Zucchini

Garden Zucchini Pizza Casserole

August 26, 2011 |

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This is another recipe from the great arsenal that my grandma has saved over the years. This particular recipe notes that it came from Ann, who is my grandma’s cousin. I love that so many of those old recipes take full advantage of the vast bounty that came out of their gardens. And as anyone [...]

Zucchini-Pineapple Cupcakes with Orange Sour Cream Frosting

August 19, 2011 |

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A couple of months ago I posted something on Facebook about zucchini – probably a new recipe that I had posted – and follower Bobbie mentioned that she had a recipe for Zucchini-Pineapple Cupcakes with Orange Sour Cream Frosting and asked if I’d like her to send it to me. Oh yes! The recipe sounded [...]

Zucchini Squares

June 28, 2011 |

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I have been scavenging in my grandma’s recipe collection again, and unearthed this beauty a couple of weeks ago. As I mentioned when I posted the Zucchini Pineapple Bread, my grandfather had a large garden that supplied a bounty of fresh vegetables for months upon months during the warm weather. My grandma had all sorts [...]

Zucchini Pineapple Bread

June 21, 2011 |

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Although I’m not a huge fan of veggies, zucchini is such a comfort food of sorts for me. My grandfather passed away when I was 5 years old, and although I was young I was still old enough at that point to have some great memories of him. One is of him bouncing me on [...]

Gazpacho

May 12, 2011 |

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We all know that I am most definitely not the queen of vegetables. I’m barely the princess of semi-healthy. But I’ve been trying. Really, I have. I’m making a concerted effort to eat more vegetables because I know they’re ultra good for me. And in doing so I’ve been experimenting with different dishes in an [...]

Zucchini Bread

August 11, 2009 |

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We’re turning the corner into late summer (where did it go?!) and right about now is when gardens seem to be overflowing with an abundance of zucchini just begging to be used up. Perhaps you have your own garden, you were given fresh zucchini by a generous neighbor, or just couldn’t resist the mounds of [...]