17.7.11

Betty Crocker Moment


One of my favorite things about summer is that my dad grows a full out garden in our backyard. He plants everything. Corn, Watermelon, Cantelope, Pumpkins, 3 kinds of squash, Zucchini, Peppers, Green Beans, Eggplant, Potatoes and Cucumbers, just to name a few. Every day after work, my dad is out in his little veggie garden, watering, weeding and tending to his plants. He puts a lot of hours into it, and gets really annoyed when silly animals like woodchucks sneak under the fence and eat his plants. (It's been war in our yard for the last three weeks-not uncommon for dad to randomly come slinking down the hall with his shot gun because the woodchuck is back...he hasn't gotten him yet, though.)

 I like to putt around with him on the cooler nights and ask obnoxious questions about what plants are what and how to harvest them and when will the cucumbers will start growing. Dad usually responds by squirting me with the garden hose. 

This weekend was the first harvest of his garden! He came in carrying three beautiful Zucchini's and we decided to celebrate by frying them up! THEY WERE AMAZING! And I didn't even feel guilty about eating so much because it was a veggie after all. 

anyway, here is how we made them:


Fresh Zucchini, cut in slices and in chips:


We took the zucchini and dipped them in egg before rolling them in the corn meal and seasoning (we used rosemary and thyme) mixture.


Dad used his turkey fryer in the yard because it was too hot to do this in the kitchen. But, on cooler summer days, this can be done with veggie oil heated to 250 degrees.


Waaalaaa! Fried Zucchini! They take maybe two minutes tops! We decided we liked the chips better then the strips because they were thinner and not as mushy:


We ate them with a little extra salt and some ranch to dip them in.


nom nom nom.


I've been dabbling a lot in the kitchen this summer and I decided I would blog a little more about it because it's fun and I like sharing these things and learning too.

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