We are still dealing with surplus veggies at our house. This menu will include a couple of premeditated leftovers, but will primarily consist of dishes that will use a lot of vegetables. Monday – Broil chicken to use in Pasta Salad Tuesday – Oven Roasted Tomato Sauce over GF Spaghetti and Garden Salad Wednesday –Read More

I have left a tip for extending the growing season of tomato plants in the comment section on a couple of blogs that I follow. I realized that unless you follow the same blogs (which I highly recommend) and read all of the comments (even those left by incoherent, sleep deprived mamas at 2:00 a.m.),Read More

I usually try to make a meal and then roll the leftovers into another meal or two. This week my menu is a little different because I have a surplus of vegetables from my garden. I will be preparing meals that either call for fresh vegetables or can be adapted to include them. Monday- ARead More

I needed to make a dessert this weekend, but I was working under time constraints and had limited energy. Just thinking of cooking made me tired! While trying to decide what to make, I discovered angel food cakes on sale at the local market. So I decided to cheat and make a semi-homemade dessert withRead More

I have been very busy in the garden lately. This is one day’s worth of tomatoes! I will be using the small tomatoes in Oven Roasted Cherry Tomatoes for a party on Friday. The larger tomatoes were used this evening in Spaghetti Sauce. The spaghetti sauce calls for peeled tomatoes, so I thought I wouldRead More

This evening I made The Thrifty Country Woman’s Choucroute a l’ Alsacienne. I followed the recipe (if you are a regular reader you know that is not my strength) except, (if you are a regular reader, you knew that was coming) I did not add the sausage. I have been trying to eat from theRead More

I try to avoid controversial subjects on my blog, so I am not going to debate chewy versus dry cakelike brownies, nor am I going to engage in an argument about the merits of naked brownies. I am going to assume that the purists were scared off by my title and that I am talkingRead More

Monday – Grilled Chicken, Rice with Garden Vegetables, and Italian Squash Salad Tuesday – Use 1/2 pound of leftover chicken to make Pasta Salad and TBD Wednesday – Use 1/2 pound of leftover chicken and leftover rice to make Chicken and Rice Soup, and Garden Salad Thursday– Black and White Turkey Chili*, GF Corn Bread,Read More

Is your garden overflowing with squash? Did your neighbor play ding-dong-ditch and leave a bag of squash on your step? (Sorry! Please don’t egg me!) Or did you buy too much when your local store was selling it for .49 cents a pound? I was inspired by Amy’s wonderful list of zucchini recipes to createRead More

Have you noticed how simple my recipes are? This one is not an exception. The hardest part is cutting the squash into thin strips (mine are not perfect 1/4 inch thin strips). I have seen pictures of a kitchen tool that will julienne your vegetables for you, but I have never tried one and don’tRead More

My mother-in-law shared this fast and easy recipe with me. I have made it with different summer squash and it always delicious in its simplicity. I layer the squash on top of the onions and cook them together. Super Easy Sauteed Summer Squash Recipe Ingredients: 3 summer squash, thinly sliced 1 small onion, chopped 2Read More

We have been eating from the pantry, freezer, and garden for the last couple of weeks. I realized that I had meat in the freezer that was approaching the four month mark and pantry staples that were approaching the six month mark, so it was time to use those items or risk having to tossRead More