Seasonal Sundays: Peach Season! (Week 28)

Grab a wet napkin, all, because this week's "Seasonal Seven" stand-out recipe collection will have you stocking up on summer's best peaches, at least few of which should be eaten at the kitchen sink, the better to catch those juices. How many keepers here? Every.Single.One.

~ Skip Straight to the Good Stuff ~

Welcome to Seasonal Sundays ...

As ever, thank you for welcoming me into your InBox and RSS feed reader. It's your kitchens, your lives, I conjure while writing ...

If I hurry, this will reach most of you on Sunday. Here I am on a Monday night, still recovering from the respiratory effects of Covid: my happy place is a nap floating in the pool, not great for productivity but excellent for a good snooze.

So let's skip the chit-chat or just like that, it'll be Tuesday. Or Wednesday. Or ...

In Praise Of ...

• ... four-day long weekends!


• ... after a long, hot dry spell, seven inches of rain in three days (yikes) and Beryl on her way which has my sister and me giggling over, Is it Barrel? or Burril? And then laughing that it's Meryl (Marrel) Streep but it was our Auntie Meryl (Murril)


• ... removing an ugly hydrant (for watering outside) not far from our kitchen and dining room windows especially since the replacement would have been even taller, even uglier and bright orange ... instead we've cleared that mulched area under a large maple tree that had really gotten junked up with herb pots, various plants, a wine bar to block the view of the hydrant ... and next week, it'll go back to grass ... I can already imagine a zen simplicity ... better, we hope, for the maple tree and less maintenance, for sure, than what got pulled out

The Words of Wise Women

• "With fear for our democracy, I dissent." ~ Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in her scathing 29-page dissent of the Supreme Court's presidential immunity decision. "In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law."

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THE SEASONAL SEVEN:

For this week's recipes, I aimed for recipes with both savory and sweet flavors and combinations that ...

• ... raise summer's juicy peaches onto their much-deserved summer pedestal
• ... deliver big flavors (almost!) effortlessly
• ... just might have you thinking that summer peaches are right up there with summer tomatoes!

• THE RECIPE Savory Peach Appetizer Fruity with a spike of heat.
• ANOTHER TAKE Peach & Cantaloupe Soup A tantalizing combination, served cold.

• THE RECIPE Baked Chicken with Fresh Peaches Quick-seared chicken breasts amid summer-juicy peaches. (PIN This)
• ANOTHER TAKE Arugula Salad with Smoked Trout & Peach Preserve Dressing A simple but special summer meal.

• THE RECIPE Peach Blueberry Cake Country-rustic and delicious! (PIN This)
• ANOTHER TAKE Peach, Cherry & Blueberry Fruit Sauce (or Fruit Soup) A special three-fruit combo, especially good on chocolate ice cream. (PIN This)

• THE RECIPE Simple Sliced Peaches Just four ingredients, turns tables to silent. (PIN This)
• ANOTHER TAKE Roasted Peaches A simple yet unexpected and stunning dessert.

• THE RECIPE Naked Peach Cobbler Peaches so good, who needs a topping? (PIN This)
• ANOTHER TAKE Peach-Pie Pudding It's peach pie without the crust!

• THE MASTER RECIPE Rustic Fruit Ice Cream An easy, no-cook rich, creamy and fruity ice cream, here peach but also blueberry, strawberry and banana.
• ANOTHER TAKE Homemade Peach Syrup with Fresh Peaches Thick, caramel-y peach syrup. (PIN This)

• THE RECIPE First-Prize Peach Pie The secret technique is no blanching and no peeling!
• ANOTHER TAKE Fresh Peach Pie A luscious summer pie, fresh peaches in light orange sauce, topped with whipped cream.

What's Brand-Spankin' New?!

Wondering about a recipe from the last while? Check Recent Recipes from Kitchen Parade and Recent Vegetable Recipes from A Veggie Venture.

