A refreshing summer fruit salad consisting of sweet juicy melon, ripe strawberries, plump blueberries, mellow mango, colorful kiwi and crisp pears. I added nothing to enhance the flavors since it is the season of fresh fruit.
Cut melon in half discard seeds and hollow out some of the melon. Cut up all fruit combine and pile up inside melon, serve or wrap tight and refrigerate.
A summery pasta salad made with homemade pesto, radiatore pasta and all freshly picked vegetables, from my gardens. This unique shaped pasta absorbed the pesto, a fusilli pasta also would work well. Radiatore meaning radiator, looks like short thick grills.
Pesto Pasta Salad
12 ounces radiatore vegetable pasta 1/2 cup pesto zucchini slices, thin cut in half carrots sliced thin onions, sliced thin beets, sliced thin peas tomato, cubed mozzarella cubed fresh oregano salt and pepper olive oil 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar Pesto 2 cups fresh basil 3/4 cups parmigiana, grated 1/2 cup pine nuts 2-3 garlic cloves, roughly chopped salt and pepper 1/2 cup olive oil
Put all ingredients except olive oil in a food processor slowly drizzle in olive oil till all ingredients are combined. For this recipe you will need 1/2 cup, store the rest tightly covered in the refrigerator.
Cook pasta till "al dente", rinse in cold water to stop the cooking, drain well, set aside. Mix in the pesto. Add all vegetables, mozzarella, oregano, a drizzle of olive oil and the balsamic vinegar with the pasta. Salt and pepper to taste.
Insalata di Melone
