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Do you still have summer squash / zucchini lurking in the garden? Mine went dormant about a week ago. There were at least 5 days when I didn’t pick a single squash. Things are back to normal for the squashes now but this morning I only picked 5 tomatoes and there are very few starting … Continue reading…
i make 2 different cucumber salads, why not 2 different summer squash salads? Blame it on boredom or desperation, your choice. The other Summer Squash Salad is made with fresh lemon and fresh herbs and no salting. This one is made like my mother’s Old-Fashioned Cucumber Salad…. which is also the reason I made it. … Continue reading…
Zucchini (Italian), summer squash (English), courgette (French)… what’s in a name. I have 4 plants: white, yellow, green stripe and round. I’ve been making soup for the freezer, shredding them for the freezer, making Lemon Bread, Chocolate Bread, Spice Bread, and eating them at least once for every meal. As much as I don’t like … Continue reading…
Eating seasonal vegetables is only slightly predictable. Usually we start in the spring with spinach. That’s followed by chard, then the summer squashes and, finally, the green beans. (We don’t eat winter squashes until fall.) When one is eating from the garden it’s never orderly. One day might yield 8 summer squash and no beans. … Continue reading…
This is a new squash for me this year – Ronde de Nice, aka Gourmet Globe. They are perfect for hollowing out and stuffing. If one remembers to check them daily and pick when a reasonable size, they are also a perfect individual serving size. If they are a little bigger, like the one I … Continue reading…
This is it. The last summer squash / zucchini / courgette post of this season. I think. Frankly, I’m getting tired of eating them and cooking them and am very happy to switch to the winter squashes. Which reminds me…. I was chatting with family the other day and my s-i-l was saying that my … Continue reading…
The freezer is full but the summer squash don’t care. It’s been hot again and that is supposed to slow them down. That’s not happening. I’m tempted to ‘forget’ to water them, except they are now so intertwined with the winter squash I can’t water one without the other. I can, of course, just pull … Continue reading…