Recipes
Creamy Garlic Salad Dressing
This delicious dressing recipe was provided by Plum Creek Garlic customer Donna Anderson. Thanks Donna! ½ c. light mayonnaise 1 c. fat free sour cream 1/3 c. milk 1 tsp. sugar 2 cloves garlic, minced very fine 2 green onions (green top only) finely chopped 1/2 tsp salt 1/8 tsp pepper Whisk mayo, sour cream, [...]
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Plum Creek Lemon and Scapes Salad Dressing
If you like garlic, you will love this dressing! Recipe by Cyd Reuter Ingredients: 2 – 3 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil 1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice 1 tablespoon pureed scapes 1/2 tsp. finely grated lemon zest (optional) 1/2 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper 1/4 tsp. dry mustard Directions: Whisk all ingredients together [...]
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Plum Creek Chicken White Bean Chili
This was delicious at our June 2012 Scape picking party! Recipe by Cyd Reuter Ingredients 2 roasted poblano peppers, peeled and chopped 3 medium onions 1 yellow bell pepper 1 red bell pepper 3 tablespoons olive oil 5 scapes , chopped 1 teaspoon chili powder 2 chipotle chilies diced 1 roasted chicken pulled 15 tomatillos [...]
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Plum Creek Cream Cheese and Scapes Spread
We had this at our Scape picking party in June. This is truly delicious if you have never tried it! Recipe by Cyd Reuter Ingredients 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened 2 tablespoons Pureed Scapes Note to puree scapes: chop 5 scapes and put them in the food processor- drizzle a little olive [...]
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Roasting Fresh Tomatoes and Garlic Recipe (for freezing)
From our friend and customer Gina Loxtercamp. Here’s the recipe for roasted tomatoes for freezing from Byerly’s free cookbook. 12 tomatoes 20 cloves of garlic (you know I LOVE that!) 5 large thyme sprigs 1/4 c Extra Virgin Olive Oil Salt Pepper (I add chopped onions – also yummy) You’ll need a large [...]
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Scrambled eggs with garlic and tomato
From our niece Carol and her friend Giselle.This is a classic Chinese ‘peasant’ dish. This version comes to us from Giselle our niece Carol’s Chinese friend. Ingredients: 1 Tbsp of Plum Creek Garlic (minimum!) 1 Tbsp of Vegetable Oil 2 Tomatoes (or a small can of diced tomatoes if it’s the middle of winter) 1 [...]
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Delicious Garlic Soup Recipe
Betty Jayne’s Garlic Soup With comments by Plum Creek Garlic customer Jeff Sindelar This recipe originally came from a Gilroy, CA garlic festival cookbook 4 tablespoons olive oil 30 large cloves fresh garlic, peeled and chopped 2 cans chicken broth, about 1 quart 2 cups water 2 cans (15 ounces each) cannellini beans or white [...]
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Scape Party Recipes
We had a great time at our scape party in late June 2011! Here are Cyd’s recipes from that lunch: CANTALOUPE SORBET 6 servings 2/3 cup sugar 1/2 cup water 3 cups 1-inch pieces peeled seeded cantaloupe (about 1/2 cantaloupe) Combine sugar and water in medium saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. [...]
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Scapes — One of life’s curly pleasures
Scapes are a curly, twisty stalk that the garlic plant produces sometime in mid-June here in Minnesota. If left unpicked, they eventually straighten into a stiff stalk often over four feet tall. Experts say they can reduce the size of the garlic bulb growing underground since some of the plant’s energy goes into the scape. [...]
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Cyd’s Tip for Special Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Cyd likes to boil whole cloves of garlic in with her potatoes then mash them all together. She thinks this infuses the potatoes with the garlic flavor and creates a more mellow flavor than the flavor you get from throwing raw minced garlic into garlic mashed potatoes.
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