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Cucumber with Olivada and Goat Cheese

We are in the midst of a cucumber surplus.
Cucumber with Olivada and Goat Cheese
Serves 5 as an Appetizer
2 Cucumbers
1/2 Cup Olives, chopped (Pimento Stuffed works fine)
1/2 Cup Capers
2 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
1/4 Cup Goat Cheese
3 tbsp chopped Fresh Parsley
Salt and Pepper
1 Small clove of Garlic
Olive oil
Thinly slice cucumbers, arrange on a plate with each slice overlapping [...]

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Fried Egg over Truffled Kale and Chickpea Puree

We’ve got lots and lots of kale and Swiss Chard in the garden that needs eating up before it flowers.  For a quick dinner side, we had it over a bean puree with feta cheese.  There was bean puree leftover the next day, so I had it with some sauteed kale drizzled with a bit [...]

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Monster Zucchini= Chilled Zucchini Soup

This beast came out of my dad’s veggie garden, I added my Chef Knife to the photograph for scale.

Chilled Zucchini and Basil Soup with Paprika Toasts
Serves 5
1 Monster Zucchini
2 Cloves Garlic
1 medium-large White Onion
2 Cups Water
1 Cup Veggie Broth
Cooking Sherry or White Wine
2 Bay leaves
20 large Basil Leaves
1 Lemon
Red Chili Flakes
Bunch of Fresh Thyme
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Fresh Spring Rolls with Sweet and Spicy Zucchini and Gingered Mushrooms

Fresh Spring Rolls are so unbelievably easy to make, and versatile too.  Ever since seeing this post on Two Peas and Their Pod, I have wanted to give it a go.
Fresh Spring Rolls with Sweet and Spicy Zucchini and Gingered Mushrooms
Makes 6 Spring Rolls
6 Rice Paper Sheets (H-Mart)
1 small Zucchini
8-10 Mushroms
2 cloves of Garlic
2 tsp [...]

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Fried Zucchini Flowers Stuffed with Feta, Hen of the Woods, and Fresh Basil

I loooooooooove Zucchini Flowers.  Maybe it’s because they only come out once a year, making them even more special, or maybe because I love the crisp delicate texture they offer.
Fried Zucchini Flowers Stuffed with Feta, Hen of the Woods, and Fresh Basil
Makes 8 Zucchini Flowers
8 Zucchini Flowers
1 clove Garlic
1/4 Cup Feta Cheese
1/4 Cup Hen [...]

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Pea Soup!!!

Ever since the Rescuers Down Under, which I watched repeatedly from the age of 8 onwards, I have been enthralled with the idea of pea soup.  All they needed was one pea, and lots of little contraptions for their little mouse restaurant on top of a chandelier in a fancy restaurant.
Mi padre has been very [...]

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Black Radish Chips with Greek Yogurt and Hen of the Woods

It’s too hot to blog. Hen of the Woods is a mushroom I got from H-Mart.  H-Mart is incredible. Black radish is a big radish with black skin that is spicier than your run of the mill red radish. It also came from H-Mart. Roasting black radishes makes them less overwhelming.
Black Radish Chips with Greek [...]

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Pizza Cookie

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Grilled Pizza

It was close to 100 degrees the other day.  Heating up the kitchen with a 400 degree oven is the last thing we wanted to do,so firing up the barbie is the way to go.  Grilling pizza dough is quick and gives it a crispy charred flavor that is as close as you’re going to [...]