July 19, 2012

6 Summer Vegetable Recipes & Crunch a Color Giveaway! {Naptime Simple Tips}

There are lots of delicious vegetables abound in farmer’s markets all over the country right now. I am especially excited by what I am finding in the Northeast. Because we have such a relatively short growing season what is available right now is truly a fleeting pleasure. Here are some of the awesome locally grown vegetables I’ve been spying on Martha’s Vineyard this week and a few ideas for what to make with them. If you have resolved to have your children try some of these scrumptious vegetables with you this summer I suggest you pick up a copy of Crunch a Color. This award-winning eating game by Jennifer Lee ( I chatted with her yesterday) will get them happily munching away on healthy summer veggies in no time. Even better, enter to win one of five copies here today!

Tomatoes via The Naptime Chef

1. Roasted Tomato Sauce

2. Mom’s Nearly Famous Gazpacho

Corn

3. Corn Salad

4. Grilled Corn

Artichokes & eggplant

4. Eggplant Parmesan

5. Grilled Marinated Artichoke Hearts with Blue Cheese

Zucchini

6. Summer Zucchini Bites

 

To Enter to Win 1 of 5 copies of the award-winning Crunch-A-Color game:

1) Leave a comment sharing the vegetable you’d like to start eating more of this summer!

2) Subscribe to The Naptime Chef newsletter (upper right side)

3) Subscribe to The Naptime Chef on Facebook.

4) Contest runs from July 19th at 7am through July 25th at 7:00am. Award winners will be announced in the newsletter on June 27th! Only able to ship to US and Canadian addresses.

24 Responses to “6 Summer Vegetable Recipes & Crunch a Color Giveaway! {Naptime Simple Tips}”

  1. Jenn says:

    Hey Naptime Chef, I would like to eat more zucchini! The summer zucchini bites sound delicious. Thanks!

  2. LO_TS says:

    I’ve love to eat more zucchini too and try baking zucchini bread which i’ve been meaning to try for a while.

  3. LO_TS says:

    I subscribe to you via the email lo_ts@ymail.com

  4. Cathy says:

    More tomatoes!

  5. April V says:

    SQUASH! I love it, and haven’t had it but about twice this summer!

  6. April V says:

    I’m a subscriber.

  7. vaishali sharda says:

    Avocado..wait that’s a fruit?? Asparagus..:)

  8. Laura says:

    Summer squash!

  9. Greg Allbee says:

    I want to learn to do more with eggplant!

  10. Miranda says:

    I’d like to eat more eggplant.

  11. Miranda says:

    FB follower

  12. Miranda says:

    Newsletter subscriber.

  13. Alice says:

    I would love to eat more artichokes! 🙂 

  14. Alice says:

    I have subscribed to the newsletter!

  15. Alice says:

    I keep up with Naptime Chef on FB! 🙂 

  16. Ro'Chele A says:

    This is such a cool game! I’m going to the farmer’s market this weekend and plan on getting TONS of zucchini, and I’m pretty excited about it.  🙂

  17. Ro'Chele A says:

    I’m an e-mail subscriber! 

  18. Ro'Chele A says:

    I subscribe on FB!

  19. Diane says:

    Hands down – kale is the veggie I’d like to eat more often!

  20. Ehughes1207 says:

    I would love to try Kale!

  21. Robin says:

    This summer I would love to start eating more arugula!

  22. Robin says:

    I subscribe to  The Naptime Chef newsletter!

  23. Robin says:

    I like The Naptime Chef on Facebook! (I am Robin O’Sullivan). Thanks for the giveaway!

  24. Robin says:

     I mean I SUBSCRIBE on Facebook!