Zucchini Coconut Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Every summer as a child I looked forward to mom's zucchini nut bread. Light and fluffy loaf pan filled with perfectly moist, tenderly plucked off the vine, gently shredded zucchini and fresh off the tree sweet and slightly oily, finely chopped pecans. She would make loaf after loaf and when she finally could catch up to the house eating them, the loafs were securely wrapped and stored in the freezer for a later date. Next week, next month, next season, the defrosted loaf bread was just as good as it was the first day straight out of the oven.

Not having mom's recipe and not wanting to ruin memories of her perfection, a slightly different recipe was used: Zucchini Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Modifications Made:

One cup flour was substituted with half cup white flour and half cup whole wheat flour. Dark brown sugar instead of light brown, half cup of milk chocolate chips and half cup of semi sweet chocolate chips, and half cup of chopped walnuts were added.

Scaled for Likability: Good

Concerned the cookies were going to be sweet, the cookies turned out to be only slightly too sweet. The cookies were chocolatey and chewy, crunchy on the outside, tender and moist on the inside, and just enough green to seen but not really tasted. These cookies would be great as cookie bars as well as flattened slightly before cooking to make thinner, crunchier cookies.

Papas a La Mexicana (Ranchera)

It is a crying shame that there are six hens and not a egg in sight. What am I supposed to do with homemade ranchero sauce? Thankfully with a few quick searches of the internet a recipe from my hometown newspaper was discovered: Papas Ranchera . Not once in the thirty years I lived in my hometown did I ever eat at a local food joint serving papas rancheras. No time like the present to remedy this cultural dish. Because this recipe is hidden behind a paywall (grrr...) I have included it here for you: Servings: 4-6 Ingredients: 1 pound potatoes, diced 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1/2 large onion 1 1/2 medium tomatoes 3 jalapenos 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup juice from canned tomatoes Instructions: Fry potatoes in vegetable oil until lightly browned (about 4-6 minutes). Saute onions, tomatoes, jalapenos until soft. Add garlic powder and salt. Add tomato juice until vegetables are covered (may need to add water). Bring to a boil and then add po...

Better Than Campbell's Old Fashion Vegetable Soup

Went to the store with the hopes of gathering fresh produce for soup. With more than 45 people in line for two packages of any meat product and the produce section containing only avocado, orange, and most randomly, strawberries, I settled upon canned soup. Well not canned soup since that section was still void of food, too. Instead soup made from canned goods as the canned vegetable section had been mostly restocked. Soups like this 15 Minute Vegetable Soup are ideal in dire food situations such as current times. Modifications Made: Plain petite diced tomatoes omitted, frozen carrots instead of canned, green beans and corn undrained, peas omitted (gross, nasty little pods), one cup celery, three cups diced potatoes, one can tomato sauce, two beef and two pollo de tomate bouillon cubes, six cups water. Once onions were softened, carrots/celery/potatoes/juice of green beans and corn, sauce, bouillon cubes, water were added and allowed to simmer until carrots almos...

Cold Corn Bean Salsa

Nothing says junk food like chips and salsa, chips and cheese dip, chips and guacamole. Over the years I have perfected my salsa. It's good on tacos, on nachos, on enchiladas, and of course on chips. Just because I have the best salsa doesn't mean I don't like to try new salsa's like this Best Black Bean and Corn Salsa. Modifications Made: Shoepeg corn was replaced with one can of standard yellow corn with no salt added. Petite diced tomatoes were reduced by half. Italian dressing was swapped for half teaspoon comino, half teaspoon of chili powder, and two tablespoon of fresh lime juice. Salsa was made and let rest for two hours before eating. Scaled for Likability: Good Salsa this was not. Good it was however. It was too much for chips by themselves but was great served over a soft beef taco.

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