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If your garden is over-run with summer squash, try these easy main dish recipes your family is sure to enjoy. Zucchini can also be substituted for the summer squash. Enjoy!

Summer Squash Casserole

6 c. yellow or zucchini squash, chopped
1/4 c. onion, chopped
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 c. sour cream
1 c. shredded carrot
1 8-oz. pkg. herb stuffing mix
1/2 c. melted shortening

Cook squash and onion about 5 minutes, drain. Combine soup, sour cream, and carrots, fold in drained squash and onion. Combine stuffing mix and shortening, spread half of mix into 12x8x2-inch pan. Spoon vegetable mix over top, cover with rest of stuffing mix. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Note: this recipe can be served as a main dish or side dish.

Midwestern Stir-Fry

1/2 c. Miracle Whip Salad Dressing or mayonnaise
2 tbsp.

milk
1/2 tsp. mustard
1/2 lb. smoked sausage, cut into 1/4-in. slices, halved
3/4 c. yellow squash slices, halved
1/2 c. green or red pepper strips
1/2 c. green onions, cut into 1-in. pieces
Hot cooked rice

Combine salad dressing, milk, and mustard, mixing until well blended; set aside. Stir-fry sausage in large skillet or wok over high heat until thoroughly heated. Remove sausage from skillet; drain, reserving 1 tbsp. fat. Return reserved fat to skillet. Add squash and peppers. Stir-fry 3 minutes. Return sausage to skillet with onions; stir-fry 1 minute. Remove from heat. Add salad dressing mixture; mix lightly. Serve over hot cooked rice.

Summer Squash Pork Bake

1 lb. ground pork
1/2 tsp. garlic salt
1/4 c. fine dry bread crumbs
3 tbsp.

Parmesan cheese, grated
6 oz. mozzarella cheese, sliced
1/2 pint sour cream
6 summer squash, each about 5 inches long
Salt and pepper

Fry pork until meat loses its pinkness. Drain fat, then stir in garlic salt, crumbs, 2 tbsp. Parmesan cheese and sour cream. Set aside. Cut squash in thin lengthwise slices. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. In a greased shallow 2-quart baking dish, arrange about half of the squash slices; spoon pork mixture evenly over top and cover with remaining squash slices. Bake, covered, 350 degrees for 35 minutes. Uncover, arrange mozzarella cheese over top and sprinkle with remaining Parmesan cheese. Bake uncovered 10 minutes or until cheese is golden.

If you are thinking of treating adults to something more different and enchanting, think of chocolate covered coffee beans. To come up with this specialty, the chocolate and the coffee bean have to blend perfectly to produce that favorite taste. These products are not suitable for young children because coffee contains caffeine. This could affect the kids by making them lose sleep and increase their activity. Roasted coffee beans have a bitter taste thus not a specialty for the children. Though when blended with chocolate, flavor changes due to the sweet taste of chocolate. One would choose varieties of quality beans in order to come up with best products of candies.

For all the guys who enjoy very strong coffee, the brand of sweets from espresso beans would do them much good. Due to their strong flavor within them, these high quality seeds store a lot of caffeine in them.

Thus, one who consumes these kinds of sweets may find staying awake almost all night. Once the beans are roasted, you then immerse them in molten chocolate giving them that bittersweet taste towards the center of the candy. The chocolate enhances the taste by making it somehow tolerable and is quite fantastic for the lovers of great coffee. Other people like to have less strong coffee and the best choice would be from Costa Rica. Their high quality beans produce nice chocolate covered coffee beans with less caffeine thus one will have the chance to sleep well like a baby. Lastly, the other variety of candy has coffee beans with the most concentration of caffeine. This is particularly best for all who hate taking coffee in liquid form. These are also good if you are going for an outing.

Preparing the sweets is as simple as dipping the beans in chocolate after it has melted.

Immediately, you will get the treat you wanted the only thing left is to store them well in air tight containers. Therefore, you see that once you purchase the best coffee seeds that you love, the next thing is just making your bonbon. If you choose to buy the ready made ones, then know that they also come in different of types of chocolate coating ranging from the dark, milk and the white. One has not run out of options and you will definitely get what appeases you.

With these kinds of sweets, one does not have to be in a festive mood to have them. You may use them as snacks when you need to revitalize your body ready for work. One may also use some of them as the last thing after dinner. The only thing you need to take care of is the brand of beans that you choose. If you wish to rest at night, do not go for the product that has lots of caffeine. Remember also not to give your children chocolate covered coffee bean. They are best for the grown-ups delights only. Try them and you have something to look forward to satisfy your desire.

Vegetarian crock pot recipes are catching up at tremendous speed with the busy and health-conscious crowd. Thanks to animal rights activists, people are trying to ditch their “carnivorous” habit and switch to a pure vegetarian diet.

We know that you haven’t the time to cook – and that maybe you don’t like to either! So, here are some of the easiest healthy slow cooker recipes for you.

Vegetable Mushroom Cheesy Soup

INGREDIENTS: 4 cups of frozen broccoli, cauliflower, and carrot – thawed and blended; a can of mushroom soup cream; half cup onion, finely chopped; 2 ounces of paprika; and one and half cup cheese – low fat.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Take cooking spray with butter flavor and grease the crock pot with it.
Put thawed vegetables, paprika, chopped onions, and cheese to the pot.
Stir the ingredients and cook for 6 hours.
Serve with rice for a fantastic meal.

Vegetarian Lentil Soup

INGREDIENTS: 2 cups of lentils; 8 cups of vegetable broth; 4 cups of water; one diced onion; 2 chopped carrots; 2 minced garlic cloves; 3 sliced celery stalks; one can (14 oz) of tomatoes, diced; 2 tablespoons of red wine vinegar; one teaspoon of salt; half teaspoon of oregano; and ¼ teaspoon of black pepper.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Add all the ingredients in the crock pot and mix them well.
Cook for 8-10 hours on low heat.
Serve the lentil soup hot.
You can add extra vegetables while cooking to make the dish more filling or serve it with rice for a hearty meal.

Cheese Potatoes

INGREDIENTS: 8 thinly sliced potatoes; 8 ounces of Tofutti – this is a substitute for cream cheese for a purely vegetarian dish; half onion, diced; 2 garlic cloves, minced; one teaspoon salt and one tablespoon parsley.

Also add cracked pepper for added taste.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Grease the crock pot slightly.
Take a small bowl and mix garlic, onion, salt, parsley, and pepper.
Put a layer of thinly sliced potatoes at the bottom of the pot.
Sprinkle the bowl mixture on the slices.
Top it with one-third part of the Tofutti.
Place a second layer of sliced potatoes over this.
Repeat the sprinkling and topping.
Make several layers until you have used all the slices.
You can add extra cracked pepper for making the dish spicier.
Put the lid on the pot and let it cook for 3-4 hours or till the potatoes are baked properly on high heat.