My Zucchini Soup Recipe

Here's another one I made up myself:

Creamy Zucchini Soup

25 min | 10 min prep

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Got some extra zucchini to use up? Here's an easy, healthy, and delicious soup recipe I just concocted. I've made it both with cream or with regular milk, both turn out yummy.

SERVES 4 , 4 cups

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Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 medium onion
• 2-3 medium zucchini
• 2-3 cups vegetable broth
• 2 tablespoons cream (can substitute milk)

Directions

1. Roughly chop onion and zucchini. Cook onions in oil for 3-4 minutes over medium heat, then add zucchini and cook for another 1-2 minutes.

2. Add enough broth to cover the vegetables and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until the zucchini is soft.

3. Remove from heat and puree the soup in batches.

4. When pureed, return to pot and stir in cream.

5. Add salt and pepper to taste.

My New Chard Recipe

Garlic-Chard Stuffed Acorn Squash With Gruyere Cheese

55 min | 10 min prep

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Here's one I made up myself! This is a great way to use up leftover cooked chard, and a good way to make squash savory instead of sweet. Plus, it only has a few ingredients and is quite easy! Delicious!

SERVES 2 -4

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Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 bunch chard leaves
• 2 garlic cloves (more if you like!)
• 1 medium acorn squash
• 1/4 cup shredded gruyere cheese

Directions

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees.

2. Cut the acorn squash in half length wise (a big knife works best -- be careful!), and scoop out seeds.

3. Place squash cut side down in a baking dish, add a small amount of water (about 1/4 cup), cover with tin foil and place in oven. Cook 30 - 40 minutes, or until very tender when pierced with a fork.

4. Meanwhile, wash, de-stem and chop chard & finely chop or press garlic.

5. Heat oil over medium-high heat in large pan - add garlic and cook for 1-2 minutes.

6. Add chard and saute until reduced in size and wilted, about 5-7 minutes.

7. When the squash is tender, remove from the oven and fill each cavity with sauteed chard. Mix in shredded gruyere with chard.

8. Place filled squash back in oven for a few minutes, just enough to melt the cheese.

Balsamic Chicken & Israeli Couscous w/ Spinach & Lemon

This week, for Shabbat dinner, I made Balsamic Chicken, found here: http://www.recipezaar.com/Balsamic-Chicken-With-Garlic-Couscous-90485. I used the same amount of marinade for only two chicken breasts, and reduced the sugar to only 1 tablespoon.

Instead of the garlic couscous listed, I made: http://www.recipezaar.com/Spinach-and-Onion-Couscous-80667. I used Israeli couscous in lieu of regular and a bunch of fresh spinach instead of frozen, and omitted the cheese & pecans (although, truthfully, I only left out the pecans because I "toasted" them a little too much!).

The two went quite well together, and I also served roasted yukon gold potatoes with red onions, parsley, tossed in olive oil, kosher salt and black pepper. Yum!

Tonight I made corn, leftover squash casserole, and salad of roasted beets, pecans, goat cheese, apple slices, and golden raisins, with a raspberry vinegrette.

Summer Squash Casserole

Last night we had yellow summer squash casserole (found here: http://www.recipezaar.com/13481) I cut the butter content almost in half, used a candy onion from the farmers market, sharp cheddar cheese and a few extra crackers. I served it with homemade picked beets, roasted first: http://www.recipezaar.com/72861, then pickled: http://www.recipezaar.com/84141. For the pickling, I used apple cider vinegar, prepared horseradish, lots of grond cloves, and extra sugar -- and they still turned out a little too sour for me, but Andrew likes them. We also had a potato knish from the Brooklyn Deli in Longmont, and a delicious salad with fresh, local lettuce and tomatoes, cucumbers, feta, olives, and avocado. Scrumptious!

Tonight we're having leftover squash casserole and salad, plus fresh corn, and maybe some potatoes -- we'll see what I come up with. . .