Tag: summer squash

Ratatouille Stuffed Eggplant

This lovely recipe comes to us from Garnish & Gather, the Atlanta-based local organic dinner delivery service. It will use up three of the vegetables in your box. No farro on hand? Substitute whatever grain – bulgur, rice, quinoa – you have in your pantry.

Eggplant/Squash Baba Ghanoush

I find it interesting that in all our eggplant recipes, we don’t have one for baba ghanoush. Well, that’s what I’m making from the eggplants in the box. Truth be told, it’s one of the few ways my husband will eat eggplant.

This one is from “Plenty More: Vibrant Vegetable Cooking from London’s Ottolenghi” by Yotam Ottelenghi and actually uses squash. I’m going to use up the squash from today’s box, but augment it with eggplant. This is a pretty fancy version, but worth knowing about.

Summer Squash Curry

This recipe is adapted from one in the New York Times. A nice reminder that vegan curries are delicious and coconut milk goes with so many vegetables.

Spicy Thai Green Bean and Summer Squash Salad

This delicious salad is from Seriouseats.com. The beans get blanched, the squash is raw. The dressing is fabulous.

Summer Squash Salad Sliders

Jon Wolf of The Terrace on Peachtree at The Ellis Hotel demoed this recipe at the Peachtree Road Farmers Market five years ago. It’s such a nice idea – raw, chopped vegetables as a slider – that I’m resurrecting it here. You could serve this as a simple salad as well, but it’s kind of fun to surprise people with a vegetable sandwich.

Layered Vegetable Torte

This one takes its inspiration from the New York Times. It will use the eggplant, squash, peppers, tomato, onion and garlic. There are a million vegetable torte ideas out there. I like this one right now because it calls for grilling the vegetables. That’s a way to keep the heat out of the kitchen as much as possible. And adds another layer of flavors to the dish.

Yogurt-Marinated Skewers of Squash and Lamb

Ok, not a fan of lamb? Pork loin will work or cubes of chicken breast. But it’s worth trying with the lamb. Delicious.

Summer Squash with Honey

Cook pasta according to package directions. When drained, return to pot and add 2 tablespoons olive oil.  Toast almonds in a dry skillet over medium-high heat, shaking occasionally, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board, and chop. Add to pasta. Return skillet to medium-high heat, and add remaining 2 tablespoons oil and squash. Cook…
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Squash “Fries”

This is an old recipe from Prevention magazine. Serve with marinara as a dipping sauce, if you like.

Zucchini Frittata

This recipe from King Arthur Flour is pretty quick. You really do need to salt and sauté the squash to keep from having a watery final product. If you follow these steps, you’ll end up with beautiful wedges. It’s also just as good at room temperature or cold.

My zucchini is grated, salted and sitting in a colander as I write.

If you like, use your leek as part of the chopped onion.