Grow Your Own #16 - The Round Up
September 16, 2008 – 12:55 pm by wiffy
Grow Your Own Round Up #16 (1-15 Sep 08) - A Preview of the Menu
Did the little collage above leave you wanting … for more? 
I’m pleased to put together the round up of the first food blog event I’m hosting - Grow Your Own - “a blogging event that celebrates the dishes we make using our homegrown products”. Thank you Andrea, for giving me an opportunity to host this edition, and thank you to everyone who submitted their dishes made from the freshest, most wholesome home grown ingredients.
15 unique dishes from 5 different countries, with a great variety of organic goodness - ranging from tomatoes, parsley, chives, green onions, basil, lemon verbana, bell peppers, torch ginger plant to mint!! Are we spoiled or what? I hope you enjoyed reading the the round up as much as I enjoyed putting them together (& drooling over them). If I had accidentally made any mistakes or left out your entry, please leave me a comment to let me know.
Now let’s start with the feast! 
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(Note: Entries are featured in the order they were received)
What better way to start, than with an entry from GYO’s awesome creator herself, Andrea (Virginia, United States) who delights us with a mouthwatering San Marzano with Peppers Pasta Sauce made from her garden’s San Marzano tomatoes and bell peppers.
Next, Anna of Life’s Too Short For Mediocre Chocolate (San Diego, United States) shows us one of the loveliest ways to use tomatoes - by slow roasting them, and using them on pizza. MMmmm…
Denise of Chez Us (San Francisco, United States) ushers in summer with a delicious Almond Chutney Chicken Lettuce Roll-ups and a lovely baked fruity dessert made with basil and lemon verbana from the garden.
What’s the best brand of tomato sauce in the world? The home brand, made with home grown tomatoes, of course ^o^ Rachel of The Crispy Cook (New York, United States) shows us how.
I wish I could swop places with Sarah of What Smells So Good (Ontario, Canada), for she has an endless access to the freshest produce due to her proximity to farms and farmers markets. She whips up a delightful dish of Garden Eggs in Spuds using home grown red peppers, chives and tomatoes.
Kim of Live :: Love :: Laugh :: Eat! (Virginia, United States) makes tomato jam for the first time using her homegrown heirloom and roma tomatoes and it looks perfect! And wait, because Kim’s garden is doing so well, she has cooked not one, but two dishes for GYO. Also check out the lovely Shrimp Ceviche she made using red pimento and jalapeno peppers growing in her flourishing garden.
My dear blogging friend, SueSue the fabulous Cooking Momster (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) makes the famous Penang dish, Asam Laksa with bunga kantan (Torch Ginger Plant) and fresh mint leaves from the garden. I must say that this is the best Asam Laksa I have seen! ;D
My other lovely blogging friend, Ning of Heart and Hearth (Manila, Phillippines) makes a refreshing & photogenic lemongrass and ginger iced tea. Don’t miss her well written and informative reads about lemongrass and ginger when you’re there!
Kaykat of Cooking from A to Z (Washington, United States) adds magical touches to her ‘Shroom Soup with Curd Cheese by using chives and parsley from her veggie patch. Totally awesome.
I’m so happy that my wonderful blogging friend, Lesley of Beachlover’s Kitchen (New York, United States), can join in the fun with her mouthwatering Pan-fried Whole Fish with Spicy Taucu (bean paste sauce), made with beautiful red peppers from her garden.
Gay of A Scientist in the Kitchen (Philippines), makes a delightful papaya (Somtam) salad using papaya, long beans and Thai chili growing in the backyard.
Reeni of Cinnamon Spice & Everything Nice (New York, United States) says “goodbye summer, hello autumn”, by making a cute and cheery looking Chicken Bowtie Pasta Salad.
Kim of The Daily WD (Colorado, United States) uses her homegrown cherry tomatoes which are the size of round plum tomatoes, to make this fantastic tomato strata (savory bread pudding).
Last but no least, I (Singapore) made an easy Chinese dish, Stir fry chicken with fermented black beans and bell peppers, using my home grown bell peppers.
