Vegetables and Fruits

Vegetable recipes

Haricots Verts with Prosciutto

Haricots Verts with Prosciutto

I’m always looking for new ways to make vegetables for my family. I could eat just about any vegetable cooked any way, but I am challenged with getting greens into the kids. I gave these haricots verts with prosciutto a try with the hopes that […]

Cabbage Steaks

Cabbage Steaks

I saw another recipe on Facebook this, this time from Health is Wealth, and knew I had to try it. This one was for cabbage steaks! I thought it needed a bit more garlic than the original recipe called for and also needed less cooking […]

Melon with Thyme and Parmesan

Melon with Thyme and Parmesan

In my household, hardly anyone likes melon. It doesn’t matter if it is watermelon, cantaloupe, honey dew or some other kind of melon, they just don’t like it. I, for the life of me, don’t get it. Certainly I can understand why people say they […]

Roasted Okra and Tomatoes

Roasted Okra and Tomatoes

Like a true Southerner, I love okra! A friend of mine (other than Melissa) has a beautiful garden. The other day, she gave me a bunch of okra and tomatoes. She had told me that she recently made stewed okra and tomatoes for her husband and […]

Sauteed Baby Squash

Sauteed Baby Squash

I did it! I finally “pulled a Melissa”! If you have been following our blog for a while, you know that I try to limit the trips to the store that I make in any given week and have a “weekly menu” set for my […]

Roasted Edamame

Roasted Edamame

A while ago, we gave you a recipe for Roasted Chickpeas, which was VERY well received. Out of the blue a few weeks ago, my husband asked if I could make roasted edamame the way I make the chickpeas. After I got over my initial shock […]

Baked Zucchini Fries

Baked Zucchini Fries

Denise made zucchini crisps some time back, but it is summertime now and zucchini is at its peak for the coming months. My zucchini plants are starting to produce some fruit and I can’t wait to make the baked zucchini fries. Ok, so they are […]