It's Veggie Time
My neighbor had an over abundance of Cucumbers from her garden & needed some Recipes. I found these...


Cucumber Granita: http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/%7Ebcohen/cucumbers/recipes/granita.html

Crunchy Cucumber Spread: http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/%7Ebcohen/cucumbers/recipes/spread.html

Chicken in Cucumber & Lemon Sauce: http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/%7Ebcohen/cucumbers/recipes/lemon_chicken.html

Chilled Cucumber Soup: http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/%7Ebcohen/cucumbers/recipes/chilled_soup.html

Cucumber Avocado Soup: http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/%7Ebcohen/cucumbers/recipes/avocado_soup.html

Fish Soup with Cucumber: http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/%7Ebcohen/cucumbers/recipes/avocado_soup.html


Many of you know I had a VERY successful Zucchini garden and there are 2 recipes I wanted to share that were my favorite this year...

Zucchini & Yellow Squash
Slice up your Squash
Cut up a yellow onion into squares not rings
Toss in a ziploc bag
Add a bit of olive oil 1 to 3 or 4 parts LIME juice
Toss some Mrs. Dash on top & shake well

Turn your stove top on & heat your pan on high.
Once heated Toss the mix on to sear it - Takes about 2 min ea side
Do Not Over Cook - Veggies should have a slight golden brown - Onions should still be slightly firm
Remove & Enjoy!!!!

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Stuffed Zucchini
Cut a Zucchini into 4 pieces (Longways & then in half)
Scoop out seeds
Scoop out some of the zucchini to create a hull & add the meat to your stuffing

The Stuffing
Goya Mexican Yellow Rice (it has chicken seasoning, bits of corn, red & green pepper in it)
Cook according to directions
Cook Ground Chicken (I love to put Tastefully Simple Onion Onion & Garlic Garlic in it to make it Awesome)
Mexican Green Pepper (looks like a LARGE Jalapeno but its Med Heat) diced
Yellow Onion Diced
Toss pepper & onion in precooked Chicken
Add Sour Cream & the precooked Rice & mix together

Scoop the Chicken & Rice mix and fill the Zucchini
Top with Taco Cheese
Bake in the oven for about 15-20 min on 350
The Cheese should be a tad crispy
SERVE!!!

I hope everyone had a great Summer. I know I am sad to see it going but that is Maine for ya.
If anyone has any other great recipes from their summer garden post a reply & let us know.
If you don't have any but would like to look some up, this site is pretty handy http://basic-recipes.com/veget/index.htm