4 cool summer time Recipes

orange juice, freshly squeezed, lime juice, freshly squeezed (or use lemon juice), honey, yellow mustard, salt (pref flaked sea ), virgin olive oil, zucchini, about 6-inch long and 1-inch thick, purple onion, yellow cheese, cubed (i used gouda, but use any you like), cumin seeds, grape tomatoes, baby, eggs, boiled but not hard (about 5 mins boiling time), coarse black pepper

prepared pizza crust (two 7-inch crusts), purchased roasted garlic and chive hummus (comes in 8 oz container in deli secton or refrigeraton section), peeled seeded chopped cucumber, seeded plum tomato, crumbled feta cheese

all-purpose flour, polenta , fine grind, baking powder, salt, sweet unsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks), sugar, almond paste, vanilla extract, almond extract, eggs, separated, heavy cream, powdered sugar , for serving, preheat oven to 375 degrees f., butter and lightly flour the insides of a 10-inch round cake pan., sift together the flour , polenta, baking powder and salt. set aside., in a mixer , on medium speed, cream the butter until light and fluffy. add 1 cup of the sugar and beat until pale and fluffy add almond paste and beat again. blend in vanilla and almond extracts, then beat in the egg yolks, 1 at a time, being sure that each is mixed in before the next is added. alternately, beat in small amounts of the sifted dry ingredients and the cream to the butter mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients., in a clean mixer , beat egg whites until opaque, then add remaining 1/4 cup sugar and beat until whites form soft peaks. fold into batter gently but thoroughly. pour the batter into the cake pan. bake on the middle shelf of the oven for about 60 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. (do not test or move the cakes before they have baked for at least 45 minutes since they are delicate and may fall.), allow the cake to cool and when cooled remove from the pan and dust the top with powdered sugar. cut into eighths or tenths., serve this cake with summer fruits-peaches, nectarines, apricots, berries-tossed with a little sugar, freshly squeezed lemon juice and a pinch of gray salt.