Tomato-cheddar gratin.
Tomatoes are still in season. Get yourself 3 nice, ripe ones, a pile of cheddar cheese and some cracker crumbs. Boom! The best tomato dish you’ll have all year, no doubt. It’s an oldie but goodie. Get the recipe.
Category: Dish
Chocolate cranberry pecan cookie granola.
I’m reposting an old favorite recipe for a cookie-granola mashup that’s impossibly addictive. I’m a little granola-obsessed and, well, when you cookie-fy it, holy mackerel! Get this superdelicious recipe!
Perfectly smooth, practically no-fat red pepper hummus.
This easy homemade hummus is full of flavor and extremely low in fat, making it a healthy dip for veggies, pita chips or breadsticks. Discover the trick to making the smoothest, creamiest hummus ever! Get the recipe!
Sharing a summer favorite: tomato and corn pie.
We’ll still enjoy red, ripe tomatoes for several weeks yet, but summer corn is on its way out at farmers’ markets around here. So make this summer favorite tomato and corn pie in a no-roll cornmeal crust — while you still can! Get the recipe.
BGT salad: bacon, goat cheese and tomato.
Here’s a new take on the ubiquitous summer tomato salad with … wait for it … BACON. Even better: a warm dressing of bacon drippings (let’s call it what it is, people: bacon FAT) and balsamic vinegar that softens the tomatoes and releases their juices. Oh, and goat cheese. Yep. You want this. Get the recipe!
Classic tomato sauce for canning or freezing.
At an organic food conference last spring, I heard about a new-to-me process for making homemade tomato sauce using ripe summer tomatoes. It’s a wonder! This three-part recipe for tomato sauce is super efficient — and delicious! Get the recipe!
Fresh tomato salad dressing.
As if summer tomatoes aren’t sun-kissed enough: This easy tomato salad dressing is doubly so. Mix chopped tomatoes, herbs and other good stuff in a tall jar, pop on the lid and set it in the sun for a couple of hours. This dressing is super easy and versatile, too! Get the recipe!
18 best recipes to make this summer.
We’re in that glorious transitional time between summer and fall, when warm days mix with cool nights, when farm-fresh produce is still abundant (though we know it’s fleeting). Here are 18 must-make recipes for summer corn, tomatoes + more. Get the recipes!
Creamy baked sweet corn dip.
Got corn? Sure you do! Which means you’ll want to make up a big batch of baked sweet corn and ricotta dip and grab a bag of restaurant-style corn tortilla chips. Get the recipe!
