"We are eating very well, thank you very much"

We continue to eat more fruits and veggies for the following reasons:

• Weight watchers
• Better health
• We want to live longer!

I wanted to share a couple more recipes with all of you! Let me preface the first recipe by saying that growing up I never ate or even tried to eat zucchini. Just the name made me want to gag. However, zucchini is prolific in the garden and it's good for you and it has little to no points for weight watchers! So I found this recipe which really isn't great for weight watchers but it is delicious and it uses up the zucchini!


Kelli's Fried Green Zucchini:
1/2 cup bread crumbs (I crushed some of my homemade croutons for this)
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1 tsp. garlic salt
2 eggs (I will only use one next time)
5 Tbls. olive oil (I'll only use 3 next time)
1 zucchini cut into 1/4 inch slices
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (I used a lot less!)
1 cup spaghetti sauce (I used my home canned spaghetti sauce)

1. Mix together the crumbs, parmesan cheese and garlic salt in a shallow bowl. Beat the egg in a 2nd bowl.
2. Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat until oil is rippling but not smoking.
3. Dip zucchini slices into the egg, then into the crumbs and place in skillet in single layer. Fry slices until golden brown, about 3 minutes, then flip over and fry until slices are cooked through and golden brown. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over slices and cook 1-2 minutes more.
4. To serve, spoon hot spaghetti sauce onto a plate and top with zucchini slices. This was delicious!

Next is Seven Layer Tortilla Pie. Dad really, really liked this! I will give you the original recipe accompanied with my changes.


2 cans pinto beans (I used a quart jar of leftover pinto beans that I had home canned. I used about 2/3 of a cup for another recipe and didn't want these to go to waste!)
1 cup salsa, divided
2 cloves garlic, minced (I used a garlic pepper that I got on sale a while back)
2 Tbls chopped cilantro (Didn't have this, but it was great without it)
1 (15 oz.) can black beans (Didn't have this, just used all pinto beans)
1/2 cup chopped tomatoes
7 (8 inch) flour tortillas ( I used the flour tortillas for dad but corn tortillas for me since they're lower in calories)
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (I used about a 1 1/4 cups)
1 cup salsa
1/2 cup sour cream (Didn't have this but oh well!)

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2. In a large bowl, mash beans. Stir in 3/4 cup salsa and garlic. (I put in the whole cup of salsa since I wasn't using black beans)
3. In a separate bowl, mix together 1/4 cup salsa, cilantro, black beans and tomatoes.
4. Place 1 tortilla in a pie plate. Spread 3/4 cup pinto bean mixture over tortilla to within 1/2 inch of edge. Top with 1/4 cup cheese, and cover with another tortilla. Spread with 2/3 cup black bean mixture, and top with 1/4 cup cheese. Repeat layering twice. Cover with remaining tortilla and spread with remaining pinto bean mixture and cheese.
5. Cover with foil, and bake in preheated oven for about 40 minutes.(I cooked it for 30). Cut into wedges and serve with salsa and sour cream.

Such good food and not a bit of meat in there. So good and so good for you!


Love you all
Mom