I love it when there is something wonderful ready to harvest from the garden. If we aren’t growing it, then there are farm fields all around me and a couple of fabulous farmers markets, so there is always something fresh to choose from
We have some of the most wonderful vine ripened tomatoes and they taste soooooooooo good. Perfect for my all time favorite summer salad.
Cucumber Salad
This is such an easy chop salad. I’ve already peeled one of the cucumbers and washed the tomatoes.
Next, I just slice up everything in rather thin slices.
Then just arrange in layers of onion, tomato and cucumber – repeat until the dish is full.
I use bottle dressing, but making your own is really easy too.
Cover everything liberally with dressing. Place plastic wrap over the top, put in fridge to marinate for a couple of hours, then serve. This is such a great cool salad and perfect with any main dish. My favorite is to BBQ a steak, roast some corn on the cob and a generous serving of the salad.
Our garden has kept us and most of our neighbors well stocked in tomatoes.
Stuffed Baked Zucchini
Slice two zucchini in half length wise, and scoop out the seeds and pulp, leaving about a 1/4 inch boat.
Sautee some onions in oil – –
add 1 lb of ground beef and season with garlic salt. Brown well – – –
use one small can of tomato sauce and some italian seasoning —
put them in the meat mixture ( I used about a tablespoon of italian seasoing ) and cook for a couple of minutes to incorporate the seasoning flavors.
Take off the stove and add a small handful of shredded cheese. I used a jack/colby mixture.
place into casserole dish and spoon meat mixture into the zucchini boats. Add approx 1/2 cup water to bottom dish.
top with mozzarella cheese slices. Cover with foil and bake at 350 for approx 30 minutes until the zucchini is tender.
Enjoy. This makes a fabulous main dish. I serve with a tossed salad and some garlic bread. One of my family favorites.
So if you have a garden, cook up something wonderful with all those veggies. If not, be sure to visit the farmer’s market this time of year. Homegrown, fresh out of the garden tastes so good.
