Thursday, January 9, 2020

Ode To Zucchini – The Super Vegetable


When I made this dish for dinner recently, I didn’t invention to weblog it.  But every bit it sometimes happens this turned out great, in addition to the recipe I planned to post, turned out yucky.  Really yucky.  I threw it downwardly the disposal, yucky.  Wouldn’t y'all know that roasting a few vegetables inwards the oven in addition to piling them on overstep of around Quinoa in addition to dark beans would hold upwardly a novel favorite dish inwards our house?  We had ane yellowish crush left from our garden, I had a loving cup or in addition to then of fresh corn, enough of tomatoes, a ruby-red onion in addition to a few zucchini.  






My hubby in addition to I took a few bites in addition to realized I ameliorate become around photos quick!  This combination of fresh vegetables was deemed “blog worthy”





It is pretty amazing how zucchini tin hold upwardly the perfect cistron inwards in addition to then many recipes.  You tin add together it to desserts, soups, side dishes, breads, original dishes in addition to salads.  I produce believe zucchini is a perfect vegetable!  You tin bake, roast, grill, boil, broil, shred, saute, pickle in addition to modest zucchini!  Here are a few of our favorite zucchini recipes I’ve posted over the past times span of years.   






This was my mother-in-law’s recipe in addition to I’ve never had a bad loaf.  My boy tin devour an entire loaf inwards ane day.  We bring to leak it to him a while at a time.






Since our boy Patrick loves zucchini bread, I idea he would dearest zucchini cupcakes for his birthday.  They were delicious!  Zucchini amongst cream cheese – who would bring idea those 2 could hold upwardly friends?






Strips of fresh zucchini, carrots in addition to yellowish crush lightly seasoned amongst fresh pesto in addition to shredded Parmesan  Outstanding!





Hands downwardly this our favorite side dish of all time.  We tin swallow this every bit a consummate repast or freeze it for a wintertime reminder of our garden.  Overcooked or under-cooked, it’s groovy both ways.  


Oven Roasted Vegetables amongst Quinoa

1 whole zucchini, sliced in addition to cutting into 1/2 inch pieces

1 whole yellowish squash, cutting into seize amongst teeth sized pieces

1 whole ruby-red onion, sliced

1 loving cup fresh corn

5 Roma tomatoes, quartered

1 loving cup Quinoa, cooked in addition to ready aside

1/2 loving cup dark beans, rinsed

olive oil

salt in addition to pepper

other seasonings every bit desired such every bit lemon pepper

Lime wedges if desired


Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Line a large baking canvas amongst parchment paper.  Place the squash, zucchini, onion, corn in addition to tomatoes inwards a large bowl.   Drizzle amongst olive fossil oil in addition to toss to coat.  Spread the vegetables on the baking canvas inwards a unmarried layer if possible.  Season amongst tabular array salt in addition to pepper in addition to bake until lightly roasted in addition to tender.  Serve on overstep of the cooked Quinoa in addition to dark beans.  Sprinkle amongst fresh lime juice.  Enjoy!




Here are a few links to to a greater extent than zucchini recipes I wishing to try!








Thanks in addition to then much for stopping past times today!  I promise y'all bring a terrific weekend.  We’re praying for pelting in addition to then perchance our tomatoes volition final a chip longer.  And I intend I postulate to encounter a motion painting – can’t await for the novel Bourne motion painting in addition to James Bond!  



Tricia


Source: savingdessert.com


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