Some days in the garden feel like walking through a sun-ripened dream — especially when the tomatoes are coming in hot and faster than I can keep up with. That’s when I turn to this Turkish-inspired bulgur salad called kısır. It’s hearty, zesty, and one of the best ways I know to stretch a tomato…
Few things feel as satisfying as making salsa from your own tomatoes and peppers, especially once they’ve blistered and blackened over an open flame. This fire-roasted garden salsa is bold, smoky, and just the right amount of spicy. Whether you’re spooning it over grilled meats or scooping it up with chips while the coals cool…
This cozy skillet is one of my favorite ways to turn summer’s garden abundance into a fast weeknight comfort meal. With tender gnocchi, sweet corn kernels, and juicy tomatoes, it comes together in a single pan and always feels like more than the sum of its parts. It’s a lovely addition to a grill-night spread…
If you’re growing herbs this season, this recipe is the perfect excuse to clip a little of everything and turn it into something unforgettable. This grilled pork tenderloin soaks up a garlicky rosemary-thyme marinade before it hits the flames, then gets crowned with a garden-fresh mint chimichurri that’s bright, bold, and full of summer. It’s…
There’s a quiet kind of magic in a frittata — simple ingredients coming together to make something beautiful and satisfying.This summer veggie version makes the most of frozen garden treasures like zucchini, peppers, and onions, turning them into a golden, fluffy masterpiece.I love frittatas because they’re as welcome at the breakfast table as they are…
Every July, the okra gets ahead of me. It is the one crop that seems to thrive on Houston heat the way nothing else does—you turn your back for two days and there are pods the size of your finger, then your hand. These fritters are what I make when the basket overflows: golden, crackly-crisp,…
