Garden varieties

Enjoy a midsummer vegetable harvest with this cornucopia of fresh recipes.

Updated:: 2009-12-17 14:39

Published:: 2007-07-09 00:00

By: The Homemakers Test Kitchen

Photography By: Kevin Hewitt

Dig into a crisp cucumber salad, savour fresh snow peas with ham, and enjoy mouthwatering zucchini pancakes: It's time to take advantage of fresh seasonal vegetables and add a zip to your mealtime repertoire.
Click on the recipe titles below for quick and tasty dishes that'll help you to load up on veggies.

Recipes

Korean Zucchini Pancakes

Korean cuisine includes hundreds of savoury pancakes with all kinds of vegetables, legumes, seafood and meat. They are...
Filipino Cucumber Salad

This refreshing summer salad is adapted from a recipe in The Asian Bistro Cookbook (Robert Rose, 1997) by our food editor,...
Snow Peas with Ham

Just a touch of cured (not smoked) ham makes this a very tasty dish. It's best to buy a 1/4-inch/5 mm thick slice of ham at...
Dry-Fried Green Beans

This favourite Chinese restaurant dish is easy to prepare at home. If you like, you can omit the pork altogether for a...
Chipotle Corn, Green Beans and Sweet Peppers

Slice the beans and dice the onion and pepper to the same size as corn kernels for the best effect. Serve warm or cold as a...
Sautéed Chinese Broccoli

If you like, you can add minced garlic or finely julienned ginger to the oil for variety.

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