Category: Summer
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Cucumber Salad with Sour Cream or Yogurt
I am growing the most fantastic cucumbers this year. I bought the starts from the local nursery so I’m not sure what variety these are but I remember that they are a Japanese variety. They are at least a foot long and not too full of seeds. Really fantastic. I did seed the one I…
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White Beans, Tuscan Style
Cook up these easy and delicious white beans, Tuscan style, for an easy side dish. The recipes is from How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food, a great resource for vegetarians and non-vegetarians looking to expand their repertoire. These were really good! They remind me of those cans of “lightly seasoned…
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Cold and Sweet: Coffee Granita
This tastes so good you’ll be making extra coffee just to have leftovers! Basically it’s sweetened coffee with milk or half-and-half frozen. The trick is to keep stirring it while it freezes so you don’t end up with one big chunk of frozen coffee. Feel free to adjust the proportions. This was just about right…
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Fried Rice with Chicken
The other night I had made some absolutely fantastic teriyaki chicken and sauteed vegetables. I purposefully made extra and tonight made some fried rice. It was the best fried rice yet. I’ve made fried rice before with a variety of meats and vegetables, using everything from pork to chicken to beef. I suspect this batch’s…
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Strawberries, Tomatoes, Basil, and Red Onion
Lots red in this and very pretty! Wish I’d caught a picture before we devoured it. No measurements for this one either. A friend had an overabundance of fresh strawberries and made this for dinner the other night. sliced strawberriesquartered and sliced tomatoesfresh basilthinly sliced red onionsliced mozzarella (optional)balsamic vinegar Layer everything prettily on a…