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Gazpacho Chilled Soup Celebrates Summer’s Amazing Vegetables

Gazpacho Family PortraitCool, Refreshing, Flavorful Gazpacho Combats Summer’s Heat – No Cooking Required

Make chilled Gazpacho now during the height of late summer ripe tomatoes, crisp cucumbers and peppers, fresh herbs and sweet purple onions. Enjoy them all in one delicious, exceptionally flavorful, mildly spicy bowl of soup. Gazpacho is an incredibly fast and easy soup to prepare. Continue reading Gazpacho Chilled Soup Celebrates Summer’s Amazing Vegetables

Balsamic Beet Salad – Fresh Herbs, Toasted Walnuts, Feta Cheese

Balsamic Beet Salad with Golden Beets

Balsamic Beet Salad Made with Golden or Red Beets Tossed in Balsamic Herb & Garlic Dressing

Until a few weeks ago, roasting was my preferred way to cook beets. (Actually, the only way I cooked beets.) I’d not heard of nor considered steaming beets. Though, steam them I did. To my surprise, the steamed beet Continue reading Balsamic Beet Salad – Fresh Herbs, Toasted Walnuts, Feta Cheese

Summer Squash Tomato Bake … Captures Summer’s Essence

Summer Squash Tomato Bake ... Captures Summer’s EssenceSummer Squash Tomato Bake with Zucchini, Yellow Squash, Tomatoes, Basil, Parsley & Thyme

Bursting in summer color, our gardens and markets are at their peak. They overflow with summer squash, ripe tomatoes, green beans, broccoli, beets, fragrant herbs, greens, alliums, and so much more. My own large market basket also overflows this time of year. As all I want to eat Continue reading Summer Squash Tomato Bake … Captures Summer’s Essence

Ratatouille — Classic Provençal Vegetables

Ratatouille — Classic Provençal VegetablesRatatouille — Love At First Bite

Once our exceptionally sweet tomatoes and peppers began to ripen, I added Ratatouille  (rat-ə-TOO-ee) to my soon-to-make list. Finding a gorgeous eggplant and Italiano Largo squash at the farmers’ market, propelled me into action. Continue reading Ratatouille — Classic Provençal Vegetables

Quinoa Patties w/ Herbs & Sweet Potato for a Vegetarian Thanksgiving

Herbed Sweet Potato Quinoa Patties for a Vegetarian Thanksgiving Quinoa Patties w/ Herbs, Sweet Potato and Shiitake Gravy

Whether you want a Thanksgiving dinner without turkey or have vegetarian or vegan guests who do, try Quinoa Patties w/ Herbs and Sweet Potato. They even taste like Thanksgiving Continue reading Quinoa Patties w/ Herbs & Sweet Potato for a Vegetarian Thanksgiving

Slow-Roasted Tomatoes — The Essence of Summer

Slow-Roasted Tomatoes—The Essence of SummerPreserve Summer’s Bounty w/ Slow-Roasted Tomatoes

Thirty-two degrees on the temperature gauge this morning. We fortunately took the time last night to cover the garden and all our containers of flowers and herbs Continue reading Slow-Roasted Tomatoes — The Essence of Summer

Savory Zucchini Pancakes w/ Garden Herbs

Savory Zucchini Pancakes w Parsley, Basil, Scallions & ThymeGarden Bountiful

What to do? You’ve got a veritable zucchini factory growing in your garden or perhaps a CSA box with an over-abundance of summer squash, and you’re rather tired of the same old, same old. Savory Zucchini Pancakes made with lots of fresh and fragrant herbs Continue reading Savory Zucchini Pancakes w/ Garden Herbs