I just got myself a copy of this book and its excellent for learning about growing food and what to do with it.
I have always struggled a bit to work out what to do with a over supply of certain veggies as they are coming into harvest. This book has some great recipes. Its not a vegetarian book as such but doesn't feature a lot of meat. It more turns some of these veggies into side dishes that you can pair with meat.
Things like, "baby leeks with fried eggs and parmesan", "Deep fried crunchy celery leaves", "Rhubarb and ricotta turnovers", "Eggplant and pork patties", "French style peas with crisp sage" etc
It also talks about when to plant, how to, companion planting, harvesting, etc etc.
Its even give tips on how to get your kids involved in different jobs in the garden, planting, harvest, cooking.
Anyway...I totally recommend it to anyone who just wants a great reference book for doing things with their aquaponics systems produce.
A quote from the Author about the book.
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Like The Cook’s Companion this huge book started out as an alphabetical guide to the best ways of using popular crops being grown in so many school kitchen gardens. I felt that many good gardeners needed a bit of help when it came to cooking, and many cooks certainly needed to better understand how to grow food and to increase their understanding of seasonal availability. Well it grew and grew. And I realised that this passion of mine for growing and harvesting, and then cooking and sharing was of interest to many, many families. And that many families had limited space so it had to help them too. The result is a large book, with recipes, mostly based on plant foods, and with summarised planting and cultivation notes supplied by the Senior Project Officer of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation, Jacqui Lanarus.
I'm not affiliated in any way with this book or author. Just think its a great book.
Backyard Aquaponics
