Tag: vegetables

Pickled Eggplant

Ingredients 6 Eggplants Salt White Vinegar Garlic Olive oil Oregano Directions Peel the eggplant skin. Slice the eggplant into thin strips by cutting in slabs then cutting into strips Put into a large bowl and add salt.  Mix well Squeeze with your hands until the 

Rosetta’s Pickled Zucchini

This is a specialty recipe from our Aunt Rosetta Cut Zucchini into small pieces. Mix with pickling salt in large bowl. Place a weight on top and let sit for one day or more. Bring 2 parts water and 1 part vinegar to boil in 

Green Beans

Vegetables

Makes 5 jars

Ingredients:

20 pounds of green beans
3 cups of water
1 cup of white vinegar
5 tbsp table salt

Olive oil, oregano, garlic

Directions:

  • Boil beans until semi soft, drain water and let sit until they are cool to the touch.
  • Pack cooked beans into jars.
  • Add 1 Tbsp. of table salt into each jar.
  • Pour boiling water and vinegar solution into jars.
  • Seal jars and steam for 4 minutes.

When ready to serve:

Remove green beans from jar, rinse with cold water and place into serving dish. Add 1/2 tsp oregano, 1 clove grated garlic and drizzle with oil. Mangiare!

Roasted Peppers

Another specialty which is easy to make and worth the effort is roasted peppers Mamma style. Ingredients: 3 peppers (1 green, 1 red, 1 yellow or whatever you have) 4-5 cloves Garlic 1 tbsp oregano 2 tbsp salt olive oil Directions: roast peppers on baking 

Olives Green

Ingredients: 12 cups of water 1 cup of coarse salt Large Green Olives purchased by the box (seasonal) Directions: Crush firm green olives, removing the pit. Soak crushed olives in water for 4 days, remember to change water every day. Place olives into canning jars. 

Zucchini Cakes

Zucchini Cakes

Not everyone appreciates Zucchini. If you are looking for a way to get your family to eat more vegetables try the following recipes.

Ingredients:

4 cups  (1000 ml)
1 cup (250 ml)
4
1 tbsp
1 tsp
1
1/4 cup
1 cup
1 cup
grated zucchini
zucchini flowers
eggs
parsley
salt
garlic clove
Parmesan cheese
flour
vegetable oil

Directions:

Add 4 cups of grated zucchini into a large bowl, Mix in 1 cup of picked zucchini flowers, add 4 eggs, 1 tablespoon of parsley, crushed (minced) garlic clove, ¼ cup of parmesan cheese, 1 teaspoon of salt, little less than 1 cup of bread flour.

Heat up frying pan with 1 cup of oil in pan and using a serving spoon, flip lots until brown on both sides.

Let cool…mangiare, salute, appetito buono!

Other top rated Zucchini recipes: Grilled Zucchini

Zucchini Stuffed with Sausage (Zucchini Boat)