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ACORN SQUASH…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6
SQUASH IDENTIFICATION GUIDE …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 6
ACORN SQUASH TIPS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 7
BAKED ACORN SQUASH WITH BROWN SUGAR………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8
GLAZED SQUASH………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8
APPLES……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9
APPLES TIPS AND TRICKS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 9
FREEZE APPLES…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 9
OATMEAL-BROWN SUGAR BAKED APPLES…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9
SUPER EASY APPLE SAUCE………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….10
APPLE SAUCE CAKE …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..10
ASPARAGUS………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..11
EASY GARLIC ASPARAGUS ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….11
AVOCADO…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..11
ALT-AVOCADO, LETTUCE, TOMATO SANDWICH …………………………………………………………………………………………….11
SUPER EASY GUACAMOLE ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….12
BANANAS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………12
BANANAS TIPS AND TRICKS………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..12
FREEZE BANANAS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..12
THE EASIEST COOKIES IN THE WORLD! …………………………………………………………………………………………………………13
BEANS………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..13
MINESTRONE SOUP WITH PASTA, BEANS AND VEGETABLES: CROCK POT!………………………………………………………….13
TURKEY CHILI …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..14
BEETS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………15
ROASTED BEETS WITH BALSAMIC GLAZE ………………………………………………………………………………………………………15
SHREDDED BEET SALAD……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..15
BELL PEPPERS………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………16
STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS WITH BEEF AND TOMATO………………………………………………………………………………………16
VEGETARIAN STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS WITH KALE………………………………………………………………………………………..17
VEGETARIAN STUFFED PEPPERS WITH RICE, ZUCCHINI, AND HERBS ………………………………………………………………….18
BREAD ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….19
BASIC CROUTON RECIPE…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….19
BREAD FREEZING………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………20
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BREAD PUDDING………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………20
BROCCOLI AND CAULIFLOWER……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….21
CAULIFLOWER TIPS AND TRICKS………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….21
BROCCOLI TIPS AND TRICKS………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..21
BROCCOLI FRITTATA………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….21
BROCCOLI SALAD ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..22
BROCCOLI SOUP……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….23
BUTTERNUT SQUASH……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………24
BUTTERNUT SQUASH TIPS………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….24
BUTTERNUT SQUASH BRUSCHETTA……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..25
BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND APPLE SOUP ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….26
MACARONI AND CHEESE WITH BUTTERNUT SQUASH……………………………………………………………………………………..27
POTATO AND SQUASH MASH……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..28
ROASTED BUTTERNUT SQUASH WITH ROSEMARY AND BALSAMIC VINEGAR………………………………………………………28
TWICE-BAKED BUTTERNUT SQUASH…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….29
WINTER SQUASH SOUP……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..29
CABBAGE ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………30
BEAN AND CABBAGE SOUP ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..30
SWEET AND SOUR CABBAGE ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………31
CANNED VEGETABLES …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..31
HERBED VEGETABLES ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..31
CARROT ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..32
PINEAPPLE CARROT MUFFINS …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….32
CREAM OF CARROT SOUP RECIPE………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..33
CORN…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………33
CREAMY CORN CUPS (“ESQUITES”)………………………………………………………………………………………………………………33
CUCUMBER…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………34
CUCUMBER YOGURT DIP……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………34
MARINATED CUCUMBER SALAD………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….34
TUNA BOATS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………35
EGGPLANT ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….36
CREOLE EGGPLANT AND BLACK-EYED PEAS …………………………………………………………………………………………………..36
EASY EGGPLANT STIR FRY…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..36
EGGPLANT CREOLE……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………37
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SPAGHETTI SAUCE WITH EGGPLANT…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….37
STUFFED EGGPLANT………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….38
GARLIC AND HERBS………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………38
GARLIC TIPS AND TRICKS ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………38
HERBS TIPS AND TRICKS …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….39
GREEN BEANS ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..39
GREEN BEANS WITH TOASTED ALMONDS …………………………………………………………………………………………………….39
STEAMED GREEN BEANS IN MICROWAVE……………………………………………………………………………………………………..40
STEAMED GREEN BEANS IN PAN …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………40
STEAMED GREEN BEANS STEAMER BASKET…………………………………………………………………………………………………..40
LETTUCE AND LEAFY GREENS …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………41
GREENS TIPS AND TRICKS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..41
SALAD TIPS AND TRICKS …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….41
STEAMING VEGETABLES TIPS AND TRICKS …………………………………………………………………………………………………….41
MILK POWDER …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….41
WHITE CREAM SAUCE ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….41
OKRA …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………42
MISSISSIPPI OKRA …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….42
ONIONS ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..42
CARAMELIZED ONIONS ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..42
PARSNIPS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………43
ROASTED PARSNIPS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..43
PLANTAINS………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….44
PLANTAIN TIPS …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………44
OVEN BAKED SWEET PLANTAINS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………44
RUTABAGA………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….45
MASHED RUTABAGAS ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….45
SPAGHETTI SQUASH……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..46
CHICKEN TETRAZZINI WITH SPAGHETTI SQUASH ……………………………………………………………………………………………46
SPAGHETTI SQUASH BAKE………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….47
SPAGHETTI SQUASH CASSEROLE …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………47
SPAGHETTI SQUASH-BAKE IT 1ST WAY …………………………………………………………………………………………………………48
SPAGHETTI SQUASH-BAKE IT 2ND WAY ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..48
SPAGHETTI SQUASH-GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS ………………………………………………………………………………………………48
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SPAGHETTI SQUASH-MICROWAVE ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………49
SPAGHETTI SQUASH-SLOW COOKER OR CROCK POT ………………………………………………………………………………………49
SPICY SPAGHETTI SQUASH LATKES ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………50
SWEET POTATOES………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..50
BAKED SWEET POTATO FRIES ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..50
EGGS OVER KALE AND SWEET POTATO GRITS………………………………………………………………………………………………..51
MASHED SWEET POTATOES ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….51
SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….52
TOMATOES …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………52
FRESH TOMATO SALSA………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………52
FRESH TOMATO SAUCE ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..53
QUICKLY STEWED TOMATOES AND SAUSAGE WITH BULGUR …………………………………………………………………………..53
TOMATOES RIPENING TIPS AND TRICKS ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….54
TOMATOES TIPS AND TRICKS ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..54
TURNIPS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..54
ROASTED TURNIPS ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………54
YAMS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………54
ROASTED YAMS………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..54
YELLOW SQUASH …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………55
SAUTÉED YELLOW SQUASH ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..55
ZUCCHINI……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………55
CHILI WITH SQUASH AND PEPPERS………………………………………………………………………………………………………………55
CRUNCHY ZUCCHINI FRIES………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….56
GRILLED VEGETABLE PACKETS …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….56
MASHED SQUASH …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….57
SQUASH AND PEPPER STIR FRY……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………57
ZUCCHINI BEAN SALAD………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………57
ZUCCHINI BREAD………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………58
ZUCCHINI MUFFINS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..58
ZUCCHINI PARMESAN CRISPS ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..59
ZUCCHINI PROVENCAL ……………………………………………