It is that time of year. The time of year where every gardener has to dig deep and get creative or else let bushels of squash go to waste. The kids are wise to my squash-hiding tricks, so I had to pull out my secret weapon: Pizza! It may seem a little underhanded, but kids have a hard time resisting pizza and I used that to my advantage when I created these yellow squash … [Read more...]
Alea’s Hash Browns with Summer Squash
It's that time of year. The time of year when I struggle with my morals. Is it dishonest to hide squash in recipes? What if I adopt the "don't ask, don't tell" squash policy? Is it acceptable as long as I admit that I have once again hidden squash in a recipe if they ask? Well, it turns out I don't have to worry about solving this moral dilemma yet, nor do I have to worry … [Read more...]
Alea’s Herbed Chicken on Vegetable Confetti
Gardening helps offset my grocery bill, especially since I grow items that can be expensive at the grocery store such as peppers and tomatoes. The one downside to gardening is that supply sometimes exceeds demand, particularly when I grow things like yellow squash and zucchini. My children are now examining all baked goods with a suspicious eye, so I have to step up my game … [Read more...]
Beef and Mushroom Kebabs – $5 Dinner Challenge
I made these the other night...I made an extra trip to the store to get the ingredients needed for this morning's news segment...and spotted some $.99 whole mushrooms. I see them often for $.99 in the mark down basket in the produce section. I found more this morning...sliced this time. I don't typically buy extra food when I'm getting food for news segments, but I couldn't … [Read more...]
Grilled Honey Mustard Chicken Drumsticks
Grilled Honey Mustard Chicken Drumsticks Yield - 4 servings Preparation Time - 10 minutes (+30 min for marinading) Cooking Time - 15 minutes Ingredients 2 lbs drumsticks ($2.03) $.99/lb sale 1/4 cup dijon mustard ($.25) 1 tsp cider or white vinegar ($.01) 1/4 cup honey ($.50) 1 large yellow squash ($.50) Farmer's market 1 Tbsp olive oil ($.10) Salt and … [Read more...]
Yellow Summer Squash Steam Sauteed
Sauteing summer squash...it has never worked well for me. I mean, it works...but not perfectly. I recently figured out that if I partially steam it before sauteing it...the results are quite tasty! Yellow Summer Squash Steam Sauteed Yield - 6-8 servings Preparation Time - 5 minutes Cooking Time - 10 minutes Ingredients 2 medium yellow squash, sliced ($2) 1/4 … [Read more...]
Summer Squash Quesadillas – Grow. Eat. Save.
***These would make a great appetizer for your July 4th BBQ!*** Just sayin'. (OK, just had to get that out of the way.) So for the second time, I've had to pick up the veggie from the market to make my meal for Grow. Eat. $ave. I remember looking through last year's garden posts, and by this time in June 2009 my squash plants were producing a new squash every other … [Read more...]
Homemade Spaghetti Sauce and Salsa
I had a surplus of about $25 from my August grocery budget. I decided to go on a "tomato spree." The farmer's market just down the road from me offers a "You Pick" price for Roma tomatoes of $.69/lb. Not too bad. Plus we (yes, I took the kids for "the experience") got to have a little fun and learn about "good" and "bad" tomatoes! All that you see above (2 habanero … [Read more...]
Chicken Pasta Primavera – $5 Dinner Challenge
Delicious pasta dish loaded with diced chicken, zucchini, squash, carrots, broccoli, garden fresh tomatoes...tossed in a Parmesan cheese sauce! Chicken Pasta Primavera Yield - 6 servings Preparation Time - 10 minutes Cooking Time - 20 minutes Ingredients 1 box piccolini farfalle pasta ($.50) On sale for $1 matched with $.50 coupon! 2 chicken breasts, diced … [Read more...]
End of Summer Harvest Soup – $5 Dinner Challenge
When I saw this recipe from Steph at A Year of Slow Cooking last week, I just had to make it...seeing that zucchini and squash have been on such great sales lately, this seemed like the perfect to incorporate this last week of summer! And what makes it even more perfect...this morning I woke up and it was a cold 46 degrees outside. Hello, it's still August! The high was just … [Read more...]