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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Hiding Zuchinni

Summer is in full swing and I made the mistake of planting not one, not two, but THREE zucchini plants.  I know, what was I thinking.  Well, I was thinking that at least one of them would die or something, but I have three fabulously healthy plants on my hands.  The biggest problem with that is that I think that I may be the only one in the family that actually likes to eat the stuff.  SO then I am left with chopping it up and putting it in dishes like spaghetti, but you can't eat that for dinner every night.
  Last night, after a long day, I stared into the fridge waiting for some inspiration.  And then it came.  I had on my hands some leftover pulled pork, rice and black beans, and a fresh zucchini, tomato, and Anaheim pepper.  I decided that making tortilla wraps would be an excellent way to "hide" the entire gourd.  It was easy enough with the blender to mix the pepper and zucchini with a little salsa and fresh tomatoes.   Add in some corn and olives (because everything should have olives in it) and there you have it.  The kids didn't even notice since I dished theirs up and put a handful of shredded cheese on the mixture.  They ate it all and thanked me for a delicious dinner.  My husband also said that it was tasty and ate all of his.  I considered my incognito dish a success until he got up to dish himself up seconds when he exclaimed, "Hey, is there zucchini in this?"