Ratatouille (A CSA Box Recipe)

Ratatouille

Sauce:
2 T olive oil
1 onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
4 bell peppers (not green), diced
salt/pepper to taste
28 oz canned tomatoes, crushed
2T fresh basil, chiffonade (8-10 leaves)

Saute onion,garlic, and peppers.  Add tomatoes and heat well.  Add basil.

Vegetables:
2 eggplants
6 roma tomatoes
2 yellow summer squash
2 zucchini

Slice vegetables about 1/8” thick.

Herb Seasoning:
2 T fresh basil, chiffonade (8-10 leaves)
1 clove garlic, minced
2 T fresh parsley, chopped
2 t fresh thyme
Salt/pepper to taste
1/4 c olive oil

Mix all together.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

To Assemble:
In a 9”x13” baking pan (or a 12” round pan), spread sauce even and level.  Arrange vegetables in an alternating pattern (squash, eggplant, zucchini, tomato) on top of sauce, slices on their edges.  Pour the herb seasoning over vegetables. Cover with foil and bake 40 minutes. Uncover and bake another 20 minutes.

Zucchini Bread (A CSA Box Recipe)

Zucchini Bread

3 eggs
1 c oil
2 c sugar
2 c grated squash
1 t vanilla
3 T cinnamon
3 c all purpose flour
1 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
1 t salt
1 c chopped pecans or walnuts

Beat eggs until foamy.  Add the next four ingredients.  Whisk or sift together dry ingredients, then add to mixture..  Fold in nuts.  Bake in two sprayed loaf pans.  Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans.

My Third Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Box - What I Got

Another CSA box from Teter Organic Farm!

This week we received zucchini or yellow squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, red onions, carrots, and scallions!

There were actually two containers of cherry tomatoes, but I traded them for some zucchini.  I haven't had a chance to do much with them yet because I left to visit my sister a few days after picking up the box.

However, I DID make zucchini bread (again) and refrigerator pickles - watch for recipes on Wednesdays!  I also ate some steamed zucchini with butter - simple, but oh, so tasty!  It's easy to overcook, though. 

I've been trying to eat up the cherry tomatoes, but there are SO MANY.  That's the way cherry tomatoes are - prolific.  I haven't grown them in years because there was a year I had ONE plant, and for the following several years I had volunteers all over the garden.  It doesn't take a green thumb to grow cherry tomatoes!

When I return from Kentucky, I'll start feasting!