Peach Raspberry Buckle

Ingredients:
fresh peaches
fresh raspberries
buttermilk

Source:
Joy of Cooking

Comments: Soooo good, especially fresh out of the oven. Added little lemon zest to the topping with great results. Can't wait to pick more peaches and make another batch!

Raspberry Turnovers

Ingredients:
puff pastry
fresh raspberries
raspberry jam

Source:
Kidding Around Blog, http://www.kidding-around.net/2006/06/06/raspberry-turnovers/

Oatmeal White Chocolate Apricot Cookies

Ingredients:
oatmeal
white chocolate chips
dried apricots

Source:
Great American Cookie Book, pg 350

Comments: Burned around the edges when cooked for 8 minutes. Better when cooked for six.

Chocolate Cherry Cookies

Ingredients:
cocoa powder
chocolate chips (or chunks)
dried cherries (or cranberries)

Source:
The Great American Cookie Book, pg 356

Comments: Wicked easy. Cookies made with my cookie scooper, cooked for about 10 minutes.

Eggplant Casserole

Ingredients:

eggplant

white beans

garlic

fresh rosemary

lemon zest

parmesan cheese

Recipe source:

The Minimalist Cooks at Home, pg 220

Comments: Fast and easy with ingredients that we nearly always have on hand....when we have an eggplant. A delicious use of eggplant!

Recipes We Can Always Cook

From Moosewood Simple Suppers:
Pasta with Olives Piquant (pg 19)
Fettuccine with Walnut Pesto (pg 25)
Veggie Western Omelet (pg 76)
College Town Eggs (pg 77)
Huevos Rancheros (pg 79)

Other:
Pasta with Peas and Onions
Pasta with Pesto
Pasta with Tomato Sauce (and Peppers and/or Peas and/or Onions)

Grilled chicken with lemon and oregano

Ingredients:
chicken breasts
olive oil
lemon juice
garlic
oregano (fresh)

Recipe source:
Binder

We marinate the chicken breasts in the other ingredients before grilling (on the barbecue); the chicken really takes up the flavor of the fresh oregano (choose your pronunciation!), and we grill a few lemon slices for serving, too.

Swiss Chard

Ingredients:
Swiss chard
pine nuts
raisins (golden)
garlic
olive oil
balsamic vinegar

Recipe source:
Everyday Food, October

We haven't eaten Swiss chard too often, and this was a tasty in-season recipe with fresh chard from Busa Farm. you need to cut up the stalks and cook them for longer (even though we cooked them for the full amount of time, they were still a little chewy: more water might help). The balsamic vinegar, which goes in right at the end, was an excellent addition.

Spicy Sausage in Tomato Stew

Ingredients:
Italian sausage
onion
canned tomatoes
garlic
dry white wine
cumin
bay leaf
cilantro (fresh)

Recipe Source:
Irish Farmers' Market Cookbook, pg 73

This is a something of a variation on the previous recipe, though from a completely different source, and we thought that it was even tastier: the tomatoes and the various spices/herbs are a delicious combination. We tried it with sweet Italian sausage; spicy would probably be great, too.

We ate it with polenta fritters and crusty bread; the recipe also suggested potatoes.

Sausage and Peppers with Crispy Polenta

Ingredients:
Italian sausage
onions
red bell peppers
garlic
dry white wine
thyme (fresh, though dried works okay)
cooked polenta

This is a great recipe: you cook everything except the polenta in the pan and then throw it in the oven for 15 minutes to roast, with a wonderful sauce developing during cooking. The polenta is cooked separately in the pan, and soaks up the juices. The thyme really comes out in the flavour. It's a pretty fast recipe but the end result is very impressive; with crusty bread it's even better.

Source:
Real Simple, February 2008, p. 218

Multigrain Pasta with Sweet Potatoes and Leeks

Ingredients:
multigrain penne
leeks
garlic
sage
sweet potatoes
Parmesan
nutmeg

This was a pretty quick after-work meal, with an unusual set of ingredients. We found the end result a little dry, perhaps because we accidentally used more pasta than prescribed by the recipe, and we might try to tweak things next time. The sage smelled wonderful when added to the pan, but it wasn't as obvious in the final result.

Source:
Real Simple, February 2008, p. 212

Classic Lasagna

Ingredients:
lasagna sheets
ground/minced beef
ground Italian sausage
oregano
thyme
basil
tomato sauce
ricotta cheese
eggs
Parmesan
mozzarella

This is an excellent simplification of the lasagna recipe. The shortcuts don't compromise the taste, but make the dish much less time-consuming than in other incarnations. It was surprisingly easy to prepare and assemble and got the thumbs up from our guests - and from us!

The original recipe suggested a can of mushrooms; we might suggest zucchini instead.

Source: Allrecipes.com

Squash Moussaka

Ingredients:
squash (zucchini/summer squash is our usual mix)
onion
garlic
tomatoes (canned)
tomato puree

Topping ingredients:
eggs
milk
crème fraîche (sour cream works, too)
feta
nutmeg

The first group of ingredients are cooked in the pan and then topped with the latter group prior to baking. This is a really top-notch veggie dinner.

Source: Family Organic Cookbook, p. 108

Breaded Pork Chops

Ingredients:
pork chops
egg
breadcrumbs

Dip the chops in egg and coat with breadcrumbs, then pan fry.

Comments: These are a staple, extremely tasty and very versatile (serve with sweet potatoes and sauteed spinach, or mash and peas, etc.).

Butternut Squash Soup

Ingredients:
butternut squash (1 large)
carrots
onions
chicken stock
two teaspoons ginger
pinch nutmeg

Chop squash and cook in stock with other ingredients, then blend.

Source: a mishmash of various ideas, mostly from Gareth's head.

Comments: Very simple, maybe try with a little more ginger.