grilled zucchini planks

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 [...]

chocolate zucchini bread

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 [...]

potato and zucchini gratin

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 [...]

review: trader joe’s red curry sauce

Yum. That’s all I can say. I sauteed some onions, zucchini, and chunks of chicken for about 10 minutes until mostly cooked through, added the sauce, and simmered for another 10 minutes and served over rice. Not quite as good as the squash curry with chicken at Lao Laan-Xang in Madison, but comparable to Sa [...]

healthy chicken parmesan (with optional spaghetti squash)

Chicken Parmesan is one of the dishes that Mike requests fairly often – it’s tasty and satisfying, and it’s usually his “go-to standard”meal when eating at Italian restaurants. It’s pretty easy to make and you can put your own twist on it by choosing a different flavor sauce and/or a different breading. Since we’re trying [...]

menu: squash ravoli, broiled salmon, and carrot cake

Fellow Foodie Masako was visiting here yesterday with David and Dexter, so of course we had to whip up some good eats. In an effort to use some CSA veggies, we came up with the following menu – two were adapted recipes from other websites, and then one we made up on the fly. Thumbs [...]