Mike and Megan made the zucchini lasagna last night for dinner and it turned out really good. They used a combination of the recipe at http://allrecipes.com/recipe/no-noodle-zucchini-lasagna/detail.aspx and our regular recipe (mainly leaving out the mushrooms, spinach, and red wine because we didn't have any of those). The girls liked it too although Isabelle was a little iffy on it - if you put one layer of lasagna noodles on the top, no one would probably realize that it wasn't regular lasagna!
It did have a little too much liquid so we had to serve in bowls, so next time we won't add any extra water.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Week 7 - July 7
Definitely moving away from the greens this week! Mike and the girls are back home so there will be more cooking in the house and more recipes to share. The plan for tonight's dinner is zucchini lasagna.
Carrots
Beets
Squash
Zucchini
Cucumbers
Turnips
Green Onions
Red Russian Kale
Garlic
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Pesto
Made a ton of pesto this weekend! I'm the only pesto fan in the house so I froze it in ice cube trays so that I can pull out what I need from the freezer. The only down side to freezing more stuff is that I really need to clean out our freezer so we can find everything - our newest attempt to keep the freezer organized is a whiteboard stuck to the door but first I have to figure out what's in there...
Basic Pesto
2 cups basil leaves, loosely packed
1/2 tsp. chopped garlic
1/2 cup of olive oil
2 T. pine nuts, toasted
pinch of salt
1/2 cup parmesan or Romano cheese
Mix garlic, half the oil, pine nuts, salt and basil in the food processor and process until well mixed. Add the cheese and additional oil then process to get to the desired consistency.
Basic Pesto
2 cups basil leaves, loosely packed
1/2 tsp. chopped garlic
1/2 cup of olive oil
2 T. pine nuts, toasted
pinch of salt
1/2 cup parmesan or Romano cheese
Mix garlic, half the oil, pine nuts, salt and basil in the food processor and process until well mixed. Add the cheese and additional oil then process to get to the desired consistency.
Kohlrabi & Turnips
For the family cookout this weekend, we tried this recipe with the kohlrabi and turnips we still had from Week 5 and some parsley, onions, and carrots from this week.
http://www.chow.com/recipes/11695-mock-potato-salad
Changes I made
- Added a few turnips as we were a little short on the kohlrabi
- Used carrots instead of celery because we didn't have any but I think the celery would have been better.
- Mixed in some green onion along with the red onion.
It tasted pretty good but next time, I'll be sure to have celery on hand :)
http://www.chow.com/recipes/11695-mock-potato-salad
Changes I made
- Added a few turnips as we were a little short on the kohlrabi
- Used carrots instead of celery because we didn't have any but I think the celery would have been better.
- Mixed in some green onion along with the red onion.
It tasted pretty good but next time, I'll be sure to have celery on hand :)
Week #6 - June 30
This week's share
Carrots
Scarlet Turnips
Green Onions
Collards
Chard
Lettuce
Parsley
Basil
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