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Caponata: A Delicious Appetizer You Can Make in Advance

Caponata is a traditional Italian appetizer you can make in advance of any event you’re having. It is made of eggplant and lots of other summer vegetables, simmered and served over crostini. Absolutely delicious!!! I got more eggplant in my CSA box a few weeks ago, and my daughter was getting burnt out on Eggplant …

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Roasted Ratatouille Tart Inspires a Gran Passione

What Can I Do with All This Zucchini? This recipe for Roasted Ratatouille Tart gloriously combines all the riches of your summer garden/CSA. Which is another way of saying that this recipe will help you deal with the Curse of the Overly Zealous Zucchini – the affliction by which many of you are currently plagued. …

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Grilled Ratatouille Pasta with Roasted Garlic and Fresh Mozzarella

 Grilled Ratatouille Pasta with Roasted Garlic and Fresh Mozzarella is a recipe that contains all the flavors that, to me, are quintessentially summer.   Behold the brilliant colors (and flavors) of summer! Love it! Grilled Ratatouille? It’s almost officially summer, my friends, and the tomatoes, zucchini, peppers and eggplant will be rolling in before you know …

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Chocolate Zucchini Cake with Chocolate Chips and Walnuts

Chocolate Zucchini Cake is the very best use of your leftover, unwanted zucchini. Because as we all know, it’s the time of year when gardeners are paying their friends to take some of the zucchini they’ve grown off of their hands. Now that I’ve got your attention….   The Fiasco BEFORE Making Chocolate Zucchini Cake …

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