• THE RECIPE Old-Fashioned Potato Salad Loaded with protein, all my mom's tricks for the best version of this picnic classic. (PIN This)

• THE RECIPE Easy-Easy Hummus Salad Another Quick Supper, just a light, loose hummus topped with chickpeas, fresh summer vegetables and feta. (PIN This)

• THE RECIPE Light & Lemony Crab Salad Quick, low-cost protein for sandwiches, crackers, omelets and more. (PIN This)

• THE RECIPE Protein Smoothies for Two Maximize protein with everyday ingredients. (PIN This)

July: Reader Favorites

• Homemade Buttermilk How to make thick & tangy, cold & creamy buttermilk.
• Homemade Ricotta Two ways to make fresh homemade ricotta. (PIN This)

July: Lost Recipes

• THE RECIPE Cantaloupe-Tomato Gazpacho A slightly fruity vegetable gazpacho.
• ANOTHER TAKE Fruity Gazpacho A starter, entrée or dessert!

Looking Back ...

THIS WEEK, YEARS PAST
• 2020 Summer "Extras" (Week 28)
• 2023 Melon Season! (Week 28) (PIN This)

RECENT WEEKS
• Red, White (& Blue) (Week 27) (PIN This)
• Let's Beat This Heat (Week 26) (PIN This)
• No-Ordinary Green Beans for Summer (Week 24) (PIN This)
• Summer Easy (Week 22) (PIN This)
• Summery Spreads & Dips (Week 21) (PIN This)

Soups & Salads Especially for July

• THE RECIPE Zucchini Carpaccio Super simple, a "no recipe" recipe.
• THE COLLECTION Seasonal Soup & Salad Recipes for July There's no going hungry in July!

Good to Know!

• CAN VEGETABLES AT HOME Practical Home Canning Tips What to do before (and after) you start canning.
• OR DON'T Refrigerator Pickles No "canning" required.

Silly (But Fun?!) Food Holidays

• July 9th — National Sugar Cookie Day ()Sugar Cookie Bars, bake, frost and sprinkle all at once.)
• July 12th — National Eat Your Jello Day (Easy Easy Magical Jello Bites, guaranteed to make kids' eyes light up!)
• July 12th — National Pecan Pie Day (Pumpkin Pecan Pie, it's a two-fer! One pie, two Thanksgiving favorites.)
• July 12th — World Kebab Day (Easy Beef Kabobs, on & off the grill in 20 minutes, including Grilled Zucchini Kabobs & Grilled New-Potato Kabobs)

The Best No-Recipe Recipe I Made This Week

Good Bread + Uncured Ham + Cheese + Tomato + Sandwich Pickles = Magnificent Sandwiches

It just might be all I ate for lunch and dinner three days straight!

Trader Joe's Test Kitchen

This week, I picked up a jar of Trader Joe's Corn & Chile Tomato-less Salsa, which is described as "a sweet combination of corn, red peppers, onion and a touch of heat" and served it over whipped cream cheese with corn chips on the side. A touch of heat? For sure. It was too much for us on its own but once over the cream cheese, it got gobbled up. Super easy, worth the purchase!

Or make your own? It's a lot like the very wonderful Sweet Corn Relish.

Don't Be a Stranger ...

I'd love to hear from you. Comment, send me a quick e-mail (my current address is in the FAQs), dot-dash in Morse code, build a fire for smoke signals, launch a message in a bottle, send a Christmas letter, get the dog to yip, toss me a note wrapped in a rubberband, write a message in the sky, scratch a note in the sand, listen to a seashell, tuck a question into a plastic Easter egg, whatever.

• Any advice for Seasonal Sundays?
• Just one thing that would make it more useful for you?
• Anything else? Chime in, chat away.

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Kitchen Parade is written by second-generation food columnist Alanna Kellogg and features fresh, seasonal dishes for every-day healthful eating and occasional indulgences. Quick Suppers are Kitchen Parade favorites and feature recipes easy on the budget, the clock, the waistline and the dishwasher. Do you have a favorite recipe that other Kitchen Parade readers might like? Just send me a quick e-mail, you'll find my current address in the FAQs. How to print a Kitchen Parade recipe. Never miss a recipe! If you like this recipe, sign up for a free e-mail subscription. If you like Kitchen Parade, you're sure to like my food blog about vegetable recipes, too, A Veggie Venture. When you make my recipes, I'd love to know your results! Just leave a comment below or better still, on the specific recipe's page.

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