One Local Summer, Week 11: New Engand

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

We finally saw the sun around these parts!  I hope everyone had a chance to get out and enjoy not only the sun, but the good stuff that’s ripening now that it’s finally back.

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I’m requiring my meals to contain a minimum number of veggies right now, in order to use up the bounty.  We enjoyed salad along with pasta with a tomato fennel sauce and managed to use up no fewer than 10 separate veggies!

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Erica had fresh local halibut and Connecticut Blue Point oysters to work with this week!  She made a gorgeous chowder with the halibut, and narrowly avoided an ocular emergency while shucking the oysters.  Check out her post for a step-by-step account of the chowder.

A cornmeal crusted, roasted ratatouille tart certainly must use up a whole bunch of those veggies you’ve got!  Laurie enjoyed this recipe from Ellie Kruger, along with a tossed salad.  Looks fabulous!

Finally, Leslie has overcome pneumonia and a broken toe to get back to posting (feel better, Leslie!).  She not only posted a Greek meal of zucchini, eggs and onions, but she points out that anything that uses up zucchini is a welcome food this time of year.  She includes a bonus recipe for a zucchini appetizer which I think will be on my list of things to make this week.  Thanks, Leslie!

Have a great week, everyone!