Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies

Today our featured vegetable was zucchini. We tried Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies and they were a hit! The recipe can be found at animalvegetablemiracle.com. For another yummy zucchini recipe, look on our blog in August 2009, Week 11.

We harvested potatoes, beans, kale and lettuce.

Installing the Signs and Watering Thirsty Flowers

The Green Drink and Colorful Beans

A hot day and a refreshing drink! For the recipe, visit the archives, May 2009.

Purple Beans

Dragon Tongue Beans

New Signs for the Garden

We made signs for the vegetable garden and the butterfly garden.


Today's harvest: onions!

June 29, 2010

Today's vegetable was mixed greens with poppyseed dressing. For the dressing recipe, check out the 2009 archives under June.


The tomatoes are starting and the snow peas are ending.

Snow Peas

Sesame Snow Peas

Bring a pot of water to a boil. Add 1 lb. snow peas and cook for 1 minute. Drain and rinse with cold water. Toss with 1-2 tablespoons sesame oil, 1-2 tablespoons sesame seeds and 1-2 teaspoons salt. Enjoy!








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More! More!

Planting Mexican Gherkins

Radish Fun

June 5, 2010

We planted rhubarb and sampled some rhubarb bread, to find a recipe for rhubarb muffins, look in the archives under May.

Check out our radishes!

May 15, 2010

Today we planted flowers in the butterfly garden and in the planters in front of the school.

Vegetable Survey, will it change by the end of the summer?

Natalie's mom is amazed by how much Natalie loves the asparagus guacamole. To find the recipe, look at the 2009 archives in May.

Garden Slideshow

East Garden Club in the news!

At our last garden club meeting, a reporter from the Grand Rapids Press came to check out our garden and meet the members of Garden Club. We are featured in today's (September 20) newspaper. Check it out online http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/09/planting_harvesting_eating_par.html

Week 14: Tomatoes and Basil

Italian Caprese Salad

Slice tomatoes.
Slice a ball of fresh Mozarella.
Arrange the tomatoes and Mozarella on a plate. Drizzle olive oil and Balsamic Vinegar over top. Sprinkle chopped basil on top. Salt and pepper to taste.

Week 14: Kale

Kale Chips

Remove stems from kale and tear into 2 inch pieces. Place on a cookie sheet. Spray or brush with olive oil. Use your fingers to rub it into each piece. Salt with sea salt or kosher salt. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until crunchy, but not brown. Eat like chips or crumble into soup or on top of pizza.

Week 14: A Celebration Feast

Wow! What a fun time we had today! Everyone brought treats to share. We had zucchini bread, carrot-raisin cinnamon muffins, applesauce, strawberries, italian caprese salad, salsa, dilly beans and kale chips. We had a delicious feast! Thanks everyone for bringing something to share! Send in your recipes and I'll post them!