Roasted Veggies, Peas, Tomato Salad, and Fruit

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!