It's zucchini season. Everyone seems to be handing off zucchini and zucchini bread. How to use them when you are tired of zucchini? Make brownies! Oh yes!Zucchini can be disguised totally in these brownies. And when you consider that this recipe is #4 out of all brownie recipes on AllRecipes, zucchini or no zucchini, you can bet these are … [Read more...]
The Best Zucchini Bread Ever Is Called Mom’s
Is your house overflowing with zucchini from your garden? Here's the #1 recipe on AllRecipes for delicious sweet zucchini bread. It's called Mom's Zucchini Bread and has been #1 for several years.From the reviews:"This is my MASTER zucchini recipe. No need to look further. I've tried 3 recipes from this site, and this one is the BEST. I do half … [Read more...]
Easy Grilled Yellow Squash
Quick, easy, and delicious: here's a great way to use all that yellow squash coming in from your garden right now. My very good friend made this and said it was wonderful. She used it in a sandwich & intends to keep making it during yellow squash season.Some reviewers added zucchini, onions, green beans, carrots, and sweet potatoes. You can … [Read more...]
Mark Bittman’s top 12 Make Ahead dishes
Oh my goodness, this man can cook. The linked list is just a sample of his big list of make ahead foods. Ones that jump out at me are: cranberry truffles, roasted caramelized sweet potatoes, herbed buttermilk biscuits, potato gratin, roasted squash with stuffing, steamed edamame with soysauce, zucchini potato pancakes. Oh, mama.Cranberry … [Read more...]
Zucchini, Cherry Tomato, and Ricottta Fettucini for $1.62 a Serving
This is a healthy, colorful, and easy recipe from Cooking Light magazine. Each serving has only 380 calories, but 14.5 grams of protein. With that amount of protein most people won't need a second serving. At $1.62 a serving it's a pretty inexpensive meal. And you can add other veggies if you want to. Some people said that they did not use … [Read more...]
Easiest Zucchini Cake Ever
A friend gave me this recipe. It's a lot quicker than making it totally from scratch. Just get a chocolate cake mix & add to the batter 1 cup of shredded zucchini and 1 cup of mini chocolate chips. Bake it in a bundt pan for 40 minutes at 350 degrees F. She says it's delicious and so moist. I believe it!Give this a try when you want a quick … [Read more...]
Spinach Pesto Lasagna for 65 Cents a Serving
Trent at the SimpleDollar has come up with a tasty lasagna for cheap. Usually lasagna is not that cheap to make. This one is meatless, which is a major way to keep costs down. He uses a homemade pesto from his garden which keeps costs low also. If you buy pesto that will increase costs a bit. Also he uses 12 lasagna noodles where I usually use … [Read more...]