How I Plan to Use My Harvest Printable

Growing a garden this year? While you wait for all those beautiful fruits, veggies and herbs to start rolling in, spend a little time planning how you’ll use your harvest. Because too much zucchini is only a thing, if you don’t have a plan for it.

Flip through recipe books, and trawl the Internet for new recipes to try. Then, make a list of what you plan to make with all the foods that you’re growing, or intend to buy at your local farmer’s market.

Include dinner recipes that you can enjoy right away, as well as recipes that you can enjoy throughout the year. Then, track down all the canning recipes, freezing instructions and drying instructions you’ll need, so you’ll be ready to put up your harvest as soon as it comes in.

And be sure to keep an eye out for some giftable recipes, too. Having ready-made gifts on hand makes Christmas and other gift-giving occasions much easier.

Here’s a free printable that you can use to jot down your plans. Just list a different fruit, vegetable or herb in each box, and list the recipes you plan to make in the space below. There’s even a spot to note the source of each recipe, so you don’t waste a bunch of time hunting down your recipes later.

I tucked my harvest planner in the front of my recipe book, so it’ll be easy to reference and add on to. I stuck them in page protectors, so they’ll stay clean.

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Recipes You Have to Try:

Here are some of the recipes that I like to make with my harvest. I’ve shared some of these here on My Frugal Home, and I’ve shared some of them over on thespruceeats.com.

Apples

Blackberries

Crockpot Cobbler

Butternut Squash

Corn

Crockpot Corn on the Cob

Crabapples

Hot Peppers

Lemons

How to Make Lemon Extract

Mint

How to Make Peppermint Extract

Mushrooms

Homemade Cream of Mushroom Condensed Soup

Nuts

Pears

Pear Sauce

Potatoes

Pumpkins

Crockpot Pumpkin Butter

Tomatoes

Excess Veggies

Crockpot Vegetable Broth

Need More Help Organizing Your Recipes?

Use my printable family recipe book to get all of your recipes in one place. You can even customize the cover with your family’s name.

Here’s an editable recipe card template that you can use to type up your recipes.

And here are some handy reference pages that you might want to include in your recipe book:

4 Comments

WOW!!!!!! You have just given me the BEST idea for a Christmas gift I could give!!! I’ve made a list of each of your printables that will be tailored to my daughter and two of my very best friends for a collection I will put in a binder to give each of them for Christmas!!! I don’t have a printer but the local library does. It will cost me 10 cent a copy, but well worth it!!! Hey, I have to make one for ME TOO!!!!! Thanks a million for the ideas….They all live in Connecticut and I’m in Florida. THX again KS

I so appreciate all your printables, makes me truly miss the Adobe products (Quark Express was also great, back in the day)… your design style is lovely. One note: I will be putting this one into my GARDEN planner, not into a recipe binder. And I will most likely print out several ~ especially to accommodate the never-ending summer squash harvest lol. Many thanks and many blessings to you and your family! 🙂