Monday, May 18, 2009

Zucchini Pie


Tuesday, May 19, I made Zucchini Pie for dinner.  I feel the need to share this story. lol  I NEVER look at deserts, only "Main Dishes" when searching for my recipes. Well, I started putting this Zucchini Pie together and slowly started to realize that this was a desert!! We ended up ordering a veggie pizza and a new pasta bowl from Dominos and having this for desert. I forgot to take a picture before we started eating it so here's what was left:






Ingredients:
  • 4 cups zucchini - peeled, seeded and sliced
  • 1 1/4 cups white sugar
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons cream of tartar
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 tablespoon butter, diced
  • 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie
Directions:
  1. Boil zucchini until tender. Drain and let stand in cold water for about 5 minutes, then drain.
  2. Add sugar, flour, cinnamon, cream of tartar, lemon juice, salt, and nutmeg. Mix well. Put into the pie crust. Dot with butter. Put top crust on.
  3. Bake at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) for 40 to 50 minutes.
I will modify it by adding 6 cups zucchini and doing a streusel topping instead of a second pie crust. The streusel topping is 1/2 c. butter, 3/4 c. four, 3/4 c. rolled oats, 1/2 c. br. sugar and 1 tbls cinnamon. Mix until crumbly.

Result: THIS IS AWESOME! Tastes JUST like apple pie! Maybe even better!!  I will be making this one again soon!
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How it all started....

Russ and I always knew we didn't eat enough fruits and vegetables but never really gave it a second thought. Besides, who has time to cook lush, healthy meals?? Russ has had high blood pressure and was told it's in his genes and that changing his diet wouldn't help him much. Well, I'm here to tell you that that's a bunch of hog wash. He was averaging 150/100 or so WITH MEDICATION!! In just 4 short weeks of changing our diets, his blood pressure is hovering around 135/80!! He's still on the medication...we want to give it another month or so before weaning him off the medication. But isn't that great!?!

So we have a NetFlix account and have it set up so we can watch a certain selection of movies instantly. Russ was browsing through the documentaries one night and came across the movie that changed our lives - The Beautiful Truth. If you get the chance, watch this movie. Here's more info on it: http://www.thebeautifultruthmovie.com/

After watching this amazing movie, we went on a journey over the next few weeks that lead to a total lifestyle change for not only Russ and me but the kids as well. We've cut out all meats from our diets, cut WAY back on ANYTHING that is processed, switched to Soy and almond milk, cut out all sodas, read labels and stay away from MSG and High Fructose Corn Syrup. We've been using our juicer twice a day and are working on increasing that to 4-6 times a day.

Not only has Russ's blood pressure come down, but my rotator cuff injury has started to make HUGE improvements! I can stretch my arm out in front of me and touch the top of my head! I haven't been able to do either of those things since October. Our teenagers face is starting to clear up and my psoriasis is much less severe than it's been in years. I'm totally sold and haven't missed meat one bit!