One Pot Mexican Rice Casserole

Sunday dinner last night with the whole fam, my favorite part of the week!  Made this along with some other things, which will show up later.  It was easy and yummy!  I served it as a side dish but I was thinking that you could add some meat to it and it could be dinner.  … Continue reading

Zucchini and Ricotta Mini Frittatas

We had a bridal shower here on Saturday for our dear friend Marlene who is getting married this month.  This was one of the yummies that I made for the shower.  The recipe comes from “My Recipes” and it was so good that I made it again for dinner last night! 1 tablespoon olive oil … Continue reading

Loaded Pesto Pasta Salad

I’m not the world’s greatest gardener but this year my basil has exploded!  Take a look: So as you might imagine, there has been a lot of pesto around here lately.  I really like to eat it cold so the other night I threw together this pasta salad.  Enjoy! 1 recipe Fresh Basil Pesto (found … Continue reading

Mini Chocolate Zucchini Cakes

Here’s the other dessert that I made for the Laurel Tribute, gotta have a chocolate option for the girls (I just didn’t tell them there was zucchini in their chocolate!).  The recipe comes from a blog called “Very Culinary”.  These were also delic! 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted and cooled 1 cup sugar 1/2 … Continue reading

Cheesy Baked Penne with Vegetables

I always want to try new recipes and I also don’t want to feed people something that they’ve already had at my house before so last night I decided to try out a couple of casserole recipes for the gang and this was the first.  The recipe is from “My Recipes” and it was very … Continue reading

Grilled Vegetable Pesto Pasta Salad

Courtney and Jaren came over for dinner last night so in my quest to still take advantage of all the yummies from our garden that is slowly starting to wind down, I made Balsamic Bruschetta and this oh so good pasta salad.  It comes from “My Recipes” and was yummy and easy to make, especially … Continue reading

Frosted Zucchini Brownies

And the last of the zucchini creations from yesterday’s bake off.  Mine came out with more of a cake like texture than brownies, haven’t tried these yet either but I might have to break down and have one for breakfast.  Half of these made their way to a friend’s house for her bday last night … Continue reading

Pina Colada Zucchini Bread

Next up from the Saturday baking extravaganza is this bread which made 2 loaves, it smells so good!  Haven’t tried this one yet either.  Both these loaves are on their way to some neighbor’s houses after church today.  This recipe also comes from “Creations by Kara”, apparently she was on a zucchini kick just like … Continue reading

Oatmeal Cinnamon Zucchini Muffins

Yesterday was baking day for me, trying to put all that zucchini from our garden to good use so first up were these muffins which are going to be on their way to the Young Women at church today.  I haven’t tried one yet, trying to decide if I want to wait and eat one … Continue reading