Serious Summer Flavors

Hi Friends!!

If you know anything about me it’s that I absolutely love seasonal cooking. During the Summer there is an endless supply of green beans, tomatoes, and zucchini from my parents garden and I will never let them go to waste.

I love, love, love a tart recipe and just so happened to have Phyllo dough in my freezer. For today, I’m making a Basil Garden Vegetable Tart. My version is Vegan but it’s quite easy making it non vegan.

First, lets make the basil pesto:

Fresh Vegan Basil Pesto

what you need:

  • At least a cup of fresh basil, pressed

  • 1/2 cup Parmesan

  • 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice

  • 1/4 cup walnuts

  • A bunch of garlic

  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

what you do:

Throw everything in a food processor and blend.

Next, cut up your delicious veggies. Also, feel free to use any veggie from your garden in this recipe.

what you do:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees

  • Spray cookie sheet with oil and layer dough, use more sheets than you think. Next time I’ll use half of the package

  • Spread cream cheese and pesto

  • Add a more layers then sprinkle mozzarella and some garlic

  • Layer your veggies and sprinkle with garlic and Parmesan

  • Toss it in the oven for 30 minutes

  • Once it comes out drizzle with balsamic glaze and let cool

    Enjoy!

As I said, I used Vegan cheeses in this recipe and I’m telling ya, I couldn’t tell the difference. This recipe is a great way to use up any fresh veggies that you don’t want to go to waste.

Enjoy your day! Be careful though. Never trust a Tuesday…

The Dragon Drink

Hey Friends! It’s been a minute!

I surly haven’t been blogging lately for a few reasons. One of them being that we are in the middle of our massive kitchen gut job so cooking and such is extremely hard and my house is basically in shambles. Second, our photo biz has been slammed. Very little time for much else.

Although things are hard, I saw this beautiful Dragonfruit and immediately thought it needed to be involved in a drink.

To make this fabulous Dragon Drink you’ll need these from the grocery store…

what you do:

In a cocktail shaker, add cucumber, jalapeño, and lime juice. Muddle for a minute or so. Then add ice and everything but the champagne. Shake, shake, shake! Pour into an ice filled glass and top with champagne. Garnish as you see fit.

Enjoy the weekend! Hope it’s full of delicious drinks and fantastic company!

The Bees Knees

Happy Friday, All!

You may know that I simply love bees. I have them everywhere! My shoes, some bags, so why not put one on my drink?

Since the first day of summer is Tuesday, I thought I’d bring you a perfect and simple summer cocktail.

To make the syrup just bring equal parts honey and water to a boil and let cool. This mixes super well in cold drinks like this one.

what you do:

Simply add everything to a shaker and pour over ice. Garnish with lemon and enjoy!

Have the best weekend & Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there!