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Summertime recipes wanted!

It’s hot…

I’m sweatin’ like a whore in church.

It’s time to start making summertime foods.

Anybody have any yummy recipes they’d like to share? I would particularly like to hear recipes for gazpacho and interesting variations on sangria and lemonade, though I’m open to anything that’s cool and refreshing!

I’ll start:

Three Bean Salad

Toss all of these into a bowl:
1 can garbanzos (chickpeas) – rinsed
1 can kidney beans – rinsed
1 box frozen green beans
sliced black olives
sliced green olives
1 (red or white) onion – sliced
1 head of garlick – chopped
2 stalks of celery – chopped
tarragon
parsley
dill
olive oil
white balsamic vinegar
kosher salt
fresh ground black pepper

Use as much oil, vinegar, herbs, salt, and pepper as you prefer. If you make the salad a couple of hours ahead, the green beans will thaw and cool the whole thing down nicely. If you don’t want to do that, just rinse the green beans under cool water and dry them with paper towels before adding them in.

Chill in fridge. Will last quite a while.

You can add other yummy things to this salad if you like: green onions, slivered almonds, pecans, cooked pasta, different types of beans….use your imagination. I tend to toss in whatever I have.