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Garden Eating

July 8, 2013 by christine

Mondays are tough enough, but even worse coming back from a week long vacation of fun. And it’s been tough getting back into normal eating mode after a lot of fabulous eats, but not having much in the kitchen and not feeling like grocery shopping helps. We have a build up veggies from the garden that piled up last week, so I’ve been trying to use them up starting with this white cucumber from a very active plant.

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White cucumbers are sweeter with less bitter skin compared to green cucumbers, so I decided to try spiral slicing it for an interesting salad with corn, chopped apple, avocado dill dressing, and hemp seeds.

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The salad came out very good and the creamy dill dressing was perfect with the chilled cucumber “noodles”. But next time I might peel the cucumber before spiral slicing because the skin was a little tough even after spiral slicing.

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Since we didn’t do a traditional 4th of July BBQ this year, we decided to have one last night using more veggies from the garden – corn, eggplant, and a mutant zucchini.

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The pups watched us intently waiting for one of us to make a mess on the floor, it’s usually not long with me.

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I sliced the zucchini into 1/2″ slices and seasoned with a little olive oil, Trader Joe’s 21 Seasoning Salute, salt, and pepper for the grill.

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And I experimented with a new pressure cooker baked bean recipe.

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While hubby got creative seasoning the eggplant slices with oil, balsamic vinegar, lemon pepper seasoning, garlic powder, and salt.

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And handled all the grilling.

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We had a grilled vegan 4th of July feast that was very filling.

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The pressure cooker beans came out good, my elaborate sauce involved putting dates and an apple in the Vitamix, but it still needs a little tweaking. The eggplant came out wonderfully with a hearty texture that was not spongy or soggy and nice amount of flavor grilled in from the balsamic and seasonings. The zucchini was also great with a soft, but firm, texture and nicely distributed flavor.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: apple, avocado, corn, cucumber, hemp seeds, salad, zucchini

Comments

  1. Jennifer says

    July 9, 2013 at 6:27 am

    I haven’t seen white cucumbers around here! I wish I have! I would try them! After next Monday (payday) I hope to go to Wegmans and look for some more interesting produce. I have had some luck at my tiny farmers market but it’s usually 1 or 2 things a week and GREENS which is good but I am left wanting more! LOL

    Everything looks awesome as usual! LOVE the grilling pics, too! The pups are always CUTE :) Because of the Holiday it was like we had 4 Monday’s in like a week, didn’t it? teehee

    I’ll be posting several times today as well. Glad I finally got a lot of my stuff posted yesterday, too! 4 posts yesterday, tho! I will have at least 2 today, too! I think you will really like my Tomato Tahini Sauce!

  2. Heather @Gluten-Free Cat says

    July 10, 2013 at 4:31 am

    I’ve never even seen a white cucumber before! I love putting cukes in my smoothies for extra hydration. I bet those white ones would be perfect! Love your grilled 4th of July! Right up my alley. :)

    Heather

Hello! I'm Christine, an IT Professional in Northern California. I'm also passionate about a healthy, plant based lifestyle, running, fitness, and being eco-friendly. 40 (ack!), married, with furkids. Read More…

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