These couldn’t be any easier – and they’re pretty tasty! The trick here is to use “younger” zucchini so the skin is still tender. Once the skin gets too dark, that is a sign that it will be tough and the seeds will be too mature to enjoy in this form.
INGREDIENTS
2 medium to large [...]
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It’s tomato season here in MN, hooray! After a very cool summer, the tomatoes are finally taking off here… but all at once, of course. So, before I get to today’s recipe, I wanted to offer a quick tomato tip if you’re harvest (or CSA haul) is taking over your kitchen: just wash them, check [...]
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I first made this salsa during the summer of 2007 for a pot luck and it was a huge hit. Then I forgot about it until yesterday when I was in the grocery store and saw some excellent-looking ripe mangoes. I made it for my coworkers last night, and once again it was really popular! [...]
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This recipe is also one that came from Elizabeth, which she copied from one of her recipe books. Sadly I don’t have the title, but the author of the recipe is Michelle Larson of Madison, WI. I’ve made this several times and it is really darn good… and perfect for the end of the summer [...]
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Last week I needed to use up some potatoes Mike had purchased from the farmers’ market as well as a pretty large zucchini I’d harvested from our back yard. I scoured the ‘net looking for potato-zucchini gratin recipes and didn’t find a really good one, so I tried to meld a few them together into [...]
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Ok, so I know this isn’t a garden recipe, but it’s still a timely one since I’m in the middle of it. This is a great, interactive recipe that yields a really tasty and moist cake-like bread. It takes 10 days to make the “starter”, though, so plan ahead. On the 10th day, you will [...]
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Sorry it’s been a while since any recipes have gone up! It’s been a crazy (but good) month of July, full of family visits and vacation. Hopefully, the schedule will be a bit calmer here in August.
So, I think that the next few recipes will focus on the garden harvest. Our little garden [...]
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