What's in your CSA this week? And what are you making? - Page 6

[laohaire]

I like to serve zucchini in a creamy baked dish.

I sautee the zuchs (and summer squash too) in butter. Then I take a baking dish, put garlic on the bottom, then layer the sliced zucchini. Over each layer I sprinkle a pinch of salt and a more generous amount of parmesan cheese - oh, and black pepper would probably make sense too (we're so "frugal" I haven't replaced our pepper when it ran out last year). Then I pour some cream over the top (or, actually I usually use whole milk and add some pats of butter, because I don't usually have cream!) and bake it at 350F for about 25 minutes. Very creamy and yummy!

[tantrumtracker]

I bet some cheddar cheese would be good on that, and maybe a layer of homemade bread crumbs to make it a little crispy on top...sorry to add to your recipe...I am just thinking out loud cause I have zucchini and squash coming out of my ears from our garden. I have been trying to come up with a recipe that my kids would eat them...I may try tonight. Didn't think about the garlic and parm cheese...thanks for posting.
Take care

[laohaire]

Originally Posted by tantrumtracker

...sorry to add to your recipe...

that's what a recipe is for!

I like both ideas (cheddar and breadcrumbs), I might try them next time!

[yogabug]

I wasn't able to open the Zucchini corn chowder recipe. Could someone copy it into a post?? Thanks. I have a corn chowder in the crock pot and might want to try to spice it up a bit-especially if it will help the kids to like it.

[BetsyS]

Thanks for the zuchinni recipes! We're drowning in it, too.

Tonight is okra, corn, and tomatoes. I need to salvage some starchy corn that I bought at the farmers' market this weekend. So hopefully the sauciness of that will do it.

[SophieAnn]

Hey everyone! I found this neat website with tips and suggestions for cooking/serving all kinds of fruits & veg. I found it when searching for what to do with my kohlrabi.

http://www.metro.ca/conseil-expert/jardinier.en.html
(the website is in english despite the url being french)

Look to the right-hand side menu to navigate:
The greengrocer
Fruit basket
Vegetable basket
Canning fruits and vegetables

Example:
Click Vegetable basket
Then Click Leaf Vegetables
which will take you to this page:
http://www.metro.ca/conseil-expert/j...uilles.en.html
where there's info on all kinds of info on different leafy veg - including kohlrabi. There's a few different cooking & serving suggestions on each veg page.

I've got this bookmarked for whenever I'm not sure what to do with something from my CSA.

[friendtoall]

Originally Posted by amber913

We're drowning in zucchini. I've blanched and frozen A LOT, and have more coming all the time (dh drives for CSA, so farmers give him stuff). I've made zucchini cornbread, zuc patties, zuc "boats". I'd like some other ideas, if anyone has them

apparently, zucchini "chips" are good - slice and dry them, eat with dip

also, you can bread and fry them. what isn't yummy fried?

[Mamatoto2]

Originally Posted by amber913

We're drowning in zucchini. I've blanched and frozen A LOT, and have more coming all the time (dh drives for CSA, so farmers give him stuff). I've made zucchini cornbread, zuc patties, zuc "boats". I'd like some other ideas, if anyone has them

Some things I've been doing:
Kale chips
colcannon (mashed potatoes with onions and kale)
stuffed cabbage (stuffed with rice, onion, garlic, topped with cheese)
stuffed chard (see above, can use couscous, too)

I always make tons of zucchini bread, bake them in mini loaf pans and then freeze them. They keep well and then I have something easy to pull out as a little treat throughout the year. You can make endless varieties. We love double chocolate (add cocoa and choc. chips,) lemon poppyseed, cranberry orange, chocolate cherry, lemon blueberry, etc.