Poached Shrimp with Peach Habanero Hot Sauce

Poached Shrimp with Peach Habanero Hot Sauce
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The summer may be winding down but patio weather lingers. Sure, school is back in session but we still have acres of good weather ahead of us. So before we dig out our casserole dishes and launch into soup mode, let’s keep those effortless summer recipes going a little longer. Today’s Poached Shrimp with Peach Habanero Hot Sauce fits that particular brief perfectly. It can be made in advance, it pairs well with a beer or a crisp glass of white, and its cook-time is minimal. Sounds pretty summery to me!

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Stone Fruit Caprese Salad

Stone Fruit Caprese with Burrata and White Balsamic Vinaigrette
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Plums, nectarines, and peaches are ruling every grocery store shelf, and I am powerless before them. I cannot help but buy them. And naturally, if I buy them I have to eat them. So I’ve been putting stone fruit in just about everything from sandwiches to stir fries to BBQ sauce and beyond, no dish is off limits. These dishes can be elaborate or remarkably easy like today’s Stone Fruit Caprese Salad, which is admittedly a more complicated version of a famously simple salad. What can I say? I am who I am.

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Tuna Club Tostadas

Tuna Club Tostadas with Creamy Avocado Mayo
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Low maintenance has been my M.O. lately. It’s late summer and the vibes are lazy, so why should my recipes be any different? I realize my previous post gently reimagined the iconic tomato sandwich. And today’s could be easily classified as the same. These Tuna Club Tostadas borrow most of their cast from the much-beloved club sandwich, which is really a tomato sandwich on steroids. So yes, these tostadas are yet another riff on the sandwich of the season. But my repetitiveness doesn’t make these beauties any less delicious, so let’s make them.

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Tomato Halloumi Sandwich with Fried Basil

Tomato Halloumi Sandwich with Fried Basil
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Tomato season is in full swing and that can only mean one thing – toasted tomato sandwiches are the only rational lunch option from here on out. When I was growing up a tomato sandwich was not a seasonal thing, it was a survival thing. For a few years there, the 2-3 slices of tomatoes on my sandwich were all that was standing between me and scurvy. I was never a fussy eater but was prone to food obsessions. I loved eating the same things repeatedly. These days I try to limit my intake to August and September when tomatoes are at their peak. But even within that small window, it is possible to get bored. Thankfully, the tomato sandwich is endlessly riff-able. Today’s Tomato Halloumi Sandwich with Fried Basil is one such riff.

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