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 I cooked the pasta for dinner. When it was time … 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 the usual dressings of French, Thousand Island, Italian, Ranch or … 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 ago. Naturally, I modified it. The recipe called for them … 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 excellent. However, since we cook on the grill in summer the photos … Continue reading →
My chard is going crazy, my tomatoes are ugly but prolific and my summer squashes are, well, behaving like summer squashes. Sometimes, I get tired / bored with stir-frying and grilling and whatever. Sometimes, there just doesn’t seem to be any choice but to toss it all together and see what happens. To make it interesting I chose a yellow and green color scheme – but, then I have yellow … Continue reading →
The freezer is stuffed with tomatoes, soups, jams and vegetables. My counter-top is filled with more squash and tomatoes. The chard is growing fast and furiously. I’ve combined them all in every way I can think of. Now I’m working on the repeats….. This was simple – slice and bake. I used a yellow summer squash, 1 large yellow and 1 large red tomato. Zucchini Tomato Bake Total time: 50 minutes … Continue reading →
I know, I know…. Another zucchini recipe. But it is the season, and if yours are growing as fast and furious as mine are another recipe / idea is always welcome. I was thinking of ratatouille when I started chopping, but I didn’t have an eggplant (aubergine). Everything else was from my garden. I did have feta and Greek olives lurking in the fridge.. And thus a recipe is born … Continue reading →
