Tag: zucchini
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Zucchini Burgers
I hope you’ve been busy enjoying the summer: endlessly long evenings, hot summer nights, cool drinks, fresh produce. I surely have. We seem to eat quick, simple meals and linger on our deck enjoying the sounds of the evening: the city, firecrackers going off, kids playing, a cute raccoon family going out for the evening…
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Healthy Carrot-Zucchini Muffins
I recently started volunteering with Cooking Matters. This is a program growing across the country to provide food and health education. I’m part of a 6-week class for parents of pre-schoolers. Each week the class goes over a new topic, like how to read nutrition labels, explaining different types of fats, whole grains, etc., and…
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Zucchini Pancakes, Korean style
I love the variety of fruits and vegetables that summer brings en masse. We go through the contents of our CSA box like pirates looking at their bounty after a successful raid. “Aarrgh – more zucchini and lettuce” I tell Mike. Having such an abundance of certain ingredients has pushed us to experiment and explore…
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Zucchini ribbons and polenta cakes
I know that as an American, it is really hard to avoid corn products. Corn syrup, corn oil and other types of processed, extracted, sweetened and hydrogenated corn seem to make their way into almost every packaged food item in the store. Corn is the top agricultural crop in the US. I’m not sure if…