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Recipes

Fresh vegetables and herbs are fun to grow and delicious to use in the kitchen. Here are some of our favorite recipes for cooking with the Burpee Home Gardens plants grown in your own garden.


Vegetable  Recipes
Arugula Eggplant Spinach
Bean Hot Pepper Squash
Broccoli Lettuce Strawberry
Brussels Sprouts Melon Sweet Pepper
Cabbage Mustard Tomato
Cauliflower Okra Tomato – Cherry
Collards Onion Zucchini
Cucumber Pumpkin
Herb  Recipes
Basil Dill Rosemary
Borage Lavender Sage
Catnip Mint Sweet Leaf Stevia
Chives Oregano Sweet Marjoram
Cilantro Parsley Thyme




Greek Salad with Sweet Peppers
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This salad makes the most of garden fresh vegetables.
 
Greek Salad with Sweet Peppers
 
Ingredients
 
2 sweet peppers, seeded and chopped
2 tomatoes, sliced into quarters and halves
2 cucumbers, peeled and thickly sliced
1 red onion, thinly sliced
1/2 pound Feta cheese, cubed
1/4 cup pitted black olives
 
Dressing: 
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 clove garlic, crushed and minced
2 tablespoons minced fresh dill
1 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp each salt and pepper
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
 
 
Directions
 
In salad bowl, combine the sweet peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion, Feta cheese, and the black olives.

For the dressing: Whisk the red wine vinegar, garlic, minced fresh dill, oregano, and the salt and pepper. Slowly drizzle in the extra virgin olive oil.



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