We are on vacation!! This week we took our cooler full of goodies and re-packed most of it to take with us to Lake Ottertail. This week we have, Yellow Squash, Pepper Medley, Red Potatoes, Yellow & Red Sweet Onions, Zucchini, Sweet Corn, Herb-Basil, Peaches and a dozen eggs.
The peaches were devoured quickly and were delicious. The peppers and eggs got left behind in the fridge. We used some of the basil on our meatless monday pizzas, along with the onions, and cooked up the sweet corn for dinner with BBQ chicken on Saturday night. Yum yum yummy!!
Last weekend, in preparation of our departure Timmy and I tackled our mounds of produce and felt it was time to cook & freeze it. We have been acquiring more produce than we have been consuming weekly and have a stockpile in the fridge. Since we knew that all three of us would be on vacation, we dug in and started cooking as much of it off as we could.
June had purchased an additional 5 pounds of wheat berries for a whopping $5. Timmy first roasted it and then slow cooked all of it like you would rice. We parceled it into 13 small containers (see pics). We roasted our potatoes with some of our summer squash and some herbs. I forgot to snap a picture of our roasted beets, but I took those with a bit of garlic and also slow cooked them. We had several peaches (some from our CSA and some that dad gave us via the Kirkwood farmer's market) that we cut into pieces, nicely divided on a cookie sheet, and froze. It will make great smoothies or yummy treats later. We cooked off our large pound of delicious green beans, cleaned and peeled our carrots, and dried our herbs.
For meatless monday last week, Timmy made a fantastic eggplant and zucchini Parisian with our favorite ~ Zia's ~ tomato sauce. The zucchini was from the CSA, dad picked up the eggplant for us at the farmer's market and it was wonderful. Overall, another well done MM with Lori, Sophie, and the three of us. Yum yum.
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