Sunday, August 22, 2010

Beginners Luck

The first experiment was inspired from a book called deceptively delicious. The base was a oatmeal cookie. To this recipe banana and zucchini puree were added in place of eggs. Cranberries were also a fantastic addition to this mixture. The cookies, when finished, were a bit reminiscent of zucchini bread but were AMAZING!
Local produce in community vegetable gardens is glorious this month. Zucchini, green beans, and crook neck yellow squash add color to the daily menu.
Color Red: Spaghetti with yellow squash, garlic and fresh basil was another recent culinary success.
Color Black: A delight and Beth's favorite this week, was banana bread with black berries and cauliflower puree! The challenge became guessing what ingredients were in the bread. Healthy food taste so good!
Color Brown: However, the peanut butter cookies were a bit too healthy. It was determined that quartering this recipe's sugar amount was a bit too drastic. The peanut butter bomb however good was "meant to be a cookie and therefore by definition should not be healthy."
Color Green: Bake squash was the inspiration for this dish. After cutting in half and baking an eight ball zucchini, the "guts" were then combined with tomatoes, garlic, onion, green pepper, olives, feta, one egg, fresh dill, salt and pepper. This was then spooned back into the center of the half domes and baked again. Completed it was a coloful DELIGHT!
Taste the colors of the rainbow... well, kinda, sorta.

1 comment:

  1. So... I'm actually going to post these recipes, so we can repeat the successes!!!

    Cookie Base:
    1 Cup whole wheat flour
    1 Cup old fashioned oats
    1 tsp baking soda
    1/2 tsp salt
    1/4 tsp cinnamon
    3/4 cup packed brown sugar
    6 TBSP trans-fat free soft tub margarine spread
    1/2 Cup banana puree
    1/2 Cup zuccini puree
    1 large egg white
    1/2 cup raisins
    1/2 cup chopped walnuts
    *** mix it up, change it up, add some gooood stuff!

    * preheat oven 350 degrees
    * combine flour, oats, baking soda, salt and cinnamon- set aside
    * beat sugar, margarine with wooden spoon; do not overmix. Add bananas and zuccini puree, egg whites- stir to blend
    * add flour mixture, raisins, walnuts
    * bake 12-15 minutes

    Banana Bread!
    3/4 cup whole wheat flour
    1/2 cup all purpose flour
    1/2 tsp baking soda
    1/4 tsp baking powder
    1/2 tsp salt
    1/2 tsp cinnamon
    1/2 cup brown sugar
    1/4 cup canola or veggie oil
    2 large egg whites
    1 1/2 cups banana puree
    1/2 cup cauliflower puree
    1 tsp vanilla

    * preheat oven 350 degrees
    * mix flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon- set aside
    * mix sugar and oil with wooden spoon. Mix in egg, banana, cauliflower and vanilla- add to flour mixture
    * bake 55-60 minutes in large loaf pan (25-30 in small loaf pan)

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