The other day I mentioned to my friend that I picked up a few chayotes and was planning on adding them to my "365" list. She said it sounded like some kind of contraband veggie that people "ate" in the 60's. It looked more like a green apple that got smooshed in the bottom of grocery bag and it tasted quite different. A relative of the squash family, after boiling whole, it had the texture of a melon and a mild flavor. I ended up stuffing the chayotes with a mixture of ground chicken, the chayote pulp, arborio rice made with chicken broth, diced bell peppers, breadcrumbs, some Parmesan cheese and my new friend the garlic scape. (I bought a 2nd batch recently and am trying to work my way through! A little goes a long way.) After stuffing the hollowed out chayotes, I tossed a few more breadcrumbs and a sprinkle of parm on top and let them brown on the broiler for a minute. This was one veggie that I thought for sure I would not be able to convince my husband to eat but when he saw them come out from under the broiler, he could not resist and neither could I!
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