The summer squashes are still going strong in the potager.
Actually, after going dormant during the heat wave I was ready to pull them out and add them to the compost.
They looked dead.
Then we got a day of rain…. Lots and lots of rain.
It was too muddy to work in the garden so all 4 plants got … Continue reading.....
Garrison Keillor, of public radio fame, once asked: “Why do the inhabitants of Lake Wobegon lock their cars in the month of August?
So their neighbors won’t leave bags of zucchini on the back seat.”
To be honest, I have never been cursed with excess zucchini or summer squash.
Yes, I have 4 plants of various colors, white, yellow, striped … Continue reading.....
I don’t feel much like cooking when the temperatures climb above 38C (100F).
Actually, I don’t feel much like eating, but one must carry on…..
With the meat and potatoes handled by mon mari, outside on the barbecue, I can usually manage to do a quick stir-fry of something from the garden.
And there is almost always summer squash … Continue reading.....
When we were in Marrakesh 3 years ago we took a cooking class.
The class was a lot of fun and it was fascinating to see the proper way to make the food I had been experimenting with at home,
Not only was the food delicious, the presentation was an art form.
I had one long, straight, light green summer … Continue reading.....
Two things combined last week to inspire this dish: it was very hot and I had a counter full of tomatoes.
I had to do something with all the tomatoes and I didn’t want to be cooking dinner in the heat.
So I did it all in the morning.
Most of the tomatoes got blanched, chopped, bagged and frozen.
And … Continue reading.....
Way back in the beginning of time I was a waitress.
We lived in a small town in Wisconsin that had a rather well-known restaurant. It was kind of a cross between a diner and a fine-dining restaurant…. Oddly typical of restaurants in the Midwest at the time.
Anyway…. standard first course was a Garden Salad, with a choice of … Continue reading.....
I’m not sure what it was about these…. no unique ingredients, no complicated cooking techniques, but we both agreed it was one of the best zucchini / summer squash recipes of the summer.
Maybe we were just really hungry.
This is another from the French site that I got the idea for the Stuffed Zucchini I made a few weeks … Continue reading.....
Month 3 of the Secret Recipe Club.
Well, I’m still having fun with it so, as that is my new goal (to have more fun) all is well.
This month I got to peruse the recipes at Food Ramblings.
This is actually the second recipe I tried from Elizabeth’s site. The first, White Wine Chicken with Honey Glaze, was … Continue reading.....
