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Zucchini and Fennel Salad
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Jun 24, 2025

Zucchini and Fennel Salad

It’s not properly summer until you have too much zucchini in your life, spilling out of your market bags and collecting in your crisper drawer. This recipe takes what might feel like a bumper crop burden and makes it a star of the season once more. Fresh, crisp and bright, this plucky, lemony shaved zucchini and fennel salad is easy to throw together for a lovely summer luncheon or dinner. An incredibly à la minute salad, the vegetables are basically softened in the moment with the salt and the acid, so make sure to serve this salad quickly for optimal texture and taste. While it is crispest and freshest as soon as it’s made, leftovers will be just as lovely, albeit not as crisp, the next day, and can be perked up with fresh herbs or even repurposed: Roughly chop and toss with arugula and cooked chicken for a great, hearty lunch. This is a salad that gives and gives. 

30m8 to 10 servings
Amazingly Sweet Slow-Roasted Tomatoes
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Amazingly Sweet Slow-Roasted Tomatoes

These don’t look like they are going to taste as amazing as they do, and I know it might be asking a lot to have the oven on for 2 hours on a hot summer day. But it’s on low and the end result will be worth it. Lean over the plate when you bite into the tomatoes, as the juice may squirt. You can eat these as a snack or a side dish, or put them through a food mill for an incredibly sweet sauce.

3hServes 4 as a snack, side dish or sauce.
Mushroom and Grain Cheeseburgers
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Mushroom and Grain Cheeseburgers

45m4 to 6 burgers.
Grated Carrot Salad With Dates and Oranges
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Grated Carrot Salad With Dates and Oranges

The influences here are Moroccan. The orange juice brings out the sweetness of the carrots. The juices combine in a delectable way, the salad sweetened all the more by the dates and cinnamon.

10mServes 4
Israeli Couscous and Spicy Herb Frittata
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Israeli Couscous and Spicy Herb Frittata

In Italy leftover pasta is often recycled into a frittata. I decided to do the same with some Israeli couscous that I had tossed with a spicy Yemeni herb and chili paste called zhoug that I found in Yotam Ottolenghi’s book “Jerusalem.” I liked the couscous with the chili paste better in this pretty frittata than I did on its own. You won’t use up all of the zhoug in the frittata but you will be glad to have the relish on hand to use as a condiment. Note that I do not cook my Israeli couscous in boiling water; I find that it becomes too mushy that way.

1h 30mServes 6 as a main dish, 12 as a starter
Stuffed Yellow Peppers With Israeli Couscous and Pesto
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Stuffed Yellow Peppers With Israeli Couscous and Pesto

The large spherical couscous that we know as Israeli couscous actually has its origins in North Africa, where it is called muhamma. In Middle Eastern markets, you may find it labeled maghribiyya.

1h 15mServes six
Scrambled Eggs With Peppers, Tomatoes and Potatoes
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Scrambled Eggs With Peppers, Tomatoes and Potatoes

I’ve always been partial to creamy, slow-cooked scrambled eggs, but for this week’s dishes I found that I preferred larger curds, cooked at medium heat rather than very low heat. If you prefer a creamier curd, just reduce the heat before you add the beaten eggs to the pan, and stir the mixture slowly until the eggs are set. These Tunisian-inspired eggs make a satisfying one-dish meal. The eggs are spiced with cayenne or harissa, ground caraway and coriander.

1hServes four