Oooo, I cannot believe my eyes. As a Bulgarian, it gives me great joy and pride to see our favourite national summer dish popularised by you❤❤❤ sometimes we drink it from a beer jug 😂 iced cold. Bulgarian yogurt is worldwide known for its beneficial health properties.

@The_Farmers_Table

12 күн бұрын

I shared this comment with Wil! We love Tarator so much!

@stellaiossifova1289

12 күн бұрын

@@The_Farmers_Tablethank you❤

I am Bulgarian. One tip for you is to put a few ice cubes in the tarator for cooling it quickly.

I worked as a waitress for years and one of our most popular soups in the summer was this; Gazpacho Ingredients * 1 English cucumber or similar * 2½ pounds ripe tomatoes, chopped * 2 fresno chiles, or ½ red bell pepper, stemmed and seeded * ¼ small red onion, rinsed * 2 garlic cloves * ¼ cup chopped cilantro, plus more for garnish * 3 tablespoons sherry vinegar or red wine vinegar * ½ cup extra virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling * 1¼ teaspoon sea salt * ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper * Cherry tomatoes and fresh herbs, for garnish Instructions * Finely chop ¼ of the cucumber and reserve for garnish. * Peel the remaining cucumber, cut into chunks, and transfer to a blender. Add the tomatoes, peppers, onion, garlic, cilantro, vinegar, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Blend until smooth. Season to taste and chill for at least 2 hours.
 * Serve the soup with the reserved diced cucumber, fresh herbs, drizzles of olive oil, and freshly ground black pepper. Enjoy 🤍

@virginiaallisonpeck2517

12 күн бұрын

Thank you. Yum❤❤❤

@yukonsmomma3562

11 күн бұрын

Thank you.

@erikas974

11 күн бұрын

Gazpatco is one of my favorite. My girlfriend makes it so yummy. She put in eggplant too🎉🎉🎉

@tammykaltreider

11 күн бұрын

@@erikas974 a lot of the time I don’t purée…just chunks of tomato etc…

@HarvestingFaithHomestead

10 күн бұрын

I was about to say I really love gazpacho! Thanks for sharing your recipe, I haven’t had it in years and I definitely want to make it this year!

My husband is Bulgarian so I make this quite often! I add fresh lemon juice to brighten it up.

@heatherrapp5528

8 күн бұрын

Hi Leslie I was wondering does it make a difference if you add olive oil when making or when serving or both?! I can't wait to go to farm market on Saturday to get all the fresh ingredients to make it.

@lesliemarinov

Күн бұрын

@@heatherrapp5528 so sorry for the late reply! I don’t use any oil (or nuts) in ours. We use extra garlic :)

@heatherrapp5528

Күн бұрын

@@lesliemarinov thanks! I made some and left both out, it's AMAZING!

She did the dance..... That confirms its tastiness! 🎉

Made this last night. It was OK, not what I expected, THEN it sat overnight in the fridge and OH MY!! Took this to a whole new level. Thanks so much for giving me a way to use up these cucumbers!! 😀

@fff5081

6 күн бұрын

Yes it's so much better when you let it sit!

Woohoo for Tarator! The Bulgarians are legends for giving us this recipe!

The other lovely Bulgarian Summer salad was Shopska Salata (Shop Salad)... tomatoes, cucumbers, a feta-style cheese called serene,, oil and vinegar and a seasoning called chubritsa (summer savory), and salt and pepper to taste. I think if you added white onions then it was called Ovcharka Salata (Shepherd's Salad). I knew the salad/appetizer version of Tarator as Snezhanka which I was told was Snow White Salad. Oh thank you for evoking such lovely memories of my time there over 20 years ago.

@debsenritchedrefuge603

10 күн бұрын

This sounds yummy versions too and enjoy the names, Jess & Wil..@the_farmers_table

@HoneybeeHollowGardens

3 күн бұрын

I loved Shopska salad as well when I was there

My mama makes this every summer with her fresh garden harvest. She adds some sort of onion. Sometimes, its green scallions, sometimes chives, or purple onion or shallots, whatever comes out of the garden fresh that day. She also keeps it a more saucy/thicker consistency. Very refreshing and delicious indeed. Yum 😋

How about a series of vegetable shows, multiple recipes, 1 veg at a time?

@sallycastillo2163

12 күн бұрын

A lot of chefs cook sweet treats online but not s lot of veg.

Love it! I make an Arab version with spearmint instead of dill and no extra water so it’s more of a salad. Can’t wait to try this version.

