I needed to use the last zucchini that I bought from the Farmer’s Market but not necessarily as a vegetable side dish for meat entrée. I felt like making a one-pot meal so I decided to incorporate the zucchini with a box of penne. A delicious Baked Penne With Bacon, Chicken & Zucchini was my masterpiece .
INGREDIENTS:
a box of penne, cook al dente
5 pieces of bacon, sliced in small pieces
2 boneless chicken breasts, cubed
3 cloves of garlic, chopped finely
1 sm can of cream of mushroom soup
1 cup of water
1 large zucchini, cubed
sprinkle of salt
sprinkle of black pepper
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Zucchini is everywhere this time of year, so even if you don’t grow it in your own garden, your friend or neighbor probably does. You can get zucchini for low or no cost from family and friends or even at your local farmer’s market this time of year.

What can you do with all that zucchini?

Freeze it for later. I shred my zucchini, then freeze it in containers already measured out for my favorite recipes.
Make zucchini bread or muffins.
My sister gave me a recipe last year for a zucchini cobbler last year that’s fabulous!
One of my favorite things to make with …read more

This is a simple recipe from Irene Kuo’s classic The Key to Chinese Cooking. It’s a procedure I’ve adapted to many types of veggies. You can do one type of green veggie or a mix of two or more different kinds. They key;-) is to cut the veggies so they cook in only a couple of minutes. Each veggie is stir-fried independently depending on the speed of cooking, for instance, if you had green beans and carrots cut to cook at the same time, you can stir-fry them together.
To make this, you need
1 pound …read more