The last recipe of the season using my patty pan squash. Finally, there are no more left in my fridge and none growing in the garden. It is just too bad I just found this one, it’s a surprise winner! It will be a staple next summer. The chili used many items from my garden:…
Category: Main Dish
A Lima Bean Twist on Goulash
Perhaps it is my Hungarian grandmother coming through, but I love, love, love this dish! The paprika and lemon flavor combination made me so happy. The dish felt like love from beginning to end. The love started at the beginning with shelling the lima beans. The process started with both Cam and the dog hovering,…
Linguine with Artichoke & Pattypan Squash
We are down to our last few pattypan squash. I am ready to be done with them. The good thing is that I have found so many interesting ways to cook them, but, enough is enough. So today I planted my fall veggies: broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts and kale. I don’t think I could ever…
Keema (Indian Ground Beef and Peas)
As you can probably tell, we eat mostly vegetarian, with fish or other meats every now and then. But our youngest daughter, who recently turned full vegetarian, was coming home. Since she will only be home for a couple of weeks, we would be having all vegetarian dinners as well. So, to give everyone their…
Pasta with Pesto, Fresh Tomatoes and Garlic Shrimp
We have been in a bit of a shrimp kick this summer. Wild caught gulf shrimp, it may not be local, but it is certainly good. My goal is to combine the shrimp with food from my garden. Today it is my basil, garlic, and tomatoes. Oops there is a bruised leaf in my picture…
Khoresh Bademjun (Persian Eggplant Stew) – Revisited Without all the Oil
As I have said before, Khoresh Bademjun is pretty much the most popular meal in my household. The only thing that keeps me from making it more often is all the oil used in frying the eggplant. So, when I made the Eggplant and Tomato Stew with Pomegranate Molasses and prepared the eggplant by roasting rather…
Summer’s Bounty “Shakshouka”
I now have patty pan squash and carrots coming out of my ears! It seems like every dinner starts with a cutting board like the one below. My first night back to work after the California trip, I returned from Philadelphia and just stared at the produce in my kitchen, trying to come up with…
Eggplant and Tomato Stew with Pomegranate Molasses
My eggplant are not doing well this year, so I picked up some eggplants from Taproot Organic Farm at the farmers market. Now, typically, when I have eggplants I make Khoresh Bademjun (Persian Eggplant Stew). And when my husband heard that I was not making that, he was not happy. But I had seen the recipe…
Pasta Primavera with Roasted Carrots, Squash, Garlic and Peppers and a Garden Update
It is July, and the garden is starting to really come to life. It is green and lush. So, I decided to give you a tour. The front of the garden has garlic, parsnips, and strawberry plants. Then leeks, carrots, eggplants, chives and the last few kale plants and a jalapeno plant. on the right…
Clean Out the Fridge Fried Rice
My garden is starting to produce summer vegetables, finally! So it is time to clear out the other, miscellaneous vegetables that are in the fridge. First there are the vegetables left from making other dishes: fresh english peas from a dish I made last week, a zucchini that had been waiting to be made into zucchini…
Andrea's Garden Cooking 