Pear Bread

This is a delightful bread made with sweet little sugar pears (they are rather cute).  Check out OUR Kitchen for all the details.  Amazingly, this recipe had to be translated to English from French...kudos to Elizabeth for pulling it off!

A side note...today is my daughter's ninth birthday.  One of my gifts to her is dedicating September to "Beatle Food".  Check in tomorrow for that!

Poor Man's Asparagus: Daylilies

This is an intriguing treat.  Aubree Cherie of Living Free learned this unique recipe from her grandmother (along with sassafras tea!).  It's very simple and a great way to use all those daylily buds.

Thanks to Lesley for the nomination!

Smoothies

I have found someone that loves smoothies as much as I do.  Marissa from Where I Need to Be has a creative, wholesome flair to these sweet treats.  Make sure to keep checking in as she makes fabulous smoothies from whatever she has at hand.

Borscht

This is a very easy and colorful soup with an eastern European heritage. I cannot wait to harvest my beets now!   

Take a look at this delicious recipe on the Prairie Story website.

Summer Vegetable Bake

And for our last zucchini recipe...a nice mix of several vegetables all pulled into one dish. Enjoy this delicious recipe from The Joy of Caking.

And as always you can purchase originals or prints of all these illustrations here.

Corn and Zucchini Salad

Another fabulous zucchini recipe paired with the oh, so lovely sweet corn. Get the details at EZ Recipes.

Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cake

I just want to run over to the kitchen right now and make this.

Ah, the addition of chocolate chips makes anything ten times better. Check out this tasty zucchini recipe from Prairie Story.

Zesty Zucchini Ribbons

Sometimes the best recipes happen when we're forced to only use what we have in our refrigerator. This is a great example of that.

Ribbons are such a great way to add a fresh twist to zucchini too. Check out this fun recipe from My Tasty Handbook.

Sara Savoury

This is a family and friend favorite from Sara's Kitchen Creations. It's a pastry puff filled with lots of fabulous vegetables....including zucchini.

Which brings me to another topic - my garden is popping with zucchini so the next few posts will highlight them.

Watermelon Martini

This is such a perfect summer drink. Camelia from The Little Chef even suggested I enjoy one while drawing this image. Sadly I didn't, but I really tried to imagine that cool, sweet taste.