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    » Home » Recipes » Summer Vegetable Recipes

    Summer Vegetable Recipes

    As summer arrives, gardens overflow with an abundance of vibrant vegetables. Look for ripe tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, hot peppers and zucchini. These easy summer vegetable recipes make the most of them.

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    Summer Vegetables

    Tomatoes are at their peak during mid- to late summer. Cherry tomatoes are perfect for salads. Big, robust heirloom tomatoes are great in sandwiches or roasted. You can also purée them into sauces.

    Peppers are in the same botanical family as tomatoes. They also reach their peak during mid- to late summer. Sweet peppers are excellent in salads, sautéed or roasted. Hot peppers make excellent hot sauce, and taste delicious when you ferment or pickle them.

    Cucumbers are sweet and fresh-tasting. They make great pickles and salads.

    Summer squashes, such as zucchini and crookneck squash, are delicious roasted. You can also fry or sauté them.

    Green beans are delicious when you add them to stir-fries. They're also excellent braised and steamed. Their season runs from late spring, through summer and into early fall.


    More summer vegetable recipes

    Summer is a time of abundance. Gardens are brimming with tomatoes, zucchini and all sorts of delicious vegetables. Use them in simple salads, ferment them, braise them or sauté and roast them.

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    • Finnish-style Quick Pickles
    • Thai Salad
    • Stuffed Heirloom Tomatoes
    • Asian Cucumber Salad
    • Cucumber Kimchi
    • Fermented Jalapeños
    • Cherry Tomato Salad
    • Roasted Plum Tomatoes with Garlicky Toasted Pecans
    • Green Beans with Bacon
    • Tomato and Cucumber Salad
    • Jalapeno, Apricot and Bacon Zingers
    • Fermented Okra
    • Chickpea Stew with Tomatoes
    • Sour Pickles

    Hi! I'm Jenny.

    Welcome to Nourished Kitchen! I'm a nutritional therapist, herbalist, and author of three cookbooks. If you love simple, nourishing whole foods recipes, you've found the right place.

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