Summer Vegetable Tian
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 medium yellow onion
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1 medium zucchini
- 1 medium yellow squash
- 1 medium potato
- 1 medium tomato
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- to taste salt & pepper
- 1 cup shredded Italian cheese
Sides and Salads
Cheesy Zucchini Rice
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup long-grain white rice
2 cups chicken broth ** Use vegetable broth to make vegetarian**
2 tablespoons butter
Mushroom Lemon and Lentil Salad
Ingredients
- ½ cup French Lentils
- 2 cups water
- 1 tbs olive oil
Pappardelle with Mushrooms
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup dried porcini mushrooms (about 1/2 ounce)
- 2/3 cup boiling water
- 8 ounces uncooked pappardelle pasta or bucatini
- 3 1/4 teaspoons salt, divided
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 cup finely chopped shallots
- 2 (4-ounce) packages exotic mushroom blend, sliced or coarsely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons dry sherry
Crispy Cauliflower Carrot Fritters
Healthy Mediterranean 7-Layer Dip
Protein Packed Summer Salad
Ingredients for the salad
- 3 cups of cooked beans (or 2 cans) (I used black eyed beans, but any beans would do)
- 1 cup cooked quinoa
- 1 big bunch of parsley
- 1 deseeded red, sweet pepper
- 1 leek (white parts only)
- 2 small carrots
Ingredients for the dressing
Apple Butter
Ingredients:
4 lbs apples
Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Macintosh
use an assortment of apples
(about 18 peeled and cored and chopped)
4 cups sugar
2 tablespoons apple pie spice
(add more to taste)
1 cup apple juice
1 bottle of apple sauce
(about 16 oz)
Spiced Peaches
2-3 pounds of large peaches or 8 pounds of small peaches
3 1/4 cups sugar
5 cups water
2 tsp cinnamon
2 tbsp vanilla extract
Wash the peaches. Peel by dipping them in boiling water for 30 to 60 seconds, then plunging them into ice water to cool quickly. Slip off the peel, halve the fruit, or slices, then pit and scrape the cavity to remove the red fibers, if desired (these fibers tend to turn brown during storage).
As the peaches are halved, prevent darkening by placing the fruit directly into an anti-darkening solution
Mandarin Oranges
1. Clean your jars, rings and lids. A dishwasher works great for this. I usually put them in a pot of boiling water and then place them in the oven on the lowest temperature while I prepare my fruit.
2. Peel your mandarins. Remove as much of the white pith as possible. These little Kishu Mandarins took no work at all to remove the pith, but their smaller than golf ball size did involve a lot of peeling.