Summer Garden Ratatouille

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This is one of those recipes that is great for using up whatever vegetables you have from your garden or CSA and lets the taste of the vegetables come through.

Zucchini Relish

relish

I never in a million years would have made this if I hadn’t decided to cook all the recipes from Simply in Season. Sometimes it pays to take a chance!

Squash and Basil Salad

squash

I was a little skeptical upon first reading this recipe from Simply in Season. I was pleasantly surprised!

Summer Squash Skillet

squash

When I saw this recipe in Simply in Season, it reminded me of a favorite stir fry recipe that I used to make when I was first learning how to cook, 10 years ago. So I adapted it to what I remembered.

Zucchini Garden Chowder

chowder

I can always tell when DH likes the recipe, because there are no leftovers! This is a “soup”er soup that tastes like summer!

Zucchini Cookies

cookies

I promise this is the last of the zucchini desserts for awhile.

Secret Chocolate Cake

cake

I’ll bet you can guess the secret ingredient! In the summer, it’s zucchini. In the winter, it can be beets. Because if you add vegetables, it cancels out all the calories, right?

Zucchini Brownies

brownie

It’s that time of year when zucchini gets put into everything. Simply in Season does not disappoint in that department. Speaking of which, I think I’ll still be able to make my end of August deadline. There will be a few marathon cooking sessions the next few weekends, but here’s hopin’!

Crustless Zucchini Tomato Quiche

quiche

OK so I didn’t have enough tomatoes to make this as written. I sort of ate the handful of ripe cherry tomatoes that I had picked for this recipe. Oops. So I added some chopped kale. That’s the nice thing about Simply in Season. They actually give you permission to make substitutions! An added bonus of that feature in this book is that after a year, I’m finally getting the hang of usual substitutions, and carrying that knowledge over to {Read More}

Roasted Summer Vegetables

This is one of those recipes that I love – it provides the mix and max concept that I’m still trying to master. Someday I want to be able to look into my cupboard/frig/freezer and whip up something that tastes great with whatever ingredients happen to be on hand. In the meantime, I can cheat by using recipes like this. It provides parameters while giving the illusion of being naughty, of breaking the rules. I bought a copy of Intuitive {Read More}