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Are you enjoying fresh produce from your garden, farmers’ market, or even roadside stands? June in the Northern Hemisphere means the beginning of summer and the beginning of garden abundance. June is also a wonderful month for fresh fruits! I’ve put together a few of the popular vegetables or fruits you may be picking this month and my favorite ways to cook June produce.
A great way to stretch your food dollars is to purchase fruits, vegetables, and even protein in-season or to (frugally) grow your own. If you’re in an area where you started your garden several weeks or months ago, you may be harvesting now. If you’re in Zone 4b, like me, harvest is still weeks—ahem, months—away. Even so, I’m picking up items in the grocery store when they’re at rock-bottom prices.
Last year, I did a Preserving Your Harvest series. This focused on popular fruits and vegetables harvested each month—May through October—and the best ways to preserve each of them. Here are my favorite ways to preserve June produce so I can enjoy them year-round.
This year, I’ll be giving you delicious, nourishing recipes for cooking with your harvest each month!
What to Cook With Your June Produce
Blueberries
- Blueberry Muffins
- Easy Instant Pot Blueberry Jam (just 2 ingredients!)
- Blueberry Baked Oatmeal
- Blueberry Buttermilk Coffeecake
- Instant Pot Chocolate Cheesecake with Probiotic Blueberry Sauce
- Blueberry Almond Overnight Oats
- Simple Blueberry Cake
- Blueberry Lemon Curd Shortcakes
Lettuce
- Main Dish Salad
- Grilled Romaine with Avocado-Lime Dressing
- Chicken Waldorf Salad
- BBQ Chicken Salad Bowl
- Southwestern Salad with Black Beans (use full-fat yogurt)
- Overnight Salad (Seven Layer Salad) (make this the night before)
- Tasty Layered Taco Salad
- Crunchy Thai Chicken Salad with Peanut Dressing
Strawberries
- Strawberry Rhubarb French Toast Casserole
- Almond Cake with Roasted Strawberries & Rhubarb
- Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
- Instant Pot Strawberry Cobbler
- White Chocolate Strawberry Scones
- Instant Strawberry Ice Cream
- Strawberry, Basil, and Goat Cheese Salad
- Strawberry Shortcake with Homemade Biscuits
- Strawberry Oat Muffins
Apricots
- Homemade Apricot Almond Larabars
- Apricot Jam Recipe
- Dried Apricots
- Apricot Butter (Lacto-Fermented)
- Lacto-Fermented Apricot Chutney
- Parsley Salad with Almonds and Apricots
- Apricot Dijon Pork Chops
Useful Tools for Home Cooking
- 13-in-1 Vegetable Chopper
- Instant Pot Duo Plus 6-Quart 9-in-1 Electric Pressure Cooker
- Lodge Cast Iron Enameled Dutch Oven
- 35-Piece Glass Storage Containers
- Crockpot 7-Quart Slow Cooker
- 5-Quart Dutch Oven
- 12-Cup Food Processor and Vegetable Chopper
- Vegetable Spiralizer
- 9-Tray Food Dehydrator
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- The Preserving Your Harvest series (May through October)
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