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Garden Recipes

Creamy Garden Soup
6 medium zucchini or squash, peeled and diced
2 C. water
1 Large Onion (red or yellow)
1 quart Half and Half
5 cubes Chicken bullion
Season Salt to taste
1-2 tsp Lemon Pepper

Boil zucchini in water. Drain and puree in blender once tender. Saute onion, add to blender and puree. Add spices, cream, and warm.
*Can be frozen and goes great served with French bread and topped with French fried onions,cheese, or fresh tomatoes.

To-Die-For Zucchini Brownies
2 C. Flour
1 C. Sugar
1 tsp. Salt
1 ½ tsp. Soda
¼ C. Cocoa
2 tsp. Vanilla
½ C. Oil
2 C. Grated Zucchini

Mix dry ingredients first, then add vanilla, oil and zucchini. Bake in a greased 9 x 13 pan at 350 degrees for 30-35 mins. Serve with chocolate glaze.

Chocolate Glaze
½ C. Butter
1/3 C. Cocoa
2 tsp. Vanilla
½ C. Milk
1 lb. powdered sugar

Boil butter, cocoa, and milk slowly for 1 minute. Remove from heat. Add vanilla and powdered sugar. If sugar isn’t blending easily- put in blender. Let glaze cool then pour glaze on before serving. Great cold or warm.

Poppyseed Dressing
2/3 C. White Vinegar
1 C. Canola Oil
1 ¼ C. Sugar
2 tsp. Salt
2 tsp. Mustard
1 bunch of chopped green onions or ½ red onion
2 tsp. Poppyseed

Put in blender for 5 minutes or until well blended, then add poppyseed. This is a sweet dressing, great on spinach salads.

Green Bean Salad with Salsa Dressing
1lb. Green Beans
1 bunch frisee or escarole, torn into bite-size pieces
¼ red onion thinly sliced
¾ cup Salsa (homemade or jarred)
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
Salt
½ Cup sliced almonds, toasted
¾ C. crumbled goat cheese, feta or blue cheese

In a small pot of boiling, salted water, cook the green beans until crisp-tender, about 2 minutes; drain and rinse under cold water. In a large serving bowl, combine the frisee, onion, green beans, salsa and olive oil; season with salt. Scatter the toasted almonds and goat cheese on top.
*Soak the onion in ice-cold water for 15 minutes to mellow the flavor.

Zucchini Nut Bread
Serves 2 loaves
3 eggs
1 C. oil
2 C. sugar
2 C. grated zucchini
3 tsp. vanilla
3 C. flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
3 tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. baking powder
1 C. chopped nuts

Mix all ingredients well. Sprinkle brown sugar across the tops. Bake in 2 greased floured loaf pans for 45 mins to 1 hour or until toothpick comes out clean at 350 degrees.

Submitted by Linda Lewis

Tomato Bruschetta
(This is yummy over garlic toast, grilled chicken, pita chips, pretty much anything!)
2 tomatoes, finely chopped
1/3 c. Kraft Sun-dried tomato vinaigrette dressing
1/2 cheese (any kind works, I love mozzarella)
1/4 c. fresh basil chopped or 1 1/2 tsp. dried basil

Combine ingredients together and let sit for 10-15 min. Then serve.

Roasted Veggies
Broccoli florets
Cauliflower florets
carrots, sliced
zucchini, sliced
summer squash, sliced
onions sliced,
mushrooms, sliced
cheddar, jack or mozzarella, shredded
2 T butter or use cooking spray/oil

Use any combination of veggies. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Steam veggies (except onions and mushrooms) for just 7 min. Saute onions and mushrooms in butter place steamed vegetables in a casserole dish with sauteed veggies on top. Sprinkle cheese over top and bake in oven for 15 min.

Submitted by Emily Holden

Other Delicious Recipes

Messy Mandy's / Sloppy Joe's
1 lb ground beef
1 bell pepper
1 small yellow onion
1 bunch green onions
1 tsp crushed garlic (1/2 clove)
about 5 dashes of parsley
1/3 cup ketchup
2 tbsp mustard
1 tbsp brown sugar
1/2 tbsp worchestershire sauce
Hamburger buns...

Chop the veggies. Brown the meat. Add the veggies (bell pepper, onion, green onion, garlic, & parsley) to the meat and cook til onion is translucent. Add the sauce ingredients (ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, & wor. sauce) and cook until bubbly. Spoon onto buns and serve with chips and pickles!

Submitted by Amanda Sewell

Cream cheese filled strawberries
2-3 lbs Fresh Strawberries
8 oz cream cheese (softened)
1/2 C powdered sugar
1 t almond extract

Wash and pat dry strawberries. Cut an X at the tip of each strawberry. Beat the cream cheese, powdered sugar, and almond extract together. Place in a pastry bag with a decorator tip. Inject the cream0chease filling into the slits of each strawberry.

Or just serve the cream cheese as a dip for strawberries and other fruits like pineapple.

Submitted by Becca Christenson