Oh, the lovely Swiss Chard. When I first started joining CSAs, the greens often went to waste. There were only so many I could chop for scrambled eggs. The second year, we split a share and I usually gave them to our share-ers. After cooking them for-ever, my friend decided they hated greens. Then, I took a “cooking with greens”…
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Chard Cheese Bake
Bounty Rice
Adapted from Simply in Season. Here’s a helpful hint: If you’re not sure whether the pepper you got at the CSA is sweet or hot, even if you’re pretty sure it was from the sweet pile, don’t bite it to find out! Bounty Rice is another skillet meal brought to you by our Mennonite friends. I’m noticing a lot of…
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Zucchini Bake
Adapted from Summer Squash Bake, Simply in Season, p. 136 This dish should have been a snap to throw together. Ingredients: 6-7 cups shredded zucchini, 1 small minced onion (I substituted 1 bunch green onions) 1 can condensed cream soup, 1 cup yogurt, 1 cup shredded carrot (mix together in a bowl) 2 t oregano, 1 C cooked chicken (optional),…
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Zucchini Yeast Rolls: Fail
OK, lest you think that I love every single recipe in Simply in Season, I will post a negative review. I spent all morning shredding zucchini by hand since my KitchenAid attachment doesn’t seem to be working correctly. Some of it I used to make zucchini yeast rolls on page 87. Big yuck. For starters, I originally had intended to…
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Fresh Tomato Soup
This soup was SUPER easy. One thing I love about the Simply in Season recipes, they are easy and lend themselves to adapting to whatever you have on hand. PrintFresh Tomato Soup Ingredients8 tomatoes 4 cloves garlic, minced 3 cups water (or vegetable juice) 2 chicken bouillon cubes (or vegetable) 1 tsp sugar snipped fresh basil to tasteInstructionsChop the tomatoes…
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