Zucchini Quinotto (Zucchini with Quinoa and parmesan cheese)

Joe and I like shredded zucchini and Parmesan cheese baked.  I saw this recipe in Melissa's Run Fast, Eat Slow book and wanted to try it.  It is like a macaroni and cheese substitute.   It would be easier to just make the zucchini, Parmesan cheese shredded yummy dish.

Zucchini Quinotto aka Zucchini with quinoa

3 cups broth
2 Tbsp. butter
1 onion, diced
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cups quinoa, rinsed and drained well
1/2 cup dry white wine
4 zucchinis, grated
1 bulb roasted garlic
1 cup parmesan cheese
grated zest of a lemon
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
1/4 tsp ground pepper
6 fresh basil leaves, thinly sliced

1.  Bring broth to a simmer, turn off heat and cover.
2.  Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat.  Add the onion and salt and cook until soft but not brown.
3.  Add the qquinoa and cook und toasted.   The grains will start to crackle.  Add the wine and stir until most of the moisture evaporates.
4.  Ladle 1 cup of the broth over the quinoa, add the zucchini and garlic, and stir until the zucchini softens, 5 to 10 minutes.
5.  Reduce the heat to low.  Once the moisture from the zucchini evaporates, continue adding 1/2 cup of the broth at a time, until the quinoa is cooked through, about 10 minutes.  You'll know it's ready when the individual grains open, exposing a tiny tail.   Depending on how much moisture your zucchini releases, you may not need all the broth.
6.  Add the Parmesan, lemon zest and juice, and pepper and stir to combine.  Once the cheese melts, taste and add more salt and pepper, if needed.
7.  Serve immediately topped with fresh basil.

Piroska's Cookbook Photos from Budapest

Broccoli recipes

Roasted broccoli salad with pine nuts and, dried fruit and feta

4 cups broccoli florets
1 cup raw pine nuts
2 Tbsp. coconut oil or avocado oil
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 tsp. salt
ground pepper
1/2 cup dried cherries or raisins, etc.
4 oz. feta cheese, crumbled

Dressing:  4 Tbsp. red wine vinegar, 4 Tbsp. olive oil, 1 clove garlic minced, 1/4 ground nutmeg, 1/4 tsp. ground pepper

Preheat oven to 425 F.  In a large mixing powl, toss broccoli, pine nuts, oil, oregano, salt and pepper. Spread in an even layer on a foil-lined baking sheet   Roast for 10-15 minutes, or until broccoli and pine nuts begin to brown,  Transfer to a large bowl and cool for 10 minutes.   Stir in cherries and feta cheese.

In a small bowl, whisk together vinegar, olive oil, garlic, nutmeg and pepper.   Add to broccoli mixture and toss to combine.  Chill in fridge for 2 hours prior to serving.  Makes 6 servings.

Spinach recipes I want to save

This one is from the Williams-Sonoma Cookbook called Vegetables.  I made this for Thanksgiving once and it was really good. 

2 lbs. spinach, 1/4 cup pine nuts (or almonds), 1/4 cup raisins, 1 yellow onion finely chopped, 1 or 2 cloves chopped garlic, 2 Tbsp. olive oil, salt and pepper

Put the 1/4 cup raisins in a small bowl and add boiling water to cover.  Leave the raisins to plump for about 10 minutes.  Drain and set aside.

Meanwhile, toast the pine nuts by heating them gently in a dry small, heavy frying pan over medium heat, tossing them every so often as they become golden and fragrant, 2-4 minutes.  Watch the pine nuts closely, as they burn easily.  When toasted, immediately pour onto a plate.

In a frying pan, heat the olive oil over medium heat.  Add the onion and saute lightly until golden, 5-8 minutes.  Add the garlic and saute for 1 minutes longer.   Remove the pan from the heat and set aside.

Put the spinach with just the rinsing water clinging to the leaves in a saucepan over medium-high heat, cover, and cook until the spinach is bright green and wilted, 1-2 minutes.   Remove from the heat and drain well.  When the spinach is cool enought to handle, chop it coarsely.

