Simple Sliced Cucumbers

This has been the year of the cucumber for us.  I still have a dozen cucumbers sitting on the table (in mid-October, no less)  but I think the vines have died back and that will be the last of them. We ate plain cucumber spears, chopped cucumbers with tomatoes and onions and various combinations of fresh veggies, with or without dressing, and cucumber soup.   I made 2 different kinds of savory sliced refrigerator pickles including one with vinegar and one...

Tomato, Zucchini, Onion Potato Bake

Well here we are again in zucchini tomato season.  I first posted this recipe about five years ago here. I make it several times each year during the height of the season.  It’s a tasty stick to your ribs meal. This time I layered the following items twice in a greased casserole dish. sliced potatoes sliced zucchini sliced onions sliced tomatoes (or chopped) shredded mozzarella cheese fresh chopped basil salt and pepper to taste Bake covered at 375 degress...

Japanese Soba Noodle Salad with Pea Pods

Our snow peas, sugar snap peas and capucijner soup peas are doing abundantly well this year.  And Bambi, who has been frolicking in our yard hasn’t found them yet.  Of course, Zuri, our watch dog has been running interference so I’m sure that has helped as well. Anyway, I found a Japanese soba noodle salad in a very old copy of Bon Appétit magazine that featured pea pods, so how could I not try it?  I did change it up a little but used the basic...

Stir Fried Vegetables Over Somali Bantu Rice

Stir fries are a good way to use up small amounts of various veggies.  If you add some tofu or other protein it’s a very satisfying meal. Here’s what I came up with this time. 8 oz tofu, cubed 2 dried shiitake mushrooms 1 cup water 1 T. Tamari Simmer the above ingredients and drain, reserving the liquid.  Chop the mushrooms (discarding the harder stems,  and set the tofu mushroom mix aside. 2 T. Olive Oil 1 T. fresh ginger, minced 1 T. garlic, minced 1...

Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie

“It is a homely thing in one or another sense of the word, depending on your point of views.”  Glyn Lloyd-Hughes, Description of Shepherd’s Pie:  The Foods of England I should perhaps title this recipe Shepherdess Pie which apparently is a variation made without meat but I hadn’t heard the term before I started looking at recipes.  Shepherd’s Pie was traditionally made with minced lamb and Cottage Pie was made with minced beef....

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