25 Delicious Ways To Use Up What’s in Your Garden

Mark Chiles
Chiles Kitchen
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2 min readSep 30, 2016

For those of us in the majority of the country, the growing season is coming to a close. We might be fresh out of ideas on how to use up the crops that are lingering in our gardens, but we’re certainly not going to let the last few tomatoes of the season go to waste (even if they are still green!). Here are 25 delicious ways to use up that last of your seasonal bounty before it disappears until next year.

Tomatoes

Puff Pastry Heirloom Tomato Tart (pictured above)
Baked Tomatoes
Gazpacho
Fried Green Tomatoes
Pizza with Fresh Tomatoes and Basil

Zucchini

Zucchini Parmesan Crisps (pictured above)
Zucchini Cake
Zucchini Gratin
Zucchini Ribbon Pasta
Zucchini Bread with Lemon Honey Butter

Okra

Okra with Tomatoes (pictured above)
Fried Okra
Shrimp and Oyster Gumbo with Okra
Pickled Okra
Smoky Okra

Cucumbers

Breadless Cucumber Tuna Salad Sandwiches (pictured above)
Quick Pickles
Cucumber Cocktail
Cucumber Salad
Cucumber Finger Sandwiches

Grapes

Sweet Roasted Grapes (pictured above)
Chicken Salad with Apples and Grapes
Warm Grape Cake
Spiced Chicken and Grape Skewers
Focaccia with Rosemary and Grapes

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Originally published at www.chileskitchen.com on September 30, 2016.

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Mark Chiles
Chiles Kitchen

Founder of @GalliassIG, @ChilesKitchen, @TechGuyFishing, Chief Digital Officer for @HartEnergy