Summer Primary Pantry

By Food & Wine
Updated March 08, 2017

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Corn Relish with Roasted Peppers

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Summer Ingredient: Corn

Recipe: Corn Relish with Roasted Peppers

Riff: Sweet tangy corn relish is good with anything grilled, from shrimp to hot dogs.

More Dishes with Bell Peppers

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Skillet Corn Bread with Corn Relish

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Summer Ingredient: Corn

Recipe: Corn Relish with Roasted Peppers

Riff: Corn relish provides all the seasoning required for this slightly sweet corn bread. The relish also adds heft, making the corn bread substantial enough to serve as a vegetarian lunch with a green salad and some sliced tomatoes.

More Corn Recipes

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Toasts with Tomatoes and Cheese

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Summer Ingredient: Tomatoes

Recipe: Oven-Dried Tomatoes

Riff: Arrange on toasts, top with cheese and broil.

Great Cheese Dishes

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Pasta with Tomatoes and Purple Basil Leaves

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Summer Ingredient: Tomatoes

Recipe: Oven-Dried Tomatoes

Riff: Toss with pasta, crushed red pepper and purple basil leaves.

More Tomato Recipes

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Garlicky Butter

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Summer Ingredient: Garlic

Recipe: Garlic Confit

Riff: Mash the garlic confit in butter and spread it on bread or slip it under chicken skin before roasting.

Amazing Garlic Recipes

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Rice Pudding with Blueberry Syrup

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Summer Ingredient: Blueberries

Recipe: Blueberry Syrup

Riff: Drizzle the blueberry syrup over rice pudding.

Perfect Summer Desserts

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Pasta with Mixed-Herb Pesto

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Summer Ingredient: Herbs

Recipe: Mixed-Herb Pesto

Riff: Toss the pesto with pasta, mix it with ground beef to make meat balls or meat loaf, or whisk it with vinegar to create a delicious herb dressing for salad, tomatoes or fish.

More Ways to Cook with Herbs

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Peach Chutney

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Summer Ingredient: Peaches

Recipe: Peach Chutney

Riff: Grace Parisi's gingery peach chutney is terrific on a grilled cheddar-cheese sandwich or brushed on pork chops during the last few minutes of cooking. To make removing the pits easier, look for freestone peaches, rather than clingstone.

More Peach Recipes

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Yogurt with Blueberry Syrup

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Summer Ingredient: Blueberries

Recipe: Blueberry Syrup

Riff: Swirl the syrup into yogurt.

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Blueberry Smoothie

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Summer Ingredient: Blueberries

Recipe: Blueberry Syrup

Riff: Blend the syrup into a smoothie.

Terrific Blueberry Recipes

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Blueberry-Glazed Ribs

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Summer Ingredient: Blueberries

Recipe: Blueberry Syrup

Riff: Blueberry glaze makes the edges on these ribs nice and sticky.

Amazing Barbecued Ribs

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Tomatoes with Feta and Mint

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Summer Ingredient: Tomatoes

Recipe: Oven-Dried Tomatoes

Riff: Layer the oven-dried tomatoes with sliced feta, mint leaves, olive oil and crushed red pepper.

Delicious, Quick Side Dishes

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Lemony Chickpea and Oven-Dried Tomato Stew

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Summer Ingredient: Tomatoes

Recipe: Oven-Dried Tomatoes

Riff: Oven-dried tomatoes give this simple stew an astounding depth of flavor. Serve it with greens; roasted meat or poultry like lamb, beef or chicken; or with pan-seared snapper, halibut or shrimp.

Fantastic Chickpea Recipes

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The Summer Primary Pantry

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As any cook with a pulse knows, the farmers' market is full of tomatoes, corn, blueberries and more right now. F&W's Grace Parisi takes advantage of those vividly hued foods, creating recipes that become the basis for the very best dishes of the summer (and the fall and winter, too).

Plus: More Vegetable Recipes and Tips

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