Savory Corn Pudding

Source: Everyday Food

Ingredients

• 8 ears corn
• 3 slices bacon
• 1 medium yellow onion, diced
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• Salt and pepper
• 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon red-pepper flakes
• 1/2 cup torn fresh basil leaves

Directions

1. Grate corn into a medium bowl. In a large heavy pot, cook bacon over medium-high until crisp. With tongs, transfer to paper towels to drain. Add onion to pot and cook until soft, 8 minutes.
2. Add corn and accumulated juices and cook 5 minutes. Slowly stir in milk and cook until thick and creamy, about 2 minutes. Season with salt, pepper, and red-pepper flakes. Crumble bacon over corn mixture and top with basil.

Cook's Note

Good with ...
Fried chicken, ribs, turkey burgers

Zucchini Coconut Bread

Source: Two Peas and their Pod

Zucchini Coconut Bread

Yield: 1 loaf of bread

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 50-60 minutes

Total Time: 75 minutes

Zucchini Coconut bread made with coconut oil and coconut! You won't miss the butter, I promise!

ingredients:

3/4 cup all-purpose Gold Medal flour
3/4 cup whole wheat Gold Medal flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 1/2 cups shredded zucchini (squeezed and drained in a paper towel)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt (I use Chobani 0%), at room temperature
1 large egg, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup shredded sweetened coconut

directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan and set aside.

2. In a large bowl, whisk together flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Set aside.

3. In a separate large bowl, combine shredded zucchini, sugars, coconut oil, yogurt, egg, and vanilla extract.

4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until moistened. Stir in the shredded coconut.

5. Pour the batter into prepared pan. Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let zucchini bread cool in pan for 10 minutes. Carefully remove the bread from the pan and cool completely before slicing.

Tomato Basil Soup

This recipe is adapted from La Madeleine's famous recipe and my friend Kyla's yummy recipe. So good! I like to serve it with Elana's Pantry's Scallion and Goat Cheese muffins.

Source: La Madeleine's Restaurant

Image Source: Johnny Autry

Ingredients

• 4 cups (8 to 10) tomatoes, cored and roughly chopped, or 4 cups canned whole tomatoes, crushed
• 3 cloves garlic, minced/grated
• 12 to 14 washed fresh basil leaves
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 pound sweet, unsalted butter
• salt to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper
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Instructions

Put tomatoes and garlic in saucepan. Simmer 30 minutes. Puree, along with the basil leaves, in small batches, in blender, food processor (or better yet, one of those handy hand-held immersion blenders, right in the cooking pan).

Return to saucepan and add cream and butter, while stirring over low heat. Garnish with basil leaves and serve with your favorite bread.

Zucchini and Yellow Squash Gratin

A really yummy way to use up our squash this week. Even though the recipe calls for two of each squash, (which is what we had), our squash were so big that I ended up doubling the rest of the recipe to go with our 4 jumbo summer squash (and baked it in a 9 x 13).

Source: Everyday Food

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 medium zucchini (about 7 ounces each), sliced crosswise 1/4 inch thick
• 2 medium yellow squash (about 7 ounces each), sliced crosswise 1/4 inch thick
• 2 shallots, minced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• Coarse salt and ground pepper
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup panko
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450. In a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat; add zucchini, yellow squash, shallots, and garlic. Season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until zucchini and squash are crisp-tender, 4 to 6 minutes.
2. Add cream, and cook until thickened, about 5 minutes. Remove skillet from heat; stir in 1/2 cup panko and cup Parmesan.
3. Spoon mixture into a shallow 2-quart baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining panko and Parmesan; season with salt and pepper. Bake until top is golden, 8 to 10 minutes.

Fresh Corn and Avocado Salsa

This recipe is seriously one reason I look forward to summer!

Source: Adapted from the  Pioneer Woman

Fresh Corn & Avocado Salsa

8 ears of sweet corn
1/2 red onion, diced
4 very firm avocados, diced
1 jalapeno, seeded and finely diced
Juice of 2 limes
Plenty of chopped cilantro
Salt to taste
2 tablespoon vinegar
2 teaspoon sugar (optional)

Slice kernels off the corn, and combine it with all remaining ingredients in a bowl.
Cover and refrigerate before serving.

Enjoy!