@The_Farmers_Table

12 күн бұрын

Oooh I’m definitely trying this!

@fatgirlfarmsteader4824

12 күн бұрын

As I was watching this I was thinking I bet it would be good with mint!

I am forever grateful you've chosen to create this channel! We have the same things coming in from the garden and sometimes I have a block about what to do with it all do add in some variety other than pickles/cucumber salad. Thank you, making this today!!

@myheartcries9906

12 күн бұрын

Your channel is my second favorite garden channel, of course R & R beats you...sorry 💓 but people need to know about your channel Sage and Stone. You have awesome advice in the garden and kitchen ❤❤❤

@SageandStoneHomestead

12 күн бұрын

@@myheartcries9906 what a compliment, thank you!❤️❤️

@JamCamel

11 күн бұрын

​@@myheartcries9906Seconded. I've learnt so much from Sage&Stone, including the existence of this channel, The Farmer's Table! Heather is great. The only negative thing I have to say about her is my regret that she doesn't live next door to me, because what an awesome neighbour she'd be.

Tarator sounds yummy! It's possibly a close relative of the May Salad my (Russian-Polish) grandmother would make, and which I try to make every summer: chopped cucumber, scallions, and radishes, mixed in with cottage cheese and sour cream, and then some ground black pepper. Also very variable according to taste, also very light and refreshing in hot weather.

In Portugal we do something similar, instead of yogurt, we use vinegar. Instead of dill, we used finally chopped onion, and instead of nuts, we used finely chopped cooked potatoes. Oh, and my mom doesn't add pepper. So it's finely chopped cucumbers, finely chopped onion, finely chopped boiled potatoes, then add olive oil, vinegar and cold water. My cukes are just starting to come in. Tomorrow I can't wait to try this version. Note to self sow more dill.😊

@fff5081

6 күн бұрын

That sounds good! There is actually a version of Tarator that uses vinegar and water instead of yogurt too

I'm armenian.. we eat this always.. nana always used kirby cukes because crispy and small seeds.. so very refreshing in the summer but we eat it when we can get the cucumbers..we tend to use Greek yogurt but add ice cubes to it as it sits in fridge for a little while I crisp the cukes even more.. never had it with the walnuts..sounds great.. we fish out the ice before serving... we call it Jajuk..

My favorite make to eat right away cucumber salad is peeled and sliced cucumbers (2-3 large) 1/4 cup of homemade ranch dressing and 1/2 cup sunflower kernels and a few minced green onions. My favorite marinated one is peeled and sliced cucumbers, pickled red onion (lots!), black olives, enough Greek dressing to make everything moist but not sopping, let it sit half a day, serve topped with feta.

Well, now I'm even more excited for my cucumber harvests to start rolling in! Can't wait to try this!!

This and gazpacho, both with crusty/toasted sourdough for dipping, are what summer is to me 🤤 ❤️ And watermelon 😂

Jess, You are "an absolute delight".

Look at you with that vintage Pyrex! Thanks for this recipe, looking forward to trying it ❤️

Oh, man, this is delish! I've never heard of Tarator before and I mixed some up just now. I didn't have dill weed because my Black Swallowtail caterpillars ate it all and I substituted mixed nuts for walnuts because that's what I had. I can't wait for it to chill in the fridge and really "marry" all those flavors. But it's good just after making it. Thank you so much! 🙂🙂🙂😋😋😋 I also want to thank you gor demonstrating how to install cattle panel gencing for trellises. We learned that a few uears ago from your Roots and Refuge channel. 😊😊

We eat a lot of tomato and cucumber salad in July. Cucumbers, tomatoes, mayo, dill, salt, and garlic

Awesome 🤩 Perfect timing!! 🎉 I have a basket full of cucumbers!🥒

Beryl Shereshewsky (I likely got that wrong) has a channel where she usually does a handful of recipes from various cultures for a vegetable - cucumber was one I remember seeing last summer.

Could you do a video showing ways to cook noodle beans some time? I’m growing them for the first time just because I thought they were so cool when I saw them in your garden 😂

Looks lovely. Now if only my cucumbers would get a wriggle on and grow.

I just made this. Boy is it good and I really don't usually care for Greek Yogurt. Thanks for all the garden recipes. I am cucumber rich right now.

