About two weeks ago, I spent the week doing up some crockpot meals for the freezer.
This morning, I checked my veggie drawer. A couple I know
who have a wonder-garden on their piece of land brought me some zucchini,
Japanese eggplant, sugar snap peas and string beans earlier this week. I needed
to save them before they "went" on me. I froze the string beans as
is.
I just finished 9 "sides" for my freezer - I love
it when I can grab something that is home-made and just needs defrosting, but I
rarely have enough "sides" in there.
I took 3 of the longer Japanese eggplant and cut them in
1/4" thick circles and plopped them into my "potato pot." Then I
snapped off all the blossom ends of the sugar snap peas and plopped them in. I
added a jar of tomato/pasta sauce (home canned from my friends) and 1/2 can of
Rotel (original variety) for tang. I simmered until mostly tender and divided
into 5 sides of Evie's Asian Medley with Tang.
Then I took 2 of the zucchini and cut longways and then into
bite-size pieces. I sprayed a non-stick skillet and added about 1/4 cup or less
of olive oil and tossed the pieces in and put on med-high to start it off. Then
I added about 1/2 tsp minced garlic (I keep a jar in the fridge) and sprinkled
some Kraft grated parmesan cheese. When just barely cooked through, I divided into
4 servings of Evie's Garlic Parm Zucchini!
I am REALLY having fun! Still deciding on the 1 small spaghetti
squash and the 1 small butternut - changed my mind several times...
Add to this, a neighbor just gave me 2 avocados last night
because she knew she couldn't eat them in time, so I am going to cut, pit, and puree
in my blender, and add some lemon juice (ReaLemon) and freeze into sauce cups
for a spread whenever I feel like it. I first planned to just mash them and
then my friend sent me a link that said to puree them instead because it would
more evenly distribute the lemon to prevent darkening. The link suggested 1 tbsp of lemon juice per avocado.
Isn't this fun?
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