Bon Apetite everyone! Hope you enjoy the delicious food. 
The next GYO host is Denise from Chez Us … please visit their site for more details on how to participate.
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Tags: garden, Growing Edibles, homegrown, organic, Recipes, vegetables
Posted in Blog Events, Event Round Ups, Grow Your Own
25 Responses to “Grow Your Own #16 - The Round Up”
All the dishes are great!
By Gay on Sep 16, 2008
what a lovely entry! Thnak you for hosting this event for us.I’m looking forward for more events:)
By beachloverkitchen on Sep 16, 2008
Thank you for a wonderful round-up! Thank you for your kind words re my post, *blush*. All dishes look great and delicious! Will start reading them now…
By Ning on Sep 16, 2008
that looks terrific. what a lovely write up!
By daphne on Sep 16, 2008
What an interesting and delicious roundup. Thanks for hosting!
By Rachel on Sep 16, 2008
What a great round-up. Too bad I am a bit too late to join in. By the way thanks for stopping by at my blog. Your blog is wonderful.
By Gertrude on Sep 16, 2008
What lovely dishes, all so fresh and tasty looking! You did a fantastic job hosting!
By Reeni on Sep 16, 2008
so bummed i missed this, i’ve been eating home-grown tomatoes, herbs and jalapenos like crazy lately!
By michelle @ TNS on Sep 17, 2008
A great round-up! Thanks being a terrific host for Grow Your Own.
By Andrea on Sep 17, 2008
gay, beachlover, Ning, rachel, reeni:: Thanks for taking part
daphne:: thanks gal!
Gertrude:: Good to see you, thanks
michelle:: Aww u can still submit to the other hosts of GYO hehe
Andra:: Thanks for giving me a chance to host
By wiffy on Sep 17, 2008
Yummy! What a delicious round up.
By Little Corner of Mine on Sep 17, 2008
I cannot take part coz I grow nothing on my own :O
Pretty pictures
By tigerfish on Sep 17, 2008
Very lovely dishes and photos.
I can’t take part too, I killed them all.
By didally on Sep 17, 2008
Mhhmmh..yum!! I just started my herbs container garden and hopefully I can participate next time! That is if they don’t die on me first!!
By Cecil on Sep 17, 2008
Well NC, my attempts to access your site all last week were futile. But I’m glad things are back to normal with my bedrock server.
Anyway, I love everyone’s entries. Absolutely fresh and delicious looking.
By Marysol on Sep 18, 2008
Congratulations on the success of your first blog event!
By Nilmandra on Sep 18, 2008
Great array of dishes! I wish I had a garden this year.
By [eatingclub] vancouver || js on Sep 18, 2008
LCOM:: Thank you!!
tigerfish:: soon u will! are you getting some plants soon
didally:: hehe, trust me, I killed a lot too *hi 5*
Cecil:: They won’t don’t worry
Hope you have a great harvest 
Marysol:: aww sorry you missed it! Your entry would have been fantastic! You can check out the next host(s)
Nilmandra:: Thank you, thank you!!
js:: thanks girl!
By wiffy on Sep 18, 2008
Goodness, the collage does leave me wanting more! What colorful, creative entries.
By Katie on Sep 18, 2008
You are one gread hostess. Great job on the collage!
By Andie Summerkiss on Sep 18, 2008
Err .. GREAT. Sorry for the mistype.
By Andie Summerkiss on Sep 18, 2008
Well done, Wiffy! Sorry I couldn’t join in. The pickings in my mom’s garden (which I have helped tend) are growing scare, just a few okra and tomatoes left now. The squirrels had a field day…every day. : {
By Susan on Sep 19, 2008
Oops! I meant “scarce” - typo alert!
By Susan on Sep 19, 2008
Katie, Andie:: thanks!
Susan:: No problem, I understand! aww sorry to hear about your mom’s garden, at least the squirrels had a feast (I love rodents)
By wiffy on Sep 20, 2008
excellent round-up, noobs! i wish i could have joined in
by the way, did you grow your peppers from seeds or cuttings?
By Dee on Sep 22, 2008