I make a soup that sounds weird but I love it. It has cucumbers, romane lettuce, onions, garlic, salt and pepper. Simmer till everything is wilted well then purée. Serve with sour cream or yogurt and crackers. Yum

I love making that. It’s so refreshing I make it puréed tg\hough and did7know about adding walnuts. Now I think I’ll mix it up a bit. Make it puréed. Add extra cucumber chunks. And walnuts. I’ve just started harvesting cucumbers. Also in the past I’ve frozen extra cucumbers and made it with the frozen ones later

I like the idea of less water and the addition of fresh onion. YUMMY!!

@The_Farmers_Table

11 күн бұрын

With some roast lamb 😍😍

@gelwood99

9 күн бұрын

@The_Farmers_Table we have been grilling boneless leg of lamb (Costco because we don't have the land to raise it). Salt, pepper, and powdered roasted garlic grilled to 145* perfection! Tastes better than ribeye!

I made this. I didn't have any walnuts, so put in whole cashews instead. Yum Thanks for the recipe

Cannot wait to try this once my cucumbers are ready!!!

This came just in time for what I was thinking of making with the cucumbers I harvested…along the lines of cold cucumber soup! Thank you Jess!

That's a beautiful bowl :)

This would be great with some sumac sprinkled on top for a lemony kick. Looks delicious, thanks Jess.

It’s like the Indian RIATA. In college, I had a friend from India that served it with/ curried chicken 🐔. It helps to cool down spicy foods too. 👩🏼‍🍳

That looks soo good! Saw that on Will's video a few days ago, but not the recipe. I'll have to try it when my cukes come in! I like to make gazpacho with my summer veggies - also a delicious cold soup - tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, garlic and I think onion. I usually tweak it to include whatever I have available , and blend some of it up so it's part smooth and part crunchy. Refreshing!

Have you watched PastaGrammar? Eva makes amazing Italian meals using simple fresh ingredients that I think you'll enjoy! The things she does with eggplant and zucchini is quite interesting. And I think she would be so inspired by your garden.

Sounds interesting, it is fun to try new recipes!

Never been a fan of tzaziki, but we make a cucumber yogurt dressing for pitas which is basically this plus lemon juice and parmesan cheese, and sans nuts and water. Delicious! Since you asked for recipes, I managed to perfect my harissa recipe this year, when last year's cilantro reseeded and took over my spring garden. It's somewhere between traditional harissa and green harissa. I just combine all the below ingredients in a food processor and then freeze in ice cube trays. My favorite breakfast is an egg burro with kale, onions, fried potatoes and a cube of harissa. 2 cups chopped cilantro 1 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp ground coriander 1/2 tsp ground cardamom Juice of 1/2 a lemon 1/4 cup olive oil 1 or 2 rehydrated ancho peppers, skins removed if necessary 1/2 a jalapeno (or serrano if you prefer spicier food) 4 garlic cloves Salt (to taste)

@The_Farmers_Table you should definitely try making tarator with bulgarian yogurt (it's quite different from other yogurts) Fun fact - we love to argue about the way we like our tarator - whether the cucumbers should be chopped (if yes - how coarse) or grated, with or without garlic, walnuts, vinegar, with olive oil or with sunflower seeds oil (which is more common in our cuisine), in a bowl or in a glass 😄😄😄 The other bulgarian food you should try is liutenitsa (or some of our neighbours condiments like ajvar, pindjur, zacusca, kyopolou, malidzano) I'm sure you would LOVE all of them! Until 30 years ago most of bulgarian families who lived in the cities had grandparents in the villages or at least a small garden somewhere near the town and every family preserved their own produce for the winter so we all had our own recipes for liutenitsa, liutivka, pickles and others

Very nice . My son Toby, is always asking me to make a new soup. We love dill. I put dill in my potato leek soup ( a Swedish thing) and I use ham broth in it as well. Cold beet soup with sour cream is yummy for summer too. Now I have a new soup thank you👍

Jess this is so similar of our Hungarian cucumber salad. Diff is no nuts and insread of yoghurt we put sourcream and add paprika powder. We eat it as a side dish with crumbed meat and fried potato. I must try yours love wallnuts. I only wish I can have yellow cucumber here. Thank you for sharing this yummy recipe.

I saw a recipe the other day and thought of you and your eggplant cravings. Kashk-Bademjan, it's a Persian eggplant dip. Looked amazing.

@virginiaallisonpeck2517

12 күн бұрын

Share the recipe, please❤❤❤

@randimason9526

12 күн бұрын

@@virginiaallisonpeck2517 I'm sorry, I didnt get the recipe. You'll have to Google the name to find the perfect recipe for you.

