august 28 - september 1st

Maryland Crab and Sweet Corn Chowder I added a seeded jalapeno for some kick however it really didn't add much spice. I guess since I put 2 whole jalapenos in the gazpacho, I thought it would be too much for this dish. But like Eric pointed out, the cream probably cut some of the spice. Next time, I wouldn't seed the pepper and see what happens. You can't live in Maryland and not season crab with Old Bay...so I do and I did.

Mexican Pulled Chicken Stuffed Peppers Okay this was the very, very last of our purple beans. When I went out the other day, I picked another handful. Eric doesn't like soggy peppers, so I didn't cook the meat in...I took it right from the crockpot added the cheese and broiled them for a few minutes.

Roasted Roma Tomatoes with Garlic, Gorgonzola, and Herbs with gnocci I didn't have any gorgonzola so I used a Maytag Blue Cheese. For the sides, some gnocci and beet tops with alittle of spinach we had in the fridge.

Grilled Chili-Rubbed Skirt Steak

Grilled Sausage and Zucchini

august 22 - 26

• Eggplant with Nido's sauce With our CSA eggplant, we made fried eggplant with Nido's sauce. Eric is our fry-daddy. Just do a dry/wet/dry (flour/egg/panko breadcrumbs) on the eggplant before you pan fry them, don't forget to season them with salt when they come off.
• Spicy tonnarelli with clams
• Asian chopped Salad with grilled shrimp (Anna Getty's Easy Green Organic*)
• Chicken "piccata" with goat cheese
• fish with roasted white corn salsa (Williams-Sonoma Eating by Color*) Eric was supposed to pick up fish from Trouts, but forgot so we used the shrimp we had in the freezer instead.

*not online, if you want the recipe, just let me know)

august 14-20

(crazy week...we went on a mini vacation)

• Spicy Tonnarelli with Clams (didn't make this week)
• Yucatan-Spiced Chicken

• Curried Potatoes and Carrots with Grilled Shrimp (let me know if you want this recipe) This is my cousin's curried potato recipe. I liked hers better than how mine turned out, although it was still very good...(finding out what type of curry powder she used). This is the last of our garden's purple beans. I barely sauted them to keep the purple color...have to like your beans on the raw side if you want them to stay true to the color.