Squash Medley

Ingredients:

2 Tablespoons olive oil

1/2 Cup chopped onion

Pineville Youth Center Squash Medley

2 Yellow Squash (sliced) 

2 Zucchini Squash (sliced)

1 15oz. can diced tomatoes

11/2 Teaspoons Italian seasoning

Salt/Pepper to taste 

Optional: add fresh spinach, broccoli, mushrooms if desired

Preparation:

1. Heat a large sauté pan on high heat for 1 minute. Add the olive oil to the hot pan and heat it until it shimmers, about 1-2 minutes.

2. Add the onion, sauté until onions are becoming translucent 

3. Add the squash and zucchini, toss to coat with the oil and onions. Sprinkle Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper over them and toss again. Cover, allow to cook, undisturbed, for 1 minute.

4. Add the diced tomatoes. Toss to combine with other ingredients. Cover, let cook for 5 minutes. Check frequently, squash can overcook quickly

5. Turn off the heat, add other veggies if desired, the spinach will wilt quickly. Serve immediately.

Note: This makes an excellent vegetable soup base, just add chicken or beef broth, cabbage,  green beans or kidney beans

We are pleased to announce the addition of a new off-site garden program in Winnfield, Louisiana at the Kids Café. The Kids Café program is a part of the Central Louisiana Local Foods Initiative, a Central Louisiana Economic Development Alliance-led program working towards creating a vibrant and healthy regional foods economy throughout Central Louisiana. The initiative is made possible by a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation Challenge Grant and The Rapides Foundation. The Good Food Project installed raised garden beds that were planted by students attending the program with summer veggies like tomatoes, peppers, and squash. The Good Food Project will regularly meet with these eager students to provide gardening and nutrition information and healthy snacks. We look forward to growing with this program!

Kids Café participants-Winnfield, Louisiana

The Good Food Project is looking for partners who might want to start a work place garden on site. We recently brought transplants to share with the downtown work garden maintained by the Central Louisiana Local Foods Initiative at the CLEDA office.  If your business or organization is interested in learning about the benefits of gardening in the workplace please contact us at  318-445-2773. We would love to help you get started!

Now that the kids are out of school for the summer, consider bringing them to the Good Food Project demonstration garden on Wednesday mornings. In the garden, they will experience learning to grow food in a sustainable, organic way, getting some fresh air and exercise, and seeing the benefit of being involved in the community by helping others. If you are a parent or sponsor of an organization that might want to know more about volunteering at the GFP, please give us a call. We would love to hear from you!

Each Wednesday from 8:30-11:30 AM all adults and children are invited to come out for a fun day of learning and giving back  to the community. Let's grow together! Learn more.

If Wednesday's aren't good for you, call us to set up another volunteer day! 318-445-2773 

Garden Quote

"The first supermarket supposedly appeared on the American landscape in 1946. That is not very long ago. Until then, where was all the food? Dear folks, the food was in homes, gardens, local fields, and forests. It was near kitchens, near tables, near bedsides. It was in the pantry, the cellar, the backyard." - Joel Salatin, Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World

Emmanuel planting squash at the Eugene Warner Community Garden