@virginiaallisonpeck2517

11 күн бұрын

@@randimason9526 no worries it just sounded yummy❤️❤️❤️

Love getting new recipes :) Looks delicious!

Jess that looks so refreshing. I love cucumber 🥒. I wonder if a squeeze of lemon 🍋 juice would be good. I use a lot of lemon and lime juice in Hispanic recipes. And I can eat sliced cucumbers and lemon sprinkled with Tajin a chili citrus 🍋‍🟩 seasoning. Also good on watermelon

That sounds really tasty! I will definitely try this. Growing up we had cucumbers in a sauce made with sliced onions, white vinegar, mayonnaise, salt and pepper. It seems a little thick at first but after sitting in the fridge for an hour or so the cucumber juice thins it out.

This is right up my ally! I love anything cucumber and dill. I’ll have to give it a try when my cucumbers come in!

I don’t know what took me so long to Subscribe. I just Adore yall ❤

That looks absolutely delicious! I saw Will made this in his video a few days ago! I thought to myself, I’ve got to try this! Thank you Jess for sharing this recipe!

My favorite older neighbor used to make this but added spaghetti noodles! Yum!!!

Omg i cannot wait to try this!! I love chopping cucumbers, rosemary, basil and dill with lemon and yogurt! Very similar to this minus the water.

I have a fantastic cold strawberry soup that we eat for lunch and dinner. You can substitute other berries and yogurt flavors.

@dmward1972

12 күн бұрын

Would you mind sharing your recipe?

@The_Farmers_Table

12 күн бұрын

Recipe please!

@virginiaallisonpeck2517

12 күн бұрын

yes, please, tell us how you make it ❤❤❤

@cyndigreene8857

12 күн бұрын

Here it is.

@elenaantunes1263

11 күн бұрын

​@@cyndigreene8857recipe please

Nice! Another way to use cucumbers! Have you tried cucumbers and tomatoes with just a spoonful of mayonnaise? Salt and pepper to taste.

My favorite cucumber salad is just sliced cukes, vinegar and mayonnaise with some sugar! It’s so tasty and refreshing

@Jessie_D_83

11 күн бұрын

I do this and will sometimes add in onions. Such a good snack for a hot summer day. 😊

@poplarcreekfarm19

11 күн бұрын

@@Jessie_D_83 yess! Now I can’t wait till my cukes grow! Lol

Hey Jess, Have you ever had a watermelon and cucumber salad before with Balsamic vinegar& a touch of feta? Its amazing. ! This summer soup looks so good , I cant wait to try it, Thanks

I haven’t.. but i love taziki! I’ve added this to my “garden to table” goals for this summer! Now if my cukes will grow!!😊

Sounds wonderful! I'll have to try it. I love taziki.

Must try this

It's the friendship Pyrex for me 😍

This sounds lovely! Thanks, Jess for another wonderful recipe!

Thank you Jess, I love all the videos you share😊

I love your happy wiggle dance! Lol I do the same thing.

This looks so good!

Cucumber and Sour Cream salad, is another wonderful use of Cucumbers and not super common.

Thank you, Jess. Suggestion: add some chia seeds for more fiber and omega-3. Chia seeds have about 7 grams of fiber per tablespoon, are tasteless, and normalize gut motility. They are good for dogs, too: 1/4th teaspoon for every 10 pounds. See also Indian raita, which is also a sauce/soup with yogurt cucumber, onion, cumin and cilantro. It's a cooling sauce that goes well with spicy dishes. This recipe works with non-dairy yogurt also.

Ooooh, I'm so excited for this. I agree with someone else that mentioned doing recipes for each veggie.

I adore Tzatziki!!

It looks gorgeous. It looked wonderful even before the water was added!

Yum!!

Love the bowl/dish you’re using!

Try Green Gazpacho Soup, it has green grapes in it, so good!

I’ve seen Wil make this on his channel, Honeybee Hollow Gardens, and it always looks so yummy and refreshing.

Watched this a second time to make-along and I can see how this would be amazing with kefir or whey in place of water for added protein. Tastes lovely, cant wait for it to chill. Thanks again! ❤

Thank you. This looks delicious and will definitely be trying it.

yummy! thats looks good!!!

I have everything except the cucumbers on hand. Thinking I need to aquire some cucumbers :)

I love the recipe you put up. I will have to get that one to try. It looks simple easy, and everything you put in. I like already. I have some fresh dill growing in my garden right now so that makes it good for me. I will really have to give this one a try. I have made a cold soup. Think it was a Russian soup and it use radishes, I would have to go back and see how I made it. I have a video up on my channel but it was at least two or three years ago or maybe longer gonna have to go look for it but I remember I liked it really well, but my granddaughter didn’t and it had cucumbers in it also might’ve been a pretty basic what you did except we added radishes and I think there was one or two other things we added maybe it was green onions but I remember I liked it. Thanks so much for sharing.

