Hearty Ratatouille with Penne Pasta is the best way to enjoy all the garden fresh vegetables available this time of year!We're serving up a hearty dose of LOVE around here today. . . it's been 7 years since our 'Cooking with Ruthie' journey began in this big ole' internet world! Madeliene and I just want to say how much we love it and how grateful we are to have you apart of our … [Read more...]
Zucchini Chocolate Chip Bread
Zucchini Chocolate Chip Bread is a flavorful summer time loaf that's sure to make the whole family very, very happy! Zucchini Chocolate Chip Bread will help use up some of those zucchini that will soon be growing like crazy out in the garden. Or if you don't grow a garden then grab some at your local farmers market this weekend and make up a loaf! Fresh zucchini is so good, … [Read more...]
Charred Zucchini, Chevre, and Kale Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette
*this is a sponsored post by Truvia® and the opinions expressed are genuine and my own :) Charred Zucchini, Chevre, and Kale Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette is a robust combinations of flavor that'll impress the whole family! You'll love our Charred Zucchini, Chevre, and Kale Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette- the charred zucchini, toasted pine nuts, and chevre cheese all cozy on a bed of kale … [Read more...]
Creamy Italian Tortellini Salad
This Creamy Italian Tortellini Salad will be a hit at your next BBQ! We recently were invited to our first bbq. I love this time of year where the weather is warmer, the deck furniture is wiped down and set up, and the smell of the grill working its magic is in the air. I always bring the same side salads and desserts every bbq that we go to and those that we host. You know those go to … [Read more...]
Harvest Vegetable Salad
Happy Fit Friday!! YAY… I love to have Nichole from Pure Clean Fitness come to hang out with us on Fridays! A healthy recipe from me and Fitness Tips from Nichole keep us healthy and happy all week long. Nichole's tips on knowing how sick is too sick to workout... Our house got hit this week with the dreaded strep throat....ugh! Before I met my husband and his beautiful two daughters I … [Read more...]
Sourdough Banana Zucchini Bread
Sourdough Banana Zucchini Bread is an unbelievably delicious loaf- the subtle tang of the sourdough starter with banana and zucchini is completely amazing! I never knew how much I would come to love my sour dough starter~ it's so much fun to create with it in my kitchen! Do you want to have a starter of your own but don't know how to get one? King Arthur Flour has a great recipe for … [Read more...]
Zoodles with Basil Chicken Alfredo
Zoodles with Basil Chicken Alfredo is the tastiest way to prepare zucchini! I just love zucchini noodles and then add alfredo sauce with fresh basil and chicken, well, it's plain heavenly! Those of you that grow gardens know how quickly a little zucchini plant can produce- once it gets going! If you're like me you make just about everything out of zucchini you can think of and then … [Read more...]
Honey Raisin Zucchini Bread and Ikea Event
Y'all are going to LOVE this recipe! It uses up 2 1/2 cups of that zucchini that's starting to grow of control out in the garden AND it tastes AH-mazing! Oh my. Look at those stinking adorable loaf pans from IKEA! You know you love them :) Last week I attended the IKEA blogger catalog launch and got those adorable loaf pans. SO, naturally I ran right home to bake in … [Read more...]
Grilled Zucchini Bruschetta
I came up with this recipe a couple of summers ago because no matter how hard I try, I always end up with gigantic zucchini! I prefer zucchini small... probably about 4-5 inches long or so. I seriously check and double check to find them all but somehow I end up missing a few and when I finally find them they've grown to be baseball bat sized! Those giant zucchini are exactly … [Read more...]
Veggetti Demonstration
Have you heard of the Veggetti? It's a super simple way to make zucchini noodles or shoe string vegetables... it's SO awesome! I can't wait to use this gadget on some of the zucchini from our garden.In this video I'll show you how quick and easy this little guy is to use- you'll love it as much as I do :) Kitchen Tip Series… how to cut an Onion Kitchen Tip … [Read more...]
Ratatouille
I have a confession... I hadn't ever made Ratatouille before recently making it in Culinary School! WHAT? I know. It's SO good AND it has pasta in it so, what in the world was I thinking?? I promise you'll absolutely love this recipe!Ratatouille 3 Tbsp olive oil5 garlic cloves (peeled and minced)1 1/2 C red onion (chopped)1 1/2 C red pepper (chopped)1 1/2 C eggplant … [Read more...]
Grams Chocolate Zucchini Cake (repost)
Our zucchini plants bit the dust about a little over a week ago with a hard frost... but, I grabbed the last of them just in time to make this delicious cake. Grams Chocolate Zucchini Cake is simply a must-have every year!Grams Chocolate Zucchini Cake (repost) 4 Tbsp butter3 Tbls cocoa1 whole egg and 2 egg whites1 1/4 C sugar1/2 C canola oil1 t vanilla1/2 C sour milk (add … [Read more...]
