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Showing posts with label zucchini. Show all posts
Showing posts with label zucchini. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Pinterest Week Continues...

And the Pinterest fun continues...

Tuesday's Pinterest Feast:
Lemon Rosemary Basil Chcken
from:  Tidy Mom




















Sorry about the blurry photos - we were in a hurry to serve up because it smelled so amazing!


The verdict:  Pin It!  
This dish uses chicken tenders in a quick, sweet-tangy, lemony marinade that tenderized the chicken and left the, normally blah tenders with some serious flavor.






Changes that I made:

  • I used 2 Tbsps of olive oil instead of 4
  • I used a bit more lemon juice - cuz my lemons were big and I didn't want to waste the extra couple Tbsps.
  • I used more garlic and rosemary - 4 cloves of garlic instead of 3 and 1 1/2 tsp fresh rosemary from the garden
  • I rushed the marinating a bit.  I think that it would have been even better if I had given it 45 minutes or so.
For the side, I made up a quick zucchini sauté inspired by my time in Italy:
Sauteed zucchini with mint
  • 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
  • 4-5 small zucchini, thinly sliced
  • 1 red pepper, sliced
  • 4-5 large mint leaves, thinly sliced 
  • Olive oil (about 1-2 Tbsp)
1.  Heat oil over medium heat in a non-stick pan.  Add garlic slices and sauté until lightly golden brown and fragrant.  Remove garlic from pan, leaving the flavored oil. Be careful that you do not burn the garlic or you will have to start over with a clean pan because burnt garlic is very bitter.
2.  Add the peppers to the garlic-flavored oil in the pan and sauté until just beginning to soften.
3.  Add zucchini slices to the pan and allow them to lightly brown on one side before turning them over.  Continue to sauté until the zucchini are just past crisp-tender.
4.  Remove to a serving platter.  Sprinkle with coarse salt, and sliced mint.  

If you are really lucky, you have a great friend who brings you finishing oils from New York City and you can drizzle your zucchini with that - and boy was it good!  Thanks Jill!
 

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Bite-Sized Book Club Treats

Friday night was book club night.  I hadn't finished the book - The Finkler Question - Not my favorite...So instead of rushing to finish the book I decided to try out some of my Pinterest pins for snacks.

I got home from school early and headed to the grocery store for the few things I needed for my little bites.  I decided to make one, sort-of healthy, savory bite and one delicious, calories-don't-count-at-book-club treat.  (I'll post about that one tomorrow!) 

For the sort-of-healthy treat, I made Zucchini and Goat Cheese Rollups from Edible Perspective.

Curry-Spiced Zucchini Roll-ups


These were really easy to make and delicious!  I am definitely going to make them again.  Next time I might change up the spice mix a bit - make it more curry powder and a bit less of the garam masala, but that is just my personal taste.







The trickiest part is cutting the ribbons of Zucchini.  If you have a mandolin cutter it might be easier.  I have one, but have had a lot of good luck cutting my fingers and not such good luck cutting my veggies!  OUCH!

Grill the ribbons for a few minutes.  Layer with  a piece of roasted red pepper on one end and goat cheese down the middle and roll up.  



Done!
Follow the link above to find the complete recipe.  

Of course, I cannot end without thanking our veterans - past, present and future - for their service to our nation.  Happy Veteran's Day!

...And...Happy Feasting - Even if it is Bite-sized!  :-)