Good morning, fare companions. Today’s request, which could be answered in multiple ways, came from a young mother who corrals four little ones and, at day’s end, is out of menu ideas. “Help,” she said. “I can’t think of anything to cook. I need recipes and menu ideas. They will need to feed little ones with simple appetites and a husband who likes a tasty meat entrée.”
FRY IT UP
Rhonda McDaniel is already thinking about fall and things like pumpkins and spice. But then she wrote, “Even so, produce abounds in late summer and should never be wasted. To me, what I am sending does not even qualify as a recipe. But it recently occurred to me that what I consider simple may be like an unknown planet to others. So I am submitting my steps for making fried okra and squash and of course zucchini if you please.”
She adds: “To me, okra is a bit easier to coat and brown. The cornmeal coating does not cling as well to squash, but when done, it still tastes really good. My grandmother always said squash will be scrambled if it is overly turned and stirred. Not being a perfectionist, I am not at all bothered by scrambled squash.”