Post number two in our Zucchini-palooza series! Vermont is an interesting place to garden.  The tomato and potato blights wreak havoc (sometimes), slugs and bugs are hungry and prolific, and the cabbage worms make cruciferous veggies impossible really difficult to bring to harvest.  (If anyone has a good tip to eradicate them, please comment!)  But [...]

Ingredients 4 ounces whole-wheat rigatoni or penne 4 ounces ground lamb or lean ground beef 2 cloves garlic, chopped 1/4 teaspoon fennel seed 1 1/2 cups diced eggplant 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil 1 8-ounce can no-salt-added tomato sauce 1/2 cup red wine 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh oregano or 1/2 teaspoon dried 1/4 teaspoon [...]