After a very bountiful visit to the local farmers market I was thinking of ideas for a vegetable gratin and came up with this dish. It is light tasting and very filling! For the basil I used Thai basil, regular is fine. It just happens that I have a prolific Thai plant in my garden!… Continue reading Potato Gratin
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Meals and whatnot.
A Lazy Dinner
Last week I was looking for a quick dinner and did a cupboard sweep and in 30 minutes we had a filling dinner. Doctored Up Spaghetti Ingredients: 13.25 ounce package multigrain angel hair or spaghetti 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil i sweet onion, peeled and diced 24 ounce jar marinara sauce 4 ounce jar… Continue reading A Lazy Dinner
Baked Apple Oatmeal
We actually had this for a light dinner (well half the batch!) and I served it with a small banana sliced on each plate with salted caramel sauce drizzled on top. Baked Apple Oatmeal Ingredients: • 3 cups old-fashioned oats • ½ cup dark brown sugar, packed • ¾ cup raisins • 2 tsp cinnamon • 2… Continue reading Baked Apple Oatmeal
Zucchini and Pasta
Last weekend I found some nice baby zucchini at the local farmers market and made it into this quick dinner. Zucchini and Pasta Ingredients: 13.25 ounce package multigrain spaghetti 6 small zucchini (about 2 lbs), trimmed and cut into sticks ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil, divided 1 Tbsp roasted garlic (jarred) 1 tsp dried… Continue reading Zucchini and Pasta