I’m a bit of a cookbook addict. I love delving into other people’s visions about food.
Ripe is a “colorful approach to fruits and vegetables”. The chapters are broken down by color and the photography is so vibrant, it makes you want to run directly to the farmer’s market stand.
What I adore about the book, is the idea I can pick a recipe based on a single ingredient. The simplicity of one piece of ripe fruit or one fresh vegetable made into something delicious is right up my garden!
Summer means access to a wide range of produce and encourages us to enjoy the bounty of fresh options. This book will inspire you to indulge in the season.
And the GIVEAWAY! Leave a comment on your favorite summer produce or recipe and we will randomly select a winner Wednesday, August 15th.
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I love heirloom tomatoes.
Pick a favorite? Oh, that’s tough. Asparagus, beets, cucumbers, dill, eggplant…. fresh produce oh so good. I love to make jam with berries and peaches. And a good heirloom tomato is amazing. But there is nothing quite like being able to go out to my husband’s garden and pick fresh basil to go with those tomatoes or to make pesto, which I freeze for later.
Watermelon… yum!
Mu favorites are the zucchini and sweet potatoes from my garden.
Nothing says summer like some homegrown tomatoes with a touch of salt and pepper.
Its hard to choose just one! But my kids are screaming watermelon!!!
I love small peppered- toss with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper and roast- YUM!!!!
I love watermelon on a hot summer day!
I love berries! I can put blueberries in just about anything! And a nice sweet, ripe blackberry just melts in your mouth! OH! And cherries!
I <3 squash!! Boil a split spagetti squah for ten mins, sauté your fav veggies, mix in the squash, add pasta sauce, fill the shell halfs with the veggie mixture, top with motza cheese, broil for 5 and you're done! All veggie spagetti alternative!
yummy!
I love any berry. I love to make jellies out of them from my garden. I also love to make a berry salad in the summer.
Peaches! the juicier the better!
Berries!!!!!!!!!!
I love fresh cucumbers!!!!! So delicious!
It is hard to choose just one! Going with my kids favorite…watermelon for all of the HOT Texas summer days!!
Squash blossoms yum
fresh garden tomatoes!
I love homegrown tomatoes in the Summer. So yummy with anything and nothing compares to the taste !
Tomatoes and zucchini!
Summer is ALL about the berry picking in our house. We love to go pick strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, cherries. Yum…we turn them into all sorts of things. We do a TON of fresh berry smoothies, and then when the kids don’t finish them all, we turn the leftovers into popsicles.
All of the berries, peaches, pluots, beets, corn, and tomatoes!
Loving the in season fresh fruits this summer. Berries, Berries, Berries.
Zucchini!! Sauté it, stir fry it, grate it and put sauce over it, slice it up for salads, fry it up, put it in bread, grill it, roast it…you can even eat the blossom!! It’s the best in the garden.
Corn salad with tomatoes, avocado, cilantro, jicama, and lime juice!!
Peaches
My husband and I love asparagus in the summer- just a little olive oil, garlic, and salt & throw it on the grill= delish! Also, green beans! We love to make dilly beans!
My 2 year old daughter and I had our first REAL peach for lunch yesterday. We bought it fresh from our local farmer’s market and I couldn’t believe how sweet and juicy it was! Growing up on supermarket produce and discovering farmer’s markets as an adult is a real life changing experience, but I’m stoked to raise my daughter on the good stuff! Next up: watermelon!
Tomatoes!
Fresh green beans!! The perfect side to any entree!
Just made the chilled cucumber soup. Yum!
Fresh cucumbers (or tomatoes) – or both!
Zucchini!! Love them!
I LOVE grilled veggies! My favorites are red bell peppers, onions, zucchini, yellow squash, cherry tomatoes and mushrooms. I combine 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil and 2 tsp. EACH salt and sugar. It takes a bit of work, but mix it up until really well blended, then pour the marinade over your veggies, which should be cut up to allow everything to cook/grill/roast at the same time. I let the veggies sit in the marinade for a while, stirring occasionally. Finally, you can cook them in a grill pan on your gas/charcoal grillor roast them in a 400 degree oven to desired doneness. I like all my veggies slightly charred on the edges. You can eat them as is or, one of my favorites, serve them over a nice long grain/wild rice pilaf as a main dish. Super yummy!
I love fresh garden tomatoes and cucumbers!
love blueberries and cherries
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