savoring squash, part one

so we've been eating loads of squash. so much so that brian nearly requested i stop sneaking it into things. as evidenced by this photo, some of the zucchini is growing at an explosive rate. this lovely image of gus and company is from friday evening. we've since managed to eat about half of this zucchini - over the course of at least 4 meals.

but it's been fun trying to figure out what to do with the abundance. we've grilled it and made sandwiches with onions, radishes, goat cheese and rosemary. grilled some more of it to go with some fresh pasta and lamb meatballs.

and tonight, i managed to incorporate it into dinner and dessert. (no, i did not make zucchini ice cream). i'll share more in part two of this squash story.

it's getting late, and i'm getting terrible at uploading photos as i take them, so forgive me. we've been so distracted by the olympics, notably the michael phelps phenomenon...

in other news (and on a food-related note), we're headed to one of our favorite restaurants tomorrow, osteria la spiga, to celebrate our second year of married life. we're secretly hoping we don't run into any squash on the menu. (squash blossoms...maybe).