Hi there, it's Minami.

Today, I will be writing my vegetable garden diary for November 2022.

Dill was used with great success (I hope everyone reading this will make use of it at least once). I will also share a little about what dishes we used it in. So, there you go!

Great use in cooking! Dill

Dill is the main ingredient that I make great use of. More and more dishes use dill.

I use it in a small way.

It is a member of the parsley family, so use it in place of parsley.

Don't you think there are many opportunities to cook delicious meals at the end of October and in November? (Is it just the fall of appetite?)

Here are some of the dishes and sweets that I grow in my vegetable garden♪

In winter, there are many opportunities to drink soup, so it is good to add a little when you drink Western-style soups such as corn soup, pumpkin soup, etc.!

I didn't have a chance to use it this time, but it is delicious on top of salmon meuniere.

1 Tartar sauce

Tartar sauce

Double the fashionable look when you put it in!

It tastes surprisingly good, too, so just a little bit of it makes it look stylish.

Since it is a member of the parsley family, adding fresh herbs is a nice flavor enhancer. (Dill really grows a lot, so no matter how much you use, it doesn't diminish. It's wonderful!)

The tartar sauce itself is easy to make, so I would encourage those who want to eat Filet-O-Fish at restaurants to try making it at home first.

2 Pumpkin Soup

Speaking of fall, pumpkin soup (or pumpkin soup)

Isn't it?

Did you all eat it this year?

This is also recommended as a nice color accent.

I don't think soup-based dishes often have the opportunity to include green vegetables, but simply adding dill improves the taste and appearance of the dish.

In addition, it is very tasty just by adding it to various Western-style soups. Try it!

Newly purchased seedlings

In fact, I finally threw away a blueberry tree that had been dead for several years but I kept it because I couldn't give up hope.

So, I bought a new one with space for it (it had been left dead for a long time before, so it was a bleak scene).

Appleberry

I bought appleberry. It seems they are also called cockleberries.

It seems to be relatively easy to grow, and the best way to select it is to choose one that has healthy leaves growing even around the base of the stem.

Best of all, you get to eat it!

I don't personally recall eating apple berries, but they are used in Scandinavia as a sauce for meats.

Sour fruit is good not only for sweets, but also for cooking with a bit of flair.

They are also available on Amazon (thank goodness for the days when you could buy seedlings on Amazon).

I don't have the following, but if I had more space in my garden or on my balcony, I'd grow them! It seems that there are some seedlings that produce gem-like appleberries that would be a great addition to your garden or balcony. (WOW!)

flower

I bought the cheapest flowers at the home improvement store.

I bought colorful flowers to liven up my balcony.

(Don't tell me you picked the one that was on sale the most.)

Plants in the house (herbs, etc.)

The herbs are growing nicely.

From left to right: stevia, chamomile, and rosemary.

I happened to have my first taste of stevia herb at another event the other day.

It is really sweet.

You will be surprised at how sweet it is.

Even dieters sometimes want a sweet drink, don't they? Instead of using artificial sweeteners, how about using stevia here to sweeten herbs such as black tea that you usually drink?

Stevia is really sweet and seems to be a very good sweetener for diabetics who may be concerned about calories.

I really only water them, but they are growing so fast that I really recommend planting them if you have extra space where you can plant them!

If you cook meat a lot, rosemary might be a good choice.

It has been about a month since I planted the chamomile and it still has not flowered. I wonder if it will take more time.

The mint had almost died once, but one small blue leaf of about 3 mm still remained, so I kept watering it moderately and it gradually grew.

And the growth will be just in time for the end of the year through about February, when I'll be especially craving mint tea!

Other fuchsias are growing well.

What I've learned this month--it's fun to have a vegetable garden where you can eat!

This time, we made great use of it in cooking.

As the weather gets colder and colder, I would like to actively use mint and chamomile... ♪