ZUCCHINI If you’ve been visiting your local farmers market lately (and please do!), you’ve no doubt seen bins and baskets full of beautiful zucchini. One of a variety of summer squash, meaning they are harvested while immature so the rinds are edible, zucchini is a great choice for versatility and nutrition. One zucchini provides nearly [...]
FRESH GINGER Fresh ginger is a delicious addition to sweet and savory dishes as well as a great addition to water, lemonade, and tea. It’s unique sweet/pungent/citrus flavor is commonly associated with Asian cuisines, but it is delicious in desserts as well (candied ginger is an especially delicious treat!). Dried ginger can be substituted, but [...]
Welcome to The Fresh 20 Recipe Diary! This week’s recipe: SPRING VEGETABLE PANZANELLA SALAD ORIGINS: A summertime staple in Tuscany, the panzanella salad was originally a humble dish designed to use up the stale bread and abundant tomatoes farmers had on hand. Bread was soaked in water to soften it and then mixed with tomatoes, [...]
Welcome to The Fresh 20 Recipe Diary! This week’s recipe: WEDDING SOUP ORIGINS: Surprisingly, Wedding Soup isn’t actually a soup served at weddings – its name originates from a mispronunciation! In Italian, the soup is known as Minestra Maritata; Minestra meaning ‘soup’ and Maritata meaning ‘marriage’ – but not that kind of marriage. It refers [...]
Welcome to The Fresh 20 Recipe Diary! This week’s recipe: MUSHROOM CAPRESE ORIGINS: The caprese salad, increasingly found on American menus, originated in the Capri region of Italy. It is a beautifully simple salad designed to celebrate its fresh, ripe ingredients; tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil, and olive oil. Coincidentally, the finished salad represents the colors [...]
