Last night I made corn and goat cheese quesadillas for dinner. I added some diced zucchini and summer squash to them (cooked them with the corn). Another hit! This is the 3rd meal in a row with zucchini that Justin has really liked 🙂 I love that zucchini can be used in so many ways. …
Zucchini Pesto Risotto
I came up with my own risotto recipe for yesterday to use up some zucchini. It turned out really well! I used fresh basil, pine nuts and paremsan cheese…that’s why I call it pesto risotto. I didn’t actually make/add pesto, but I added the main pesto ingredients. I didn’t measure anything, but I’ll try to …
Zucchini Bread
I made a batch of zucchini bread this morning. Yum!! I used my mom’s recipe. It’s almost identical to my MIL’s recipe except a few spices. I decided to do a little variation. I did 2:1 white flour to whole wheat flour. I used 1/2 canola oil and 1/2 coconut oil. And I made 3 …
Spaghetti w/ Meatballs and Zucchini Ribbons
This isn’t so much a recipe. It’s just what I threw together today. And it was so good!!! Justin loved it…although he loves anything remotely close to spaghetti with meat sauce 😛 I made meatballs this morning using 1 lb. of Voogt ground beef, some grated zucchini, some whole wheat bread crumbs, some grated parmesan …
Blueberry Buckle
It’s blueberry season. Time to post some blueberry recipes. My SIL asked for this recipe a few weeks ago. I got it from my mom. We’ve had it many times. And it’s always great.Blueberry Buckle 3/4 cups sugar (rapadura/cane sugar)1/4 cup palm shortening shortening1 egg1/2 cup milk1 1/2 cups flour (whole wheat is fine)2 tsp. baking …
Cashew Avocado Chicken Salad
I tried another chicken salad recipe last night. I came across it a bit ago on All Recipes and it sounded really good…chicken, avocado, cashews…what’s not to like? 🙂 It was super easy and so yummy!!! (Plus it was filling and full of healthy fat for me:) All 3 of us loved it. In Rebecca’s …
Cherry Crisp
I wanted to use up my last few cherries, so I made a cherry crisp yesterday. I got the recipe from Two Peas and Their Pod. She used ranier cherries. I just had sweet cherries. It was really good! But not something I’d want to eat all the time. It was very cherry 😛 I …
Grilled Pizza
We grilled pizza for the first time last night. It was awesome!!! And quite easy…although a little time consuming since we couldn’t fit them all on the grill at once. I got the recipe from A Good Appetite. The dough was super easy to make and so yummy. We made 4 pizzas: ~ pesto, chicken, …
Cherry Chicken Salad
Last night I made a cherry chicken salad for dinner. I came up with this after going to the Cherry Festival in Traverse City, MI. This salad is very forgiving. You can adjust all of the quantities to your taste Cherry chicken salad is so good!!! It is also a fun way to use cherries. Serve …
Strawberry Topping
With my last quart of strawberries I made a batch of strawberry topping this morning. The recipe is from Justin’s mom…just a basic fruit topping recipe…for pancakes, waffles, ice cream, etc. You could use it with any kind of fruit. Maybe I’ll make some blueberry topping to freeze when I get more blueberries. This is …