Will you share how you pickle? What knifes do you use?

Thanks for sharing! It looks good and tasty 😋

May I recommend growing sorrel and making Ukrainian Green Borshch. Such an incredible summer soup. I also love Ukrainian pickle soup and Ukrainian sauerkraut soup (Kapusniak). They're a very soup centric people 😅

Sounds wonderful. I need to try this.

Beryl Shereshewsky on YT series Around the World on how people eat is an exceptional introduction to enjoying a variety of foods in new ways (or maybe familiar ways). Wholesome content and highly recommend.

@AmandainGeorgia

8 күн бұрын

I love Beryl! ❤

Ohhh, this looks yummy! Now I know what I an do with the extra cucumbers.

Thank you Jess for sharing, I will try this, making fresh goat milk yogurt and I have cucumber just staring in garden and the dill is growing nicely. I also have garlic in the garden too. We will see if when everything is ready I will definitely be making it. Thank you again. Till next time God Bless.

JESS, WILL YOU PLEASE TEACH US HOW YOU USE YOUR HOLY BASIL. BECAUSE OF YOU, I BOUGHT SOME SEEDS, BECAUSE I JUST HAD TO SMELL IT. NOW, I'M OVERFLOWING WITH IT IN MY GREEN STALK 💚. THANKS SO MUCH ❤❤❤❤

@angeliquemcniff3076

12 күн бұрын

Start with the basil tea recipe video. It’s fabulous.

Ohh, I'll be trying this! It's my first year growing cucumbers and I just noticed the first tiny fruit on my plants (I'm in the UK so our cuke season is also short but for different reasons lol)! One of my biggest bind-blown moments was trying gaspacho with garden tomatoes last year - absolutely heavenly.

That looks very good. I make cucumber salad using yogurt so I am pretty sure I will be liking this. But first - I wait for the cucumbers to start growing. Good video!

This looks yummy! I would eat this without adding the extra water.

Cucumber, tomato, onion with Italian seasoning, olive oil & vinegar.

oh it sounds yum i have alot of cucumber start to grow in my garden cant wait to try this

Another Slavic variation of this dish is called okroshka, popular in eastern Slavic countries like Russia, Ukraine, Belarus. Okroshka takes the same idea and adds radish and boiled egg, maybe some boiled potato, possibly some ham or left over meat from dinner, so it’s a heartier version. Chop everything very small, add yoghurt and sparkling mineral water (you can do it with regular water, too, but the sparkling version is so fun and refreshing). Same as with the Bulgarian version - lots of dill, salt and pepper to taste, garlic optional but recommended.

I have never heard of this! Interesting.

Sweet Jess, The soup looks refreshing. In the hot summer we prefer quick, easy, and cool meals. I'll take asian rice sheets and make vegetable rolls with bib lettuce (you can use romaine lettuce), a little sliced purple cabbage, carrot chopped in match sticks, cucumber thinly sliced length wise, 2 small leaves fresh basil, 1 leaf of mint, roll the rice sheet to make a veggie (small burrito) follow the instructions on how to use the rice sheet. The dipping sauce is a sweet and sour sauce, or a crispy sauce (like the one you make). The rolls are refreshing, and filling. We eat these often.

@leakindt653

11 күн бұрын

Same! It is my go-to summer garden veggie dish. It's a great use for herbs and you can put basically any veg in there. I love it with a peanut lime dipping sauce.

@sandyoklahomatransient8557

11 күн бұрын

@@leakindt653 Have you tried making a fruit roll. So good with sliced strawberries, watermelon, a little mint, and a little honey to dip it in. I enjoy making the rolls when it's so hit outside. No cooking for me in the heat.

@leakindt653

11 күн бұрын

@@sandyoklahomatransient8557 I have not, thank you for the suggestion!

@sandyoklahomatransient8557

11 күн бұрын

@@leakindt653 You're welcome!

@elenaantunes1263

11 күн бұрын

I'm getting hungry thinking about this...

Ooh yes I'm making this, thanks Jess. ❤

Ooo! You had me at Taziki sauce!!!

YUM! Thanks!

Yeah! I have everything to make this recipe 😊

Oh boy does this look tasty!!

🐝thanks for the great video🌻