Introducing – Sustainable Saturdays!

New Cheep Cheeps and
An Abundance of Zucchinis

We have new baby chicks!

A couple weeks ago, Delia began nesting.  She had only just begun to lay eggs and all of a sudden she was feeling broody – really??  I thought she had to be out of her damn mind.  There wasn't anything in those eggs.

Au contraire.  I was wrong   We have two new baby chicks just hatched on Monday!  They are tiny and fluffy.  One is all black while the other is a mishmash of black and brown.  Uber cute!  Here's hoping they're little girls.  If they turn out to be roosters, we're screwed.  We can't even get rid of the asshole rooster we already have.

So, I probably went a little overboard this year on the number of plants I planted in the garden for me and Andrew.

There are only so many vegetables two people can eat before they go bad :O

One night recently we had Zuchinni Parmagiana.  Ok, so it sounds a little weird, right?  But the thing is I don't want to waste any of our veggies.  They're good for us and well, it's wasteful to grow them only to throw them in the compost heap.  So I thought what they hey?

DELICIOUS.

I split one of our giant zucchinis in half.  I spread a layer of spaghetti sauce, a mix of Italian cheeses, some Italian seasoning.  Then, because I love sauce and cheese maybe a little TOO much, I did a second layer.  On top, I dumped some bread crumbs, then drizzled some melted butter.

Pop it in the oven until bubbly and brown – and dear gods, was it delicious.

Then, a few nights later, we had Zucchini Enchiladas.  Whoa, buddy, were they even BETTER.

Chop up some bell peppers, serrano peppers, onion, and garlic.  Sautee with chopped zucchini  in a skillet, adding lime juice and chili powder.  Wrap said mixture in tortillas.  Put the tortillas side-by-side in a baking dish.  Instead of enchilada sauce, I topped with cheese sauce and baked until the cheese was bubbly.

Yum.

I never did like experimenting with food.  But I'm slowly learning that it's fun, and we're finding recipes we LOVE that we never expected to like.

There is no limit to what you can do with Zucchinis.  I'm planning on tackling Zucchini Soup, soon!