This is a very standard meal at our house. We eat something like this about once a week.
For fruit: Sometimes I just chop up fruit and serve it plain, but this night I heated about a tablespoon of honey with a few drops of vanilla and poured it over the plums, peaches, and pears. I'm not a huge fruit fan, but I definitely like it sweet!
Peas and Beans: Fill a pot 3/4 full of water and bring to a boil. Then I add peas or beans along with some seasonings. I rarely add the same seasonings, but I have learned that fresh peas and beans need fat. My favorite is 1-2 TBS of butter. Then I add a good amount of salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Sometimes for the fat I use olive oil. I know you can you bacon, but I don't ever do that. Let it come back to a good hard boil and then turn it on low and put top on it. I then let it cook for 45-1hr until peas taste soft. If we have any leftovers I have learned that they reheat much better in their "juice" so I just put the whole pot in refrigerator.
Corn: We really started liking corn this way this summer. I cut it off the cob and then saute it in olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic (my staples) until corn starts to turn brown!
Tomato Salad: chop or slice tomatoes, with feta and basalmic vinegarrete
Zucchini: This is a favorite around our house! We eat it lots and lots. I slice zucchini and then 1/4 then so they are in bite size pieces. Put olive oil, garlic powder, salt, and pepper on them and put them in a baking dish. It is important that they are in a single layer. I cook them on 350 for 45-1hr. My family likes them when they are turning brown!
