There are a variety of ways arugula can be used in the kitchen. This recipe for arugula pesto is a prime example. It is a delicious way to prepare pesto when fresh basil is not available.

Grow eggplant and flat leaf parsley in your garden to have the ingredients for baba ghanoush.

Squash and basil are both warm season vegetables that you can plant in your vegetable garden after the last frost date in spring. One squash plant and one basil will provide enough ingredients for...

Tomatoes and chocolate don't grow together but they sure taste great together. That's right, you read that sentence correctly.

I can't think of two better companions in the vegetable garden and the kitchen than tomatoes and basil.

This is a seriously easy to prepare and dee-licious take on chicken salad. The recipe comes from my multi-talented producer Cindy. French tarragon and red bell pepper make this chicken salad...

This recipe for herbed cream cheese couldn't be easier to prepare. It's a great way to use the herbs that you grow in your garden.

One of my favorite ways to cook vegetables is just to put them on a grill. You can't beat the flavor of fresh squash, onions, bell peppers and eggplant when cooked on an open fire.

Potatoes are so simple to prepare that they frequently make it onto my dinner table - a little butter and a few fresh herbs are just about all they need.

This yummy salad is prepared with cool season vegetables that grow in both the spring and fall garden. I like them because they are easy to peel and very sweet.

Pizza recipes are as diverse as the people who eat them. When the summer harvest is coming in and I have plenty tomatoes and fresh herbs, I like to cook a pizza with this simple sauce.

In late summer and early fall there are plenty of tasty vegetables coming out of the garden. One of my favorite recipes makes the most of all of them, a classic Italian dish called ratatouille.

Refrigerator pickles are a staple in my fridge all summer. The crisp, tart cucumbers and onions are delicious right out of the jar.

I found this sherbet recipe in a gardening magazine from 1950. Served with a sugar cookie, it is a delicious variation on my grandmother's rhubarb and strawberry pie.

Yummy baby bell peppers are bite-sized treats that you'll want to eat straight from the garden. They are nearly seedless and so sweet you'll find it hard to believe you are eating a pepper.

This recipe is really simple. It requires butternut squash, apples and onion. It’s a beautiful presentation and delicious with so many other things in fall.

These savory shortbread cookies are the inspiration of Brian Kelley, house chef at the Garden Home Retreat. Topped with Brie and blueberry chutney, they are a delicious way to use the thyme...

It's funny how fruits and vegetables that grow in the same season often complement each other in recipes as well. Even as unlikely a pair as spinach and strawberries.

The great thing about growing salad greens is that they are extremely easy and don't require a lot of space. A few containers supply ample room for growing the spinach, cabbage and arugula in...

Both mint and strawberries are ideal for containers. Mint especially since it can be such a rampant grower in the garden. Clustered containers of the two offer a lush display with the added...

In this soup recipe, sweet potatoes get some extra zip with hot peppers. Both vegetables are plentiful in late summer and fall.

One of my favorite dishes is homemade pizza. So much so, I installed a pizza oven in the outdoor kitchen. It's built right into the back of the chimney for the fire place in the summer kitchen....