Experiment

With travel baseball there isn't a lot of time to tend to our garden. We did manage to get 2 okra plants to grow. Tomatoes and onions were abundant, and the brussels sprouts are almost ready to harvest. 

One of my newly tried and favorite vegetable is okra - especially pickled okra.  Even our 14 year old eats them!

We had our last packages of frozen catfish we caught that we were planning for dinner. We needed a veggie to go with it, so I steamed some bagged carrots from Kroger with turmeric added for its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant benefits . With a football player in the house that wasn't going to suffice for him, so we grabbed a green tomato, okra, and onion from the garden. 

Time to experiment!

We started with olive oil sautéing the onion. Added salt and pepper. As it cooked, I (Kathy) added sugar because you can't go wrong with sweet. (Found out later, Bobby added Slap Ya Mama cajun seasoning to the catfish!).

Okra is slimy before it's cooked. I know that sounds unappetizing but it's the truth. Cook it correctly and it will be your favorite! To give it a kick, we added apple cider vinegar with the okra, then the green tomatoes. The order is important because they each sauté at a different pace.  

The end result was A M A Z I N G!! Definitely keeping it on our list. Bobby's baked breaded catfish was yummy even though he snuck in Slap Ya Mama and thought I wouldn't notice. He did make homemade tarter sauce for me to cool it down which was also a hit. 

Everyone cleaned their plates, even the 14 year old football player.

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