Garden: Week 13
The sunflowers have grown out of the picture and the flower has started to form. I hope to have some sweet sunflower pictures soon.
The first of the Lemon Boy tomatoes is ready. Like a healing bruise it has transitioned through many strange color stages. I finally decided to bring it in before the birds got to it. We will slice it and put salt on it tonight for dinner.
Nothing beats fresh basil. I like to wander through the vegetable aisles at Target and Lowe's rubbing my hands over the basil just to smell its sweet smell.
We harvested our first Mystery Squash. Like most people who've grown squash can attest, one day I knew that all the squash were about fist-size and the next morning I went out and found this!
Not knowing what to do with it I put it into our favorite squash dish Calabacitas.
1 Mystery Squash, cut into 1" pieces (leaving the skin on)
1 yellow squash, cut into 1" pieces (also from our garden)
1 yellow onion diced
1 can corn
1 can diced tomatoes
Combine in a skillet. Cover and cook until softened. Add salt and pepper during cooking. Serve with shredded cheese.
You can use any combination of zucchini and squash for a total of 2-6 squash depending on their size. Apparently even Mystery Squash will work because we loved it!
Some people call this succotash, but my brother-in-law brought it to us from a Mexican background thus calling it the Spanish word for squash, calabaza. It's one of our favorites.
Do you have a favorite recipe for an overabundance of squash?
The first of the Lemon Boy tomatoes is ready. Like a healing bruise it has transitioned through many strange color stages. I finally decided to bring it in before the birds got to it. We will slice it and put salt on it tonight for dinner.
Nothing beats fresh basil. I like to wander through the vegetable aisles at Target and Lowe's rubbing my hands over the basil just to smell its sweet smell.
We harvested our first Mystery Squash. Like most people who've grown squash can attest, one day I knew that all the squash were about fist-size and the next morning I went out and found this!
Not knowing what to do with it I put it into our favorite squash dish Calabacitas.
1 Mystery Squash, cut into 1" pieces (leaving the skin on)
1 yellow squash, cut into 1" pieces (also from our garden)
1 yellow onion diced
1 can corn
1 can diced tomatoes
Combine in a skillet. Cover and cook until softened. Add salt and pepper during cooking. Serve with shredded cheese.
You can use any combination of zucchini and squash for a total of 2-6 squash depending on their size. Apparently even Mystery Squash will work because we loved it!
Some people call this succotash, but my brother-in-law brought it to us from a Mexican background thus calling it the Spanish word for squash, calabaza. It's one of our favorites.
Do you have a favorite recipe for an overabundance of squash?
Comments
You'll have to give me your gardening tips for next year! For starters, what is the best time of year for planting in Southern AZ?
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