At Home My Way

 Recipes at the Top:  Chit Chat at the Bottom Zucchini Crisp (Mock Apple) Printable View Here Filling : 4 cups peeled, seeds removed, and sliced / diced zucchini (about 3/4 of a huge zucchini)  1/3 cup lemon juice (I used bottled lemon juice.) 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour ¼ cup sugar Pinch of salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon Crisp Topping: ½ cup old fashioned or quick oats (I used quick oats) ¼ cup all purpose flour ½ cup light brown sugar ¼ teaspoon cinnamon 3 Tablespoons cold butter plus more for greasing the pan   Instructions: ·          Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Filling: ·      Peel the zucchini, slice into smaller sections and then cut each section in half (like a half moon).   Scoop out the seeds with a spoon and then slice or chop the zucchini into pieces.   ·     In a medium saucepan, add the zucchini pieces, lemon juice, flour, sugar, salt & cinnamon....

I wait all year for my July garden and it’s finally here!  July’s garden is a pretty magical place for me.  It’s where I feel peace and promise, where I know perseverance and hope.  It’s also where I can make mistakes but still end up in a good place! It’s where I remember the young girl I once was who hated sweating, who hated being outside in the yard but who can now turn a seed into a five foot squash!  Gardening isn’t hard.  It’s about trial and error, learning new things, and carefully tending to plants as if they were tiny babies.  With a little self discipline and hard work, most any garden can become a July garden AT HOME MY WAY.     Happy July Garden   by Gina Kenney (2026) Anticipating the weekend on Saturday’s Eve For a few days in the garden when I won’t have to leave   Four pints and four quarts of the mighty green bean Wrangling and untangling the cucumber vines green   Acros...

Garden fresh yellow squash became the very best baked Squash & Cheese Patties AT HOME MY WAY! RECIPES AT THE TOP; CHIT-CHAT AT THE BOTTOM! Summer Squash & Cheese Patties (Baked) ( PRINTABLE VIEW HERE ) 4 cups of grated yellow squash-washed & unpeeled 1 egg 2 T. milk  1 teaspoon onion powder ½ teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon paprika 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup grated cheese (I used mozzarella.) 1/2 cup grated parmesan (I used the real stuff but canned is fine.) 1/2 cup flour (GF is fine) 1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs (GF is fine) (or just use all bread crumbs) Cookie spray or parchment for the baking pan INSTRUCTIONS: PREHEAT OVEN TO 350 degrees. Wash and grate yellow squash with the peeling on.  (If super juicy, squeeze out all of the moisture.  Mine was not and I didn’t do this step at all.)  Measure into a bowl.  (I wasn't real exact.  I just grated one medium yellow squash into my bowl.) Add remaining ingredients (except of course, the cooking ...

Small Batch Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars   (makes an 8x8 square pan or one round cake pan)   RECIPES AT THE TOP - CHIT CHAT AT THE BOTTOM! PRINTABLE VIEW HERE! 1 cup + 2 Tablespoons all purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 stick (1/2 cup) real butter, softened 1/3 cup granulated sugar 1/3 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1 egg 1 cup chocolate chips *This recipe could be doubled for baking in a 9x13 pan. (Makes about 12 cookie bars.) Instructions:   Preheat oven to 350°. Stir softened butter, both sugars, egg and vanilla until smooth.  Add baking soda, salt and stir.  Next add flour and stir.  Stir in chocolate chips last. Batter will be thick.  Spread in sprayed/prepared 8x8 square or 8" round cake pan.  (I actually sprayed my clean hands with cooking spray and then patted the dough into my sprayed cake pan.) Bake 22-24 minutes or until browning. Wait to cut until cooled a little. The Chit Chat This weekend we p...