What to Do When the Zucchini Fairy Visits

Whether you planted too much zucchini again or you forgot to lock your car, this time of year you really can't have too many zuke recipes. Here's a recipe we tried last night and really liked. 

Zucchini Fritters

2 cups shredded zucchini-drain if  it is watery

1/2 c diced onion

3  eggs slightly beaten (you might could do with 2.   I just have lots of eggs)

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1 cup bread crumbs

1 tablespoon Italian herb blend

salt and pepper

oil for browning

Mix the first six ingredients together in a medium bowl.  You want the mixture to stick together.

Heat a small amount of cooking oil in a skillet over medium heat. 

Drop the zucchini mixture onto the skillet about 2 tablespoons at a time and flatten slightly. Cook until one side is brown and crisp. Flip fritters and brown the other side. When browned, remove to a plate with paper toweling and salt and pepper to taste.

Accompaniments and variations: I served this with Imagine organic tomato soup topped with homemade croutons last night. A green salad would have been nice too.

I think maybe a dill sauce would have made a nice spread/dip for them.

Other spices (cayenne instead of the Italian?) and vegetables (diced bell peppers?) could be used to change the flavor profile.

They were even good warmed up for lunch today!

Kids On The Farm

The kids have finally arrived.  Beatrice gave birth to quads on June 27.  They are all boys (sigh).  Hermione gave birth to two pretty little does on Saturday, July 7.  Both does birthed without my assistance, which suits me fine. I was around for clean-up and to make sure everyone had figured out where the milk came from, and then to move mom and babies into private quarters for awhile. 

Three of Bea's babies were various shades of brown and one, the smallest, was white.  Whether it was his color or his size or the fact that she just couldn't deal with all four of them, I don't know, but for some reason, she rejected the little guy.  She just refuses to let him eat.  So we have a bottle baby.  I have been raising goats for about 12 years and this is the first one I have had to bottle feed as we always let dams raise their kids.  So here I am washing baby bottles and heating milk, and it has been how many years since I did this for any kind of a kid? 

My family came up for the fourth, and we had a wonderful visit.  Lots of good, old-fashioned food like chicken and dumplings, vegetables from the garden and homemade ice cream.  It was so good to have my mom, dad, sis and her kids here.

My niece and nephews enjoyed visiting the animals. My niece helped me feed the bottle baby...

And my nephews gathered eggs...

And hung out with Peaches, the cow.