Summer Favorites
Summertime, summertime, sum, sum, summertime, summertime!
Lest you think that all we eat come summertime at Local Kitchen is jam and pickles, think again! Easy, breezy salads, whipped up from whatever is in the fridge, nicely charred sausages or chicken on the grill, sweet corn, fragrant basil and heavenly, heavenly tomatoes: summer food is all about indulgence.
I’ve whipped up a list of my favorite summertime dishes and I’ll keep a permanent link in the sidebar for some summer menu inspiration. Enjoy!
A note on searching for recipes throughout the site: The search engine my site uses is cumbersome, to put it politely. The easiest way to find a recipe you’ve seen before is to put it in quotes in the search box: “lemon black cherry muffins” will return just that recipe; lemon black cherry muffins will return every post that mentions lemon, black, cherry or muffin. You get the idea. The other easiest way is to use the categories drop-down menu and search by tag; if you know you saw a great recipe for kale soup, try searching by ‘kale’ or ‘soup’ in the drop down. If you’re just searching for meal inspiration, try the season or type of meal categories. I’m working on putting together a comprehensive recipe index, but… there are a lot of them. Someday soon, I hope!
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Summer Recipes
Appetizers, Sides & Salads
- Baba Ganoush
- Classic Bruschetta with Local Crostini
- Cucumber Tomato Feta Salad Perfection.
- Fresh Favas with Bacon & Almonds
- Lime and Peanut Coleslaw No mayonnaise cole slaw!
- Quinoa and Black Bean Salad Perfect summer potluck fare.
- Salt Potatoes Deservedly infamous.
- Summer Tomato Risotto with Mint
- Tabouli A great way to use up a glut of garden parsley & mint.
- Zucchini Fritters
Fridge-Clearing, CSA-Busting, Veggie-Lovin’ Mains
- Black Bean Vegetable Soup
- Chicken Joi Choi Stir-Fry
- Christina’s Garden Vegetable Soup
- CSA-Busting Vegetable Soup
- So what? Soba Noodles.
On the Grill
- Pork Tenderloin
- Bone-in Chicken Breasts
- Lemon Yogurt Chicken Kebabs
- Sweet & Soy Asian Grilled Chicken Mom tested, kid approved!
- Herby Grilled Potatoes
- Tai’s Grilled Corn on the Cob He doesn’t cook often, but when he does…
Sauces & Condiments
- Basil-Sage Pesto
- Cilantro Pesto Freeze some - you’ll thank me this winter.
- Fresh Peach Salsa
- Fresh Cantaloupe Salsa
- Jamaican Jerk Sauce It’s The Year of the Scallion, after all.
- Simple Vinaigrette The Little Black Dress of a summer salad.
- Tomato Sauce with Fresh Basil
- Tzatziki Cucumbers & dill, yum.
Dessert
- Black Currant Scones
- Cantaloupe-Wineberry Granita I wish I had some right now.
- Fresh Strawberry Tart
- Glazed Blackberry Tart
- Lemon Black Cherry Muffins Make your taste buds say “wow.”
- Mini Zucchini Quick Breads
- Sweet Ricotta Tart with Honey-Spiced Peaches
Oh good lord. I want to make everything on this list.
Love your avatar! Ha!
girl, you are rockin’! i am in montreal at the moment and this post is making me want to get home and get in my local kitchen!
RE: Cukesalad, lovely and I think will go well with Fluffy American pancake (recipe via UCKG.org > women> recipe). And the Fridge-Clearing, CSA-Busting, Veggie-Lovin’ Mains look lovely too!!