Southwest Creamed Corn – a savory treat There are few things better in the life of a gardener that the season’s first ear of sweet corn. If you have a place nearby where you can get corn that has been picked the same day as you buy it, that is nearly as good. In either case, Southwest Creamed Corn can’t…
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Lemon Garlic Zucchini is a simple side dish We like simple meals in the summer. And with so many vegetables coming out of the garden, it’s not hard to pull together a fast, easy supper. Lemon Garlic Zucchini is definitely a favorite. We are pretty big fans of zucchini, no matter how we get to cook it. There’s Chai Zucchini…
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Chai Zucchini Quick Bread is an unexpected treat If you live where it gets hot in the summertime, and if you have a veggie garden, you have zucchini. LOTS of zucchini. By August you might be wondering whatever possessed you to put in a half dozen zucchini plants back in May. What were you thinking? Maybe you were thinking about…
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If it’s too hot to bake, Lemon Blueberry Sherbet makes a great dessert We’re in what you might call the dog days of summer. Hot, humid and unrelenting. The tomatoes love it, sweet corn loves it, but after a few weeks, people get a little tired of it. That is where Lemon Blueberry Sherbet comes in. Because the blueberries also…
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Peach Cobbler is a special dessert There are many peach cobbler recipes floating about the internet. They often seem to use ingredients like canned peaches, peach pie filling and refrigerator biscuits. I won’t say that they are terrible by any means. I’ve even made them myself when I was in a hurry. But this version of Peach Cobbler is the…
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