Summer is a great time for fresh veggies, which always taste better, but it's also a great time for ice-cream, chips, hot dogs, and other unmentionables, especially if, like our family, you went to a county fair or two. To painlessly add vegetables to your family's daily diet, try grating just a bit of carrot into the sloppy joes, tossing frozen peas into the mac 'n' cheese, fold sauteed spinach into a cheesy omelet, or add finely chopped up broccoli tops to any rice dish. The secret is not to over do it and change the overall flavor of the dish. Of course, I still find myself calling the green beans 'worms' which somehow makes them more appealing to my kids.
Here's a twist on fried zucchini slices from Earth's Harvest Farm (near Morris NY): slice your zuccini, dip into a combination of milk, egg, oregano, salt and pepper, then dip it into wheat germ (instead of the usual bread crumbs). Saute in olive oil until tender, then top with grated mozzarella and run it under the broiler just long enough to melt the cheese. Let your kids mix up the egg and dip the squash into the bread crumbs--they'll be sure to try at least one at dinner time.
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