September 29, 2009
24 Ways to Use the Lingering Summer Produce From Blogs We Love

Tomatoes
- roasted tomato and cheddar bread from pete bakes
- tomato and corn pie from smitten kitchen
- homemade tomato soup from tammy’s recipes
- smoky scallops with fennel and tomato from the kitchn
- stuffed tomatoes from the wednesday chef
- sweet cherry tomato and sausage bake from jamie oliver (thanks, domestikate!)
Zucchini
- roasted zucchini with green onions, feta, and basil from kalyn’s kitchen
- zucchini bread from 101 cookbooks
- chocolate zucchini cake from simply recipes
- zucchini galette from serious eats
- thai curried zucchini fritters from closet cooking
- pasta with goat cheese, zucchini and summer squash from sassy radish
Green Beans
- green beans with walnut miso sauce from bitten
- pomegranate-glazed green beans and portobellos from karina’s kitchen
- green beans and coconut milk sauce from (our) brazilian home to yours
- balsamic-glazed green beans from one hot stove
- brown butter green beans with almonds from andrea’s recipes
- garlic lemon green beans with toasted breadcrumbs from food, and other musings














Brooke: Thank you! I was just staring at the produce in my refrigerator feeling sort of overwhelmed. And now I have dinner: pasta with goat cheese, zucchini, and summer squash!48 weeks ago
Sweet! I definitely felt inspired compiling this list. Glad you got dinner on the table, now if I could only figure mine out…
48 weeks ago
Miranda M.: Thank you so much! I’m tackling the sausage bake tomorrow night! I love Jamie Oliver!
48 weeks ago
In all seriousness, those thoughts really did require the exclamation point.
Avril Lobo: Thank you!!! This weekend I will be trying the Tomato & Cheddar bread, Zucchini Bread, Garlic Lemon Green Beans with toasted breadcrumbs….YUMMMYYY!
Food inspiration seems to be flavour of the month. I’ve found my groove again
and I, always in the mood to try something new. Thanks for sharing!48 weeks ago
Miranda, Hey, sometimes a girl needs an exclamation point. And a smiley face.
Avril, I’m so glad you’re feeling inspired! I just need to get myself in a groove, too, and we’ll all be in business. You know that feeling when you just don’t know what to make for dinner…and then it goes on and on? This too shall pass.
48 weeks ago
domestikate: My pleasure! And all those other things look yummy too ..48 weeks ago
Kristi: Simple recipes has a great recipe for green beans that I made the other night, it involved almonds, thyme, and green beans. Thanks for the list, there a few food blogs on your list that I haven’t seen before that I’ll be adding to my regulars.
http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/green_beans_with_almonds_and_thyme/48 weeks ago
BethP: I would like to recommend a recipe for CORN which I just made and it was seriously delicious. Corn chowder:
http://www.wholeliving.com/recipe/white-cheddar-corn-chowder
It doesn’t even need the cheddar (particularly if you use a heavy hand with the cayenne which I did, sort of accidentally…)47 weeks ago
Abbey: This is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Thanks Sarah!47 weeks ago