Calling all cooks! You don’t have to be a gourmet chef to get a delicious, healthy meal on the table! At Garlic & Zest, I’ll show you how to make hundreds of seasonal, fresh recipes and indulgent comfort foods with easy step-by-step instructions and photos to help you master the dish.
I meant to post this recipe for Cinco de Mayo, but I’m not always as organized as I’d like to be and my best intentions fell by the wayside as I was knee deep in chalupas, salsa verde and those incredible crepes. That said, I knew I had to get this one up before Memorial Day, because you’re going to want to have a big batch of this on hand all weekend!
You know I’m from the South, right? I grew up on all manner of Southern fare. Ham, from Smithfield. Oysters and blue crabs, from the Chesapeake Bay. Pulled pork sandwiches made by Mom or as a treat from Pierce’s Barbecue. Pork puddin’ and scrapple (from the leftover parts of the pig). And grits.
In South Florida, there are two seasons. Hot and swelter. Starting right around Memorial Day and usually lasting through November it’s swelter. That’s not an exaggeration. Hot is 85° and lower than 50% humidity. Swelter is 88° and humidity of 60-70% (that’s a feels like temp of mid-upper 90s). The kind of suffocating experience that immediately draws beads of sweat across your upper lip and a constant dribble of perspiration running down your back. Cold soups are made for this weather – and this refreshing Chunky Garden Gazpacho is sweat’s nemesis.
I’m always looking for new ways to fix vegetables. Different combinations, fun flavors and textures. And let’s be honest — bathing suit season is just around the corner… My inspiration for this started at the farmers market a few weeks ago.
What do you do with over-ripe bananas? I don’t mean what can you “make with them”. I mean, you see them on the counter, a little soft with unsightly brown spots and it’s 7:30 a.m. on a Tuesday morning. What do you do? That’s not exactly prime baking time, right? Sure, you could toss them in a blender and make a potassium rich smoothie, or you could procrastinate, like me. And stick them in the freezer until you’re ready for something good!
Calling all cooks! You don’t have to be a gourmet chef to get a delicious, healthy meal on the table! At Garlic & Zest, I’ll show you how to make hundreds of seasonal, fresh recipes and indulgent comfort foods with easy step-by-step instructions and photos to help you master the dish.
