Weekly Photo Challenge: Dinner

Last week's photo challenge over at A Step in the Journey was "dinner".  Pacen is gone for the Summer so my dinners really don't amount to much, unless I feel like eating leftovers for a week or longer.  Much of my dinners lately have included squash.  Yup, squash.  I planted a garden this year.  Nothing big...a couple tomato plants, a few green bell pepper plants, a few cucumber plants, some asparagus, and a couple squash plants.  Well, holy cow!!  The squash totally took over!  I have gotten a couple cucumbers and the peppers are coming in very nicely, but the squash has done amazing!  I love squash, but I might be sick of it here in the near future.  :)  Next year I think I'll build a couple more garden beds and plant way more things, especially salad veggies!  I think I'll also plant squash and zucchini along the north fence so it can take over as much as it wants.  :)

So, anyway, I have been experimenting with squash.  Last week I made a dinner and used a tried and true method.  I cut a squash in half length-wise, scooped out the seeds, and sprinkled it with cinnamon and brown sugar.  I then baked it until it was soft.  So good! 

Cinnamon/Brown Sugar Squash with Chicken Breast (Squash still looks a little green.  Maybe I should've left it on the vine longer.)

 Last night I decided to create something different.  I had seen some recipes for avocado sticks and zucchini sticks so I thought I'd try something similar with squash.  I cut the squash into sticks (kinda) and sprayed them with olive oil.  I then sprinkled them with Italian bread crumbs, a bit of cayenne pepper, and some dried basil.  I baked them for a while, until I figured they were done.  Mmmmm, they were so delicious! 

Chicken Nuggets and Breaded Seasoned Squash Sticks. 

"My garden is my favorite teacher. " ~ Betsy Canas Garmon