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Fresh Zucchini Lemon Salad with Pine Nuts and Parmesan

It doesn’t get any easier than this fresh zucchini salad! My garden is a little behind schedule because Laguna Beach has suffered through May Gray and now June Gloom. I haven’t had nearly enough sun and heat for my tomatoes, but the zucchini was ripe and ready.The sun is trying to come out today so I wanted to make a fresh raw salad. This was just what I needed. INGREDIENTS Zucchini–I used 3 small ones […]

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Zucchini "Pasta" with Slow-Roasted Roma Tomatoes

I think the best $29 I spent last year was on my Spiralizer! Sure, you can spend a lot more, buy why would you? I got mine on Amazon and just love it. Not to sound like some cheesy commercial on late night cable TV, but it really does do it all. And it’s fun to use. Here’s what it looks like when you’re done spiralizing. After you lightly cook the […]

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Fresh Herb-Paired Roasted Fall Veggies

Working in my garden today I realized I planted enough herbs last month to supply a small restaurant chain for at least a year! What to do with all of them? Either all of my friends would get “herbs for the holidays” or I needed to dream up some new recipes–fast. Then it occurred to me–you always hear about wine pairing so I thought I’d try “veggie-pairing”. I rummaged through the fridge and […]

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