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Bread and Tomato Salad With Flowers

Panzanella Con i Fiori

1 loaf Italian bread, cubed and toasted

1 pint red grape tomatoes, halved

1 cup basil, torn

1 cup roasted red bell peppers, cut into strips

½ cup thinly sliced red onion

½ cup pitted Kalamata olives, halved

½ cup extra-virgin, first cold-pressed olive oil

¼ cup red wine vinegar

2 garlic cloves, minced

Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

¼ cup wild garlic chives, optional

¼ cup edible flowers, optional

Toss in a large bowl, whisk oil, vinegar and garlic. Season with salt and pepper. Add the bread cubes, tomatoes, olives, red onion, peppers, chives, flowers, and basil.

Toss well and cover with plastic wrap and let sit for at least one hours. Some variations include capers, shaved Parmiagiano Reggiano.

Manure Tea Fertilizer Recipe

1. Get a five-gallon bucket.
2. Get a shovel.
3. Get a clothespin.
4. Find a pile of cow manure.
5. Put clothespin on nose.
6. Shovel pile of cow manure into five-gallon bucket.
7. Fill bucket with water.
8. Let steep for a couple of days
9. Use a long-handled dipper and water your plants for strong, healthy plants with beautiful blooms

Recipe sent in by Mary Anne Potter