Zucchini Parmesan Pancakes

Zucchini growing in the garden

1/2 c  Flour
1/2 c  Parmesan cheese
1/2 tsp Italian herbs
Salt & Pepper to taste
1 1/2c  zucchini, shredded
1 Egg, beaten
1 Onion, small, finely chopped
1/2 Tsp. Garlic (optional)
3 Tbls. Olive oil (or water) to moisten mixture

Zucchini Pancakes on the plate

Mix all of the ingredients together. 
Olive oil, skillet, medium heat.
Drop mixture with laddle.
Press lightly to flatten.
Fry until golden brown.

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2021 Customer Appreciation Days

Save The Date for Fall!

Everything else can wait!
Behn’s will be the place to be!
Come to our Fall Open House/Customer Appreciation Days
Monday & Tuesday
October 4 & 5, 2021
9 am – 4 pm
Rain or Shine

Free Lunch of hearty foods and dessert.
Please mask up based on guidance.

 

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Carrot Ginger Soup

Bowl of carrot ginger soup

Ingredients:
 ▪ 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
▪ 1 c.chopped yellow onions
▪ 3 garlic cloves, smashed
▪ 2 c. chopped carrots
▪ 1½ tsp. grated fresh ginger
▪ 3 c.  vegetable broth
▪ Salt to taste
▪ dollops of sour cream optional

Instructions:
 Heat the olive oil in a large pot over low heat. Add the onions and 2 pinches of salt. Cover and simmer for about 5 minutes, until transparent. Add the smashed garlic cloves and carrots to the pot and cook on low for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Stir in the ginger. Add broth. Reduce to a simmer and cook until the carrots are soft, about 30 minutes. Let cool slightly and transfer to a blender. Blend until smooth.
Return to clean pot, bring to simmer, taste and adjust seasonings. Serve with a a dollop of sour cream if desired.

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Lentil Salad

Ingredients:
1/2 bag of uncooked lentils
1 tomato cut in small cubes
2 minced shallots
1/3 of green bell pepper cut into 1/4″ small cubes
2 leaves of fennel, cut into 1/4″ cubes
4 leaves of raddiccio, largely chopped
4 Tblsp. balsamic vinegar
4 Tblsp. plumb vinegar
8 Tblsp. extra virgin olives oil
1/2 c. white wine
Salt to taste

Soak the lentils in cold water for one hour. Put the lentils in a pot with a large amount of water, white wine and salt and cook for 25 minutes, until al dente. Strain. Cool inrefrigerator for 1/2 hr. Stir in ingredients one by one. Chill and serve.

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Our Roadside Plant Wagon

The Roadside Pant Wagon has caused some confusion. It was first started in 2011 so my neighbors could buy BBP plants without coming up to the nursery. There are annuals, perennials, vegetables and seasonal plants. It has since become a destination for many homeowners from all over and that’s fantastic!

For you professional gardeners, if you need just a handful of those plants (1-5 pots) by all means take from there and pay in drop-box, cash or check, no receipt. Restocking the RPW is hard. All plants on it are also up in the nursery at the same price with a receipt.

So please buy what you can up here at the nursery yard. Thanks!

Plants on wagon wheel
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Plastic Recycling

New Rules for returning plastic…the backlog continues. I’m having a big problem with where this plastic waste goes. Last fall, we neatly filled a 30 yard recycling roll-off dumpster with only #6 plastic (carriers, flats, plug trays, etc.) and they (unnamed) carted it away to the landfill! So until the process changes we can only take back #2 pots. The thin pots, trays, etc. should go back to the plant supplier you purchased them from and they can … 1) throw them in the landfill, 2) reuse what they can, #3 collect them in hopes that in the future there is a better solution. – JB

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