Cooking

Mexican Zucchini Casserole

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I made this recipe several weeks ago when I had overflowing zucchini in the fridge. I found it on All Recipes and was intrigued at putting zucchini into a Mexican type dish. The original recipe can be found here. Below is the way I made it, with a few modifications to suit my tastes. Spicy… Continue reading Mexican Zucchini Casserole

Garden

Harvest 8/27/08

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Here's what I harvested yesterday:The peppers are looking better and better. The first few I picked about a week or 10 days ago were not looking so hot. And before that there were several that rotted right on the plant that had to go straight to the compost.That's the biggest quantity of big boy tomatoes… Continue reading Harvest 8/27/08

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CSA: Week 15

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Wow 15 weeks of my CSA program are already over. I can't believe how fast the summer has flown by. Not too much longer until it starts to feel like fall outside. That will be nice.This week in my CSA I received:1 cucumber2 banana peppers1 jalapeno pepper1 green bell pepper3 small-ish big tomatoesa handful of… Continue reading CSA: Week 15

Garden

Garden: Welcome Broccoli

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Finally some pictures of the garden. A lot has happened in the past month. I've been picking TONS of vegetables - tomatoes, zucchini, beans, okra, watermelon, eggplant. I have been writing down everything I've picked and I want to go through and add it all up to see just how much the garden has yielded… Continue reading Garden: Welcome Broccoli

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CSA: Week 14

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In week 14 I received:8 ears of corn (sheesh!)6 tomatoes1 butternut squash2 green onions3 ears dried strawberry cornI was really surprised that I received so many ears of corn. They said it was the last of the corn though so I'll have to make sure to enjoy it. I was really excited to get a… Continue reading CSA: Week 14

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CSA: Week 13

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In week thirteen I received:3 ears corn3 tomatoes1 cucumbergreen beansThe corn was great but the tomatoes were fair. They were kind of banged up by the time I got them home but I'm not sure if they were like that before or if they got knocked around too much in my bag on the way… Continue reading CSA: Week 13

Baking

Bridal Shower 2

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Bridal shower round two. Actually this is round four for 2008, but only the second round of bridal shower cupcake pictures I am posting. The first bridal shower of the year was for SIL2 (I'm going to number them according to age from now on) who got married in Vegas in February. That was such… Continue reading Bridal Shower 2

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CSA: Week 12

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Wow I can't believe how the last week got away from me. The garden is keeping me very, very busy. I've also been shopping for a deep freezer because our freezer in the kitchen is almost full. We can't decide what size to get though so that is holding us up. We need to get… Continue reading CSA: Week 12

Garden

The Truthful Watermelon

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About a week ago I posted about how I picked a watermelon a little bit too early. Well also about a week ago I decided to go ahead and pick another one despite my fears of getting another unripe melon. I took my clippers out to the garden and picked out the biggest melon in… Continue reading The Truthful Watermelon