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....

It's that time again!  Not black Friday, not Christmas, nor your birthday!  It's Zucchini season! You know what that means?  Those dark green beauties start popping out on super hot days, growing at a fairy tale rate until they are huge blimps in the garden, and people are handing them out everywhere!  You find them on your door step, hanging in bags on your front door, and even slid underneath your desk by zucchini fairies who leave them like secret gifts by unknown admirers LOL. Like the ever elusive valentine, zucchini are given secretly and offered up with well wishes.  They are a symbol of prolific and healthy gardens, and given by folks who have too many and no idea what else to do with them. If you find yourself the keeper of a prolific zucchini garden, or if you find some left at your door by a secret admirer, here are a couple of random and superb zucchini recipes to use up these precious gifts of summer! Sharing this recipe at Weekend Potlu...

This fantastic Surprise Zucchini Jam will be a great way to use up those ever-growing zucchinis in your garden.   It turns out fantastic and uses no pectin!  Ding-ding-ding - money saver!  (Jello is lots cheaper than pectin!)   I ate mine on some bread/toast and it was amazing!  I just couldn't imagine what it would taste like??  However, I was pleasantly surprised.  Great for biscuits, toast, even over cream cheese/served with crackers as an appetizer!  It would make a fun homemade Christmas gift, too! I am making lots more varieties of this recipe.  My husband's grandma always used apricot jello. Strawberry jello is supposed to be great! Also, I thought it would be good to use pineapple jello and include some ground jalapenos for pepper jelly.  Lots of possibilities here! Since this recipe uses no Surejel/pectin, I was very skeptical. However, after a sit overnight, it was all set up.  In the fridge, it was the perfect "...

I work with a bunch of young lawyers in my office who are about the age of my older daughter.  They are most always a complete joy to work around.  I'm not a fan of working outside my home and I often PROTEST to my family loudly my dislike for working LOL, but the people I work with are the best! I have worked a very long time- just about 30 years long to be exact!  It seems like times are a changing.  Used to, everyone ate out for lunch.  They ate fast food, grocery store take-out, and some even went to sit down restaurants and diners.  Lately, LOTS of my friends at work bring lunch from home, even these young men lawyers!  Gotta love that! I am always intrigued by the cooking skills of these young men.  They are making their moms and dads proud, obviously!  My husband, who just turned 50, would NEVER be bringing his own cooking for lunch, nor would it be anything close to the delicious and well balanced meals, heavy on vegetables, t...

Our weather has been pretty much perfect here in Missouri for gardening!  I didn't plant a garden this year but that hasn't stopped the abundance of cucumbers, tomatoes, zucchini, and squash that we have been eating.  Seems like everyone is giving me vegetables and I'm not turning ANY AWAY! Personally, I've never been able to grow much zucchini because of the stinking (literally because they really stink when you smash them-eek!) squash bugs, groundhogs, and deer in our yard, but other people seem to really have the touch.  I was given a few of those beautiful, green, mammoth giants and I couldn't wait to dive in on some of my favorite zucchini recipes. I remember growing up when my mom used to make a chocolate zucchini cake.  Mmmm!  I love that cake and I consider it a special summer treat!  Since it's just Doug and I at home most of the time these days, I decided to try my hand at a smaller recipe to get my chocolate/zucchini fix instead of making...

Rebecca had us over yesterday for BBQ.  Her house is looking great and we had a nice time.  It was drizzling rain (which NEVER happens) and a nice breeze was blowing through her windows.  Ahhhh!   Doug barbecued the burgers, brats, and hotdogs.  He also got out the fish fryer and made some of Rebecca's favorite fries (which are nothing more than frozen, crinkle-cut fries, but when fried outside seem to be something super special). Rebecca made her famous RANCH DIP (recipe coming soon) and I brought this Chocolate Zucchini Cake. Yea... yea...you can tell in the picture that I kind of like Real Whipped Cream !  LOL.  This is one of my favorite cakes to serve unfrosted.  My mom started making this cake when we moved to Missouri.  We had never had zucchini squash in any form until we moved here.  I'm not sure where she got the recipe but I remember eating this cake often during summers in Missouri.  We only ate yellow summer squ...

One of my favorite blogs mentioned a recipe that I posted in her "comments" section of a post about zucchini fritters.  I figured I should at least post this on here so it would be easier to find this recipe, that is... until she posts it on her blog because SHE IS GOING TO LOVE IT and you will too!  My 23 year old daughter could not tell she was eating zucchini and she is my pickiest eater! Kim's blog is here:  http://jabezfarm.blogspot.com/ If you like apple cobbler / pie, you're gonna love this: Any naysayers should see this discussion board where I posted the recipe.  They all went "hog wild"  LOL! http://forums.organicgardening.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/5541078301/m/5651069627?r=5651069627#5651069627 ZUCCHINI COBBLER recipe AT HOME MY WAY Ingredients: 8 cups chopped seeded peeled zucchini (about 3 pounds) (peel the zucchini first, then slice lengthwise, scoop out the seeds and slice the zucchini.  These little slices, when seeded and peeled ...