If you’re opposed to oil and grease on your veggies, look away now. I warned you! Mmmmmm Hmmmmm. We picked our first zucchini today, and fried that sucker right up for lunch! Want some? Certainly not health food, but it’s one of the dishes we most look forward to with our garden produce. From the [...]
My garden is producing tons of zucchini (from two plants — four seeds on each plant “mound”) and is ready to explode with crookneck squash. A super easy, super quick, super flavorful skillet meal… this is one of our favorite ways to use it all up. Saucy Summer Squash Skillet 1 Tbsp. oil 1 pkg. [...]
Is it menu planning time again already?!? My brother-in-law brought yet another grocery sack of squash, zucchini and cucumbers, and told us the sad news that his garden is for some reason dying… so we will enjoy fresh garden produce one more week! Sunday, 8/24 sausage/egg/cheese scramble, zucchini bread (I went 1/2 wheat, 1/2 white [...]
Although the thermometer is giving no indication (well, except for today… it feels like fall!), summer ends for us this week. My husband returns to school for inservice tomorrow, and we’ll send our oldest child to her first day of kindergarten on Thursday. SIGH (more on that later this week) During the school year I [...]
We’re taking off on a mini-vacation this week (if you can call me-traipsing-a-small-city-with-three-children-while-hubby-is-at-meetings-all-day a vacation) so our menu plan is a bit abbreviated. However, I’ve included some links to great recipes for the meals we are eating at home! Sunday, 8/3 French Toast made with homemade potato bread (Finally! I’ve been wanting to try this [...]
