One of my absolute favorite foods to make in the summers (along with cucumber sandwiches and tomato toast) is this simple caprese salad. It celebrates the beautiful tomatoes that are in peak season during the …
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Recipe: Simple Caprese Salad
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Recipe: Zucchini Burrata Pizza with Onion Herb Sauce
If you’ve been a fan of the blog here for a while, you’ll know that we love pizza in my household. From Pizza Fridays of pandemic times to epic pizza parties at my parents’ house …
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Recipe: Lemon Herb Marinated Chicken Breast
I cooked up this dish over the weekend, and it was a huge hit in my house. While I know that marinating chicken is certainly not a new concept, it is new to me because …
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Recipe: Summertime Steak Salad
It’s officially summertime here in Southern California, which means we’re starting to haul zucchinis out of our garden by the armload once again, and keeping an eager eye on my budding tomato plants. It’s the …
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Recipe: Summer Brunch with Burrata, Tomatoes, and Peaches
While summer is winding down and we’re quickly approaching September, we’re reaching one of my favorite times of year where peak summer produce like tomatoes and peaches coexist with emerging fall produce like early apples …
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Recipe: Summertime Couscous Salad
This recipe is summer cooking at its finest – it’s full of summer produce, and you only have to turn on the stove for long enough to boil some water. The base for this salad …
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Recipe: Classic Tomato Toast
I know there are about 5 million recipes for tomato toast out there in the world, and honestly, this one isn’t super unique or different. However, it’s summer and our garden tomatoes are fully taking …
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Recipe: Easy Greek Salad
If you are scrolling through my past few recipes, you may have recognized a theme: feta, tomatoes, cucumbers, and olives. That’s what we have in the house right now, and to me, these four ingredients …
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Recipe: Butterflied Chicken Breast with Tomatoes and Onions
This recipe has been a summer classic that I make every year. It’s healthy, packed with protein and veggies, and is the perfect sheet pan dinner that uses up some of summer’s finest tomatoes. This …
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Recipe: Squash Blossom Flatbread
It’s been a few days since I’ve last posted, and it feels like the transition to summer mode has gone full force during my time away! Our temperatures have been in the 100s here in …
Claire Aucella 