Sufferin' Succotash!

Hey hey friends!

Well I’ve got another great recipe for you to get ya through the week

How about it?!

Corn, Edamame & Summer Squash Succotash

I based this recipe off one that caught my eye on Cooking Light, making a few modifications and changes to ingredients to “fanatic-i-fy” the dish.

The line-up

Fanatic version included:

• 1/2 package frozen organic corn
• 1/2 package shelled edamame
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1/2 summer squash, chopped
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 tblsp rice vinegar
• 1 tsp EVOO
• juice of 1 lime
• fresh thyme (about 1 tblsp)
• S&P

First up I boiled the corn & edamame per the directions (about 5 minutes), drained well and set aside.

In that same sauce pan, I gave the onion & summer squash a sauté in EVOO for about 5 minutes.

Onion & squash sauté

Then I added back in the cooked corn & edamame plus the garlic to let heat through.

Edamame & corn

Last came the thyme, rice vinegar, lime juice, S&P to finish the dish.  I let it sit over low heat for about 15 minutes so all the flavors could get happy

Served up w/ some Frank’s crack hot sauce this dish far surpassed my expectations!

Edamame & corn succotash topped w/ hot sauce!

Something about the combination of the rice vinegar & lime juice gave this recipe such a fresh & deliciously different taste!  I really really really enjoyed this

To add some extra bulk to this veggie-fied dinner I made up a fresh salad of romaine, tomato (last North Carolina ‘mater ), onion, rest of summer squash (which I steamed for a minute first), cubed Colby Jack cheese, salt, pepper and oregano.

Salad beast

I am loving the combos of flavor on this salad!

Perfectly light & refreshing dinner for a steamy summer night, ya think

Edamame is such a fabulous item to keep stocked in your kitchen, in a pinch it can stand in as a main protein source for your meal and offer up such a fun change from the norm!

You can also feel free to call them “weird pea things” as The Man does.

Example 1:  ”Girlfriend is makin’ some weird pea and corn succotashhhhh that smells pretty good, but has weird peasssss…” all in song form (yes, this is what I get to deal with all the time hahaha)

But anywho, let’s save that for another time shall we

Happy Wednesday to you all!

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