Turkey burgers

My friend Michelle hosts a book club swim/bbq at her house every summer and she makes these burgers that put a regular burger to shame. The secret? Well, turkey patties, granny smith apple slices, sharp cheddar slices, lettuce, Grey Poupon, cranberry sauce, and thin buns. That's it. Try it out.

Tilapia

Mom showed me a new way to cook fish, and I don't think I'll go back to my old way of using lemon slices and Cajun seasoning in the oven. Instead, sauté onion and garlic, then add the fish, chopped tomatoes and chopped green peppers (basically a pico de gallo with the fish), adding water also. Finally, add Chipotle seasoning to taste, and simmer until the fish is nice and flaky. All our kids liked this, and they don't like tomato chunks and some don't like peppers, either.

More Zucchini recipes

We're having fun with zucchini at our house! Here are some more recipes we've tried.

Sausage, stewed tomatoes and zucchini. I bought a case of stewed tomatoes when I really meant to get diced tomatoes. Stewed tomatoes have sugar in them which is pretty yucky in chili, I think. So I went looking for recipes to use up my stewed tomatoes and this one works for excess zucchini too! I thought it was great. We had it first on spaghetti noodles while the picky munchkins ate regular sauce on theirs, and then with rice the next night was even better. I used ground sausage rather than links.

Zucchini crab cakes--zucchini breaded and fried. Mr. Brady loved these.

Zucchini, Corn, Onion and Bacon: I used frozen corn and bacon drippings I had saved previously (but didn't have any bacon left). It was good!

Zucchini quiche--Shannon says: this was yummy; kids loved it. added sausage, sub'd queso fresco for feta. need to decrease the pepper in the crust. would use the crust for other quiches and maybe chicken pot pie?

Zucchini Tomato Bake--haven't tried it yet but might tonight