OK. When I started this blog I promised that I would be blogging about some of my favorite garden recipes throughout the summer. Well, now it’s September and I still haven’t done it yet. So here are my excuses:
1. I’ve been too busy cooking to blog about it.
2. The garden is late this year due to cool and cloudy weather.
3. Did I mention that the garden was late this year?
With that said, here are a couple of dishes I made from the garden last night:
Baked Sweet Dumpling Squash
This barely qualifies as cooking, but nonetheless it is delicious. I rinsed off the squash, cut it in half, scooped out the seeds, and placed the two halves cut side down on a foil-lined cookie sheet. I then baked the squash at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 40 minutes. This is my favorite way to bake squash.
Bell's Oberon Beer Battered Zucchini Fritters
Now this dish is my new twist on the classic zucchini fritters. I washed and sliced one medium zucchini. Next, I mixed 1/4 cup buttermilk and 1/4 cup of Bell’s Oberon beer (support Michigan breweries!) with 1 egg white in a small bowl with a whisk. I then dipped the slices in flour, then dipped them in the beer batter, then dipped them into the flour again, and then in to a frying pan with canola oil. I fried them until both sides were golden and then sprinkled them with salt. This dish was VERY popular with my husband, and I promised him I wouldn’t divulge how many of these he ate!
