Quick Meals Planner: Summer's Night
Roasted Squash (not zucchini) | Veal Chops with Garlic and Mushrooms | Watermelon Salad
Roasted Squash (not zucchini)
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Vegetables |
| Meal: | Summer's Night (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 1 | large | squash, butternut |
| 2 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 1 | 1/8 tsp | salt and pepper to taste |
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Heat oven to 400 degrees, cover cookie sheet with parchment paper, peel squash, place squash in large bowl, toss in olive oil, salt and pepper to taste.
Place on cookie sheet in oven, cook until just barely fork tender, remove and cool.
Veal Chops with Garlic and Mushrooms
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 2 |
| Category: | The Other Meat Entrée |
| Meal: | Summer's Night (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 1 | tsp | lemon pepper |
| 1 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 3 | cloves | garlic, minced |
| 6 | medium | mushrooms, sliced |
| 1 | Tb | lemon, juice of |
| 3 | oz | chicken broth |
| 2 | Tb | butter, salted |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Spread pepper over chops; heat an ovenproof pan on stove, brown chops. Place in preheated 400 degrees oven. Cook for 12-15 minutes. Remove pan from oven, remove chops to platter. Put oil in pan, add mushrooms, sauté for 2 minutes, add garlic, sauté for 2 more minutes. Deglaze the pan with lemon juice, add chicken broth and butter. Spoon over chops and serve.
Watermelon Salad
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 8 |
| Category: | Salad |
| Meal: | Summer's Night (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 0.33 | cup | pine nuts, toasted |
| 7 | cup | watermelon,seedless |
| 1 | cup | cheese, feta |
| 0.5 | medium | onion, red |
| 1 | cup | arugula |
| 0.33 | cup | cilantro, chopped |
| 0.25 | cup | oil, olive |
| 2 | Tb | lemon, juice of |
| 0.5 | tsp | pepper, fresh cracked |
| 1 | pinch | salt to taste |
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Toast pine nuts, Seed and cut watermelon into bite size pieces. Thinly slice onion, crumble feta and place in bowl with all other ingredients. Mix well, serve very cold.
Optional: Add some chopped mint.
