Thursday, August 27, 2009

What to make when veggies attack

Every summer that I can remember, my mother has had a vegetable garden. And every summer that I can remember, she ends up with the inevitable mountain of squash and tomatoes.... we used to actually keep count of the cherry tomatoes throughout the summer, in the order of hundreds. Now that I have my own yard I grow an herb garden every year, but I don't have enough space for a veggie garden. So this year I joined a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), where for an obscene membership fee, we get an equally obscene amount of locally grown organic produce each week.

Since the veggie takeover has started at my own house, I've been bugging my mom for good recipes for hacking away at the mountain, so she shared her recipe for Garden Vegetable Casserole. Its a tasty way to use excess produce and fresh summer herbs, and it's hearty enough to stand alone as an entree. It's a flexible recipe, so tweak it for whatever herbs and veggies you have this week. If you don't love this one, then you deserve to lose the battle against the veggies.