5 Delicious Meals You Can Prepare with Homegrown Vegetables

Having a garden is good for many reasons beyond its aesthetic value. For one, it provides a cool place for you to relax. Second, plants and trees prevent soil erosion while naturally taking in rainwater. Still, perhaps one of the best things about having your own garden is the fact that you can have the freshest vegetables for your next meal. Here, we’ll look at tasty recipes that make great use of your homegrown vegetables.

How to Cook Asparagus in a Gizzard and Tomato Sauce

Asparagus is becoming one of my favorite vegetables, though I feel guilty sometimes when I use them in my own recipes. I just feel like I should only use asparagus in the classic recipes like asparagus stuffed chicken, or asparagus wrapped in bacon, that sort of thing.

How to Make Beef in Celery and Mushroom Sauce

Theis sauce is very similar to this celery recipe, but there's no tomatoes, it is replaced by mushrooms.

Ingredients

A pound of Beef
2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
A small bunch of celery stalks with some hearts if possible. Washed and sliced
Four medium sized tomatoes, chopped
Half a medium sized onion, sliced
Ground pepper,
Salt and spices to taste.

Boiled Potatoes With Celery and Tomato Stew

I love vegetable sauces, I like that between 15 - 25 minutes I have a ready meal when I need it. I can either stir-fry, fry, steam or just saute a mix of my choice of vegetables and voila! Food is ready. Celery is one of those vegetables I got introduced to after I left Nigeria, and I fell in love with it's refreshing taste and flavor. I had to be sure how it is cooked, and unlike most vegetables, this actually requires 15 - 20 minutes to be well cooked.

To make this stew, you need the following;
2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
A small bunch of celery stalks with some hearts if possible. Washed and sliced
Four medium sized tomatoes, chopped
Half a medium sized onion, sliced
Ground pepper,
Salt and spices to taste.