There comes a point at which you have to cry uncle and just start searching for recipes that use as many veggies as possible. In the end I didn’t freeze the peas as it seemed a waste of such sweet, perfect peas. Instead we’re trying to eat our way through 3.5 pounds before they go bad… Add to that several pounds of green beans, the first 7 pickling cukes, broccoli, carrots and more and wow, that’s a lot of veggies to eat.

After an intensive scouring of Epicurious, my favorite cookbooks and a desperate call to my mom, I’ve put together a fleet of recipes to start relieving the load. On the list is a pea and green bean salad, seven layer salad, fridge pickles, cucumber and onion salad, broccoli and cheese casserole and sauteed veggies of all kinds.

Tonight’s dinner was Bavarian Sausage Hot Pot, minus the nutmeg because I didn’t have any. Everything but the cabbage (local), beef stock (organic), kielbasa (local) and dried herbs (organic) came from our garden. If I made it again I’d halve the caraway or maybe leave it out completely and add a bit of garlic instead, but overall we both agreed it was pretty easy. Not to mention that it used a shocking amount of produce (yay!) and it is definitely a 30 minute one pot meal.

Yum.