zucchini – Cerise Chérie

Duck Egg Quiche with Garden Vegetables

Published on August 11, 2021August 23, 2021 by Rebecca3 Comments

Last weekend my neighbour (take a look at his blog here) gave me a wonderful gift – a treasure box full of goose and duck eggs from the birds he raises near his pond. I was so thrilled, I went straight to the kitchen and began to plan an egg based menu for the week ahead. Eggs are such a staple in my kitchen, I get a little apprehensive if our egg stock is running low. I know if I have eggs, I can quickly whip up any number of easy meals on busy weeknights when I’m running late or other dinner plans fall through – and I frequently do.

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Zucchini pain d’épices

Published on September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 by Rebecca3 Comments

Pain d’épices is a traditional French quick bread, rich with honey and warm spices. It’s often served around the holidays but, since it bears such a noticeable resemblance to American banana bread and zucchini bread, I love to serve a variation of it in late summer when the garden is overflowing with zucchini. Continue reading “Zucchini pain d’épices” →

Zucchini Vichyssoise with Sweet Corn Relish

Published on September 6, 2019 by Rebecca1 Comment

French country cooking meets a mid-century American past-time.

Yesterday I made one of my favorite summer soups: a zucchini vichyssoise, loosely based on Ina Garten’s recipe from her book, Barefoot in Paris. It’s an old stand by in my kitchen during the summer months for two reasons: 1) it’s a great way to use up all the zucchini that’s coming out of the garden and 2) it’s delicious! It looks lovely garnished with green ribbons of julienned zucchini or with fresh snipped chives, as Ina suggests in the book, but yesterday, as I stood at the stove and watched it simmer I realized that the soup alone wasn’t going to satisfy my craving for something cool and fresh the way it usually does. Continue reading “Zucchini Vichyssoise with Sweet Corn Relish” →

The Summer of the Zucchini Tart

Published on August 27, 2017August 28, 2017 by Rebecca2 Comments

Every summer has its signature dish. It’s the one thing I find myself making over and over. That one dish that we completely forgot about over the winter, but in the heat of summer we can’t get it off our minds. Like waking up with that song stuck in your head. You love it but you can’t stop thinking about it until you listen to it again…as loud as possible…on repeat! Last year was all about Continue reading “The Summer of the Zucchini Tart” →