert advice, tips, and tricks to ensure success, plus an easy-reference storage and preservation chart
• Practice self-sufficiency through gardening and cooking at home to foster a healthy lifestyle for you and your children with less unhealthy fats, sugar, salt, and unnecessary chemicals
• Author Kayla Butts is a professional dietitian, cooking and nutrition instructor, small-scale Texas farmer, and a clinical nutrition manager with a master's degree in nutrition

Feed your family fresh, healthy produce that you've grown yourself!

This practical, beginner-friendly guide will help you understand the benefits of growing a thriving vegetable garden, plus provide tons of expert advice on how to preserve your harvest through freezing, drying, and canning. Then, you'll find tons of recipes to cook easy, healthy meals using the fruits, veggies, and herbs you've grown! It's perfect for beginner to advanced gardeners, canning enthusiasts, foodies, home chefs, environmentalists, homeowners, homesteaders, preppers, and more.

Featuring expert guidance on how to freeze, can, dehydrate, and ferment a variety of fruits and vegetables, Garden to Table Cookbook also features over 100 recipes that include vegan, vegetarian, heart-healthy, and keto or low-carb options, so you can cook according to your health goals. From more than 20 canning recipes to appetizers, main dishes, and hearty salads organized by season for delicious options year-round, this complete self-sufficiency guide has everything you need to know to live a healthier life growing and harvesting your own homegrown food.

Recipes include:

• Thai Lettuce Wraps
• Cucumber-Lime Popsicles
• Pumpkin Risotto
• Plum Upside-Down Cake
• Vegan Buddha Bowl
• Bacon Leek Tart
• Shakshuka
• Vegan Bulgogi
• Kofta Kabobs with Tzatziki
• Watermelon Granita
• Berry Skillet Crisp
• Baba Ghanoush with Pita Bread
• Moroccan Beef Stew
• Buffalo Cauliflower
• Hasselback Rutabagas
• Southern Collard Greens
• Thai Chicken Salad
• Italian Wedding Soup
• And much more!

Author Kayla Butts, MS, RDN, LD, is a small-scale Texas farmer, professional dietitian, cooking and nutrition instructor, magazine contributor, and clinical nutrition manager at Christus Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi, TX. She has a master's degree in science, in nutrition.
Whether you just started your very first garden, or you've been gardening for years, learn how to incorporate what you grow into your daily meals, with Garden to Table Cookbook!

"There are many resources for learning to grow one's own food, and also on how to preserve the harvest. Kayla's perspective on how garden-to-table living improves overall health and well-being is both incredibly interesting and inspiring."
—Angela Ferraro-Fanning, Author of The Sustainable Homestead and Little Homesteader series, as featured in Country Home Magazine, AxeandRootHomestead (website), @axeandroothomestead

About this title

About the Author

Author Kayla Butts is a professional dietitian, cooking and nutrition instructor, small-scale Texas farmer, and a clinical nutrition manager with a Master's in Science in Nutrition.

From the Back Cover

Live a Healthier Life Growing and Harvesting Your Own Food

Garden to Table Cookbook is a practical, beginner-friendly guide that will help you understand the benefits of growing a thriving vegetable garden, plus provide tons of expert advice on how to preserve your harvest through freezing, drying, and canning. Also included are over 100 delicious and nutritious recipes using the fruits, veggies, and herbs from your yard for appetizers, desserts, main dishes, hearty salads, and more. Discover everything you need to know to preserve and serve fresh, healthy foods from home with this must-have guide!

What's Inside:

• Detailed insight on the benefits of growing your own fresh food at home
• Step-by-step instructions on how to freeze, dry, and can produce, plus over 20 canning recipes
• More than 100 healthy recipes organized by season using the crops you've cultivated, from Thai Lettuce Wraps and Cucumber-Lime Popsicles to Pumpkin Risotto, Plum Upside-Down Cake, and more
• An easy-reference storage and preservation chart
• Helpful tips, tricks, and expert advice to ensure success

"As a small-scale organic farmer, I know firsthand the physical and mental benefits of growing and cooking your own food. With its creative and nutritious recipes, Kayla's book is sure to provide inspiration for home gardeners looking to preserve and prepare their harvest."
—Jeanne Vander Clute, Organic Farmer, @splendidearthfarm

"There are many resources for learning to grow one's own food, and also on how to preserve the harvest. Kayla's perspective on how garden-to-table living improves overall health and well-being is both incredibly interesting and inspiring."
—Angela Ferraro-Fanning, Author of The Sustainable Homestead and Little Homesteader series, as featured in Country Home Magazine, AxeandRootHomestead (website), @axeandroothomestead

Edition details

• Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1497102928
• ISBN 13: 9781497102927
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192