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Aug

27

Breakfast Cookies

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Cookies for breakfast? These little treats aren’t exactly health food, but with the addition of flax seed, coconut, and buckwheat, they can be a good source of omega-3 fatty acids and fiber. A little crunchy, a little chewy, and as wholesome as a cookie gets. Breakfast Cookies 3 cups oatmeal 1/2 cup white flour 1/2 [...]

Aug

23

Mango Guacamole

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Here’s another guacamole, this time adding the great musky sweetness of mango. Thanks to Texan Laura for inspiring this refreshing dip. Mango Guacamole makes about 3 cups 4 avocados, chopped 1/2 inch 1 mango, chopped 1/2 inch 1 clove garlic, pressed 1/2 pickled jalapeño pepper, minced 1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro 1 tablespoon finely minced [...]

Aug

18

Mixed Mashed Potato Salad

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This is a fun summer favorite, tweaked just a bit to make it interesting. If you cook the potatoes until the edges rub off, they will mix with the vinaigrette to make a nice sauce. For the mixed potatoes, I used russet, sweet, and purple. Mixed Mashed Potato Salad 4 lbs mixed potatoes, peeled & [...]

Aug

14

Peach Pumpernickel Panzanella

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This recipe features another star of the summer farmer’s market. Peaches ripe, sun-yellow, succulent, and perfectly balanced between sweet & tart overwhelm the senses with their bounty. From the fuzzy skin to the fortifying flesh, the fruit of the species Prunus persica just screams summer. Panzanella, on the other hand, pronounces summer slowly and deliberately, [...]

Aug

11

Corn & Tomato Chowder

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Liquid summer. Use an assortment of different tomatoes for festive look, and artisinal bacon is a natural with the fresh corn & sweet milk. Corn and Tomato Chowder makes about 2 quarts 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/4 pound bacon, chopped 1/2 inch 3 large shallots, minced (about 1/3 cup) 2 tablespoons flour 3/4 cup white [...]

Aug

8

Yellow Tomato Gazpacho with Tomato Sorbet

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Here’s yet another gazpacho, this one with a little icy addition. Yellow Tomato Gazpacho With Tomato Sorbet makes about 1 quart 1-1/2 pounds yellow tomatoes 1 large cucumber (about a pound), peeled, seeded & chopped 1 slice whole-grain bread 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar Tomato Sorbet basil Puree all ingredients in blender [...]

Aug

5

Heirloom Tomato Sorbet

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I scream, you scream, we all scream for . . . tomato sorbet! It’s tangy, it’s a little salty, it’s a little sweet, and it’s icy. You could use this as an 80s-style “palate cleanser” between courses; don’t tell anybody what the flavor is, and watch their faces light up as the competing attributes register [...]

Aug

2

Linguine with Raw Tomato Sauce

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Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes. When it’s summer and the tomatoes are big and red and ripe and luscious, I try to eat them every day. Here’s another way to enjoy them; again, use only the very best summer tomatoes for this. The hot pasta and the room-temp tomatoes (never refrigerate tomatoes) meet in the middle and [...]