Freezing Produce by the Handful

My Gran always called it ‘putting up the ______’.  It took a whole day for each crop.  Putting up the tomatoes.  Putting up the squash.  Putting up the peppers. I am not my Gran. For one, I can’t get all my produce to appear at the same time. ...

Perfect Microwave Eggs

It’s not possible.  I know.  But trust me.  It all works off that ‘eggs continue cooking after they leave the stove’ thing. 1.  Place eggs in CERAMIC bowl and scramble well. 2.  UNDERCOOK them. For my micky, it’s 30 seconds per egg. This is too...

Roasted Acorn Squash

The surprise success of the garden this year was acorn squash, for two reasons. One is that I seldom have much success with squash, what with fighting squash bugs, borers, and beetles. The other reason is that I didn’t plant any acorn squash. HA! So what to do...

Chard Pie

If this recipe sounds familiar, you may have seen the Zucchini Pie I posted a few weeks back. It follows the same general formula but the featured vegetable this time is my beloved chard. By the way, when you tell your family what you are cooking, you might want to...

Zucchini Fritters

It’s getting to be that “what-am-I-going-to-do-with-all-this-zucchini” time of year!  Here’s my FAVORITE zucchini recipe. Zucchini Fritters 2 pounds zukes salt 1 onion ~1/2 cup whole wheat flour 2 eggs salt and pepper 1. Wash zukes. 2. Grate...