Woo, it's hard to keep up!

Having just decided to break down and do a summer retrospective over at Syd's Blog... I think I shall do the same over here in veggie land! Here's what we have been enjoying recently (that I actually got pictures of!):

Pizza... yum. One of many consumed this summer. This one (which was arguably the best) featured a roasted tomato sauce made with an abundance of cherry tomatoes I got from my parents topped with mozzy, provolone and a giant bunch of basil from the C.S.A.

Green beans... freshly trimmed by Sydney and done simply with garlic, olive oil, sea salt and cracked black pepper

Zucchini herb soup. This soup is actually described in this post. Here's a picture in all of it's unappetizing glory! Definitely tasted way better than it looks.

Turkey and Veggie Enchilada guts. I was able to utilize corn, peppers, zucchini, yellow squash and tomatoes (all from the C.S.A.) in this one. Layered with refried black beans, corn tortillas, cheese and enchilada sauce, this makes for a great casserole that lasts a few days, freezes well and is generally pretty tasty.

We have also eaten a ton of grilled vegetable pasta salads that I throw together with whatever veggies I have left over on Sundays. Then we have it as a side at dinner (and Mario enjoys for lunch) all week. This is a big hit with the little one too... so I have been using Barilla Plus pasta. It has protein and other good stuff in it for my jumping, growing little monkey.

Also, I had a TON melon and some other fruit that was on the verge this weekend, so I juiced it. I added carrots and about 4 yellow squash and it was pretty darn good! Big hit with everyone!

(As a side note: Mario and I bought a juicer after our honeymoon when we came home and missed the worlds most delicious juice ever that we enjoyed here. We juiced like crazy for about three weeks until we realized two things about why our juice was not up to snuff with the Costa Rican variety... #1: The juice was WAY better when it had alcohol in it and was handed to you by a teenager named Paco who just shimmied up the tree to pick you that mango (No Paco, the one to the left!) #2: ANYTHING would taste good if you are sitting here. SO basically this is the first time we have used the juicer in like 7 years.)