Add the spinach, drained raisins, and pine nuts to the onion and garlic in the frying pan and return to medium heat.  Stir until the spinach and onion are heated through, 1-2 minutes.   Season to taste with salt and pepper.  Serve hot or a room temperature.



Spinach with garam masala

Easy Palak Paneer (use tofu instead of paneer) 

If you have spinach make Spanakopita

Spanakopita


2 lb. fresh spinach
1 lb. filo
2 to 7 eggs
1/2 lb. Feta cheese or 1/2 lb. cottage cheee
green onions chopped or 1 yellow onion sauted in olive oil with garlic
sal and pepper
oregano
butter

wash the spinach and wilt the spinach in a skillet.

Beat the eggs, crumble the feta cheese, and mix together.  Add to the spinach.  Add onions.  Season the mixture with ground pepper, etc.

9 by 13 inch casserole.  Buttered.  Melt butter to brush between each layer of filo.  Do this until you only have two or three pastry sheets left.  Pour in the filling

Bake in a 375 degree oven for 50 minutes.

Recipes for household cleaners!

These are from the Dublin San Ramon Services District

Window Cleaner

Use equal amounts of vinegar and water in a pump spray bottle.  Spray glass and dry with paper towels.  To remove streaks after drying, wipe with newspaper.

Furniture Polish

Apply olive oil or almond oil and rub in.  Allow to stand several hours, then polish with soft, dry cloth.

Recipe for Copper Cleaner
Use a lemon juice and salt mixure with a scrubbing pad.

Recipe for Chrome Cleaner
Use vinegar and wipe dry.  To remove soap scum, clean with baby oil.

Recipe for Drain Cleaner
Prevention:  use a drain trap to catch food and hair.  Collect cooking grease in a can.

Pour 1/2 cup baking soda down drain,  followed by 1/2 cup vinegar.  Cover drain.  Allow to stand 15 minutes, then flush with 2 quarts boiling water.

Recipe for Toilet bowl cleaner
Sprinkle baking soda into toilet and scrub.

Recipe for Stain remover
1 part glycerin
1 part liquid dishwashing detergent
8 parts water

Test on unexposed area of fabric first.   Apply to stain as soon as possible and blot with a cloth.  Shake well before each use.  Store in a plastic squeeze bottle.

Recipe for tub and tile cleaner
Use baking soda and scrub with a scrubbing pad.  Or sprinkle baking soda on a wet sponge and add vinegar on top.

recipe for oven cleaner
Prevention:  place a sheet of aluminum foil underneath heating element to catch spills.

To cleaner:  scrub with baking soda and water, using a copper scrubber and lots of elbow grease
or
wet spill and sprinkle with salt while your oven is warm.  Scrape away spill and wash with soap and water.
or
spray on a mixture of 1 quart warm water, 2 teaspoons borax, 2 teaspoons liquid soap, wait 20 minutes, then clean.
DO NOT use baking soda on heating elements or wiring.
DO NOT use abrasive materials on self-cleaning ovens.

Beets Salad recipe from Sabine

Rote-Bete-Tatar mit oder ohne Lachs

800 g Rote Bete
Salz
1 Zweibel
2 Aepfel (z. B. Braeburn)
1/2 Bund Dill
6 El Oel (z. B. Nussoel)
2 El Zitronensaft
3 El Walnusskerne
3 El Wildpreiselbeeren (aus dem Glas)
Pfeffer



4 Lachsfilets
4 Zweige Rosmarin

Clean the beets, boil them in lemon or salt water 30 to 40 minutes.  Cool then peel.
Chop the onions, peel and chop the apples.

Roast the walnuts in a pan, cool and chop.

Use the oil to fry the Lachs for 3 minutes.  Put the Rosemary sprigs in the pan too.

Apples, celery stalks, shallot, lemon juice from 1 lemon, chopped beets, walnuts, olive oil, salt and pepper,