Hi! I’m a new blogger and I’ve been following your posts for a while. I love the idea of Summerfest and I’ve posted my first contribution on my blog. Thanks for coordinating such a fun way to celebrate the summer season. I can’t wait to do it again next year! Best wishes and by the way, your photography is an inspiration to me….so beautiful!

Good morning!

I love the fact that you guys created the Summer Fest 2010 challenge. I love how it encourages people to go out and support local farmers and focus on in-season produce, two topics I’m quite passionate about. I had a great time trying out this week’s challenge and can’t wait to do another soon! Enjoy my recipe:

Green Bean-Filled Double Corn Muffins with Herbed Yogurt Frosting:
http://achanceofsprinkles.blogspot.com/2010/08/media-musings-and-summer-fest-2010.html

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Love the sound of balsamic and browned butter on green beans!

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Yum – looks simple and delicious! I’m really enjoying Summer Fest. This week, I made pasta with greens, beans, and garlic bread crumbs:
http://4seasonsoffood.blogspot.com/2010/08/pasta-with-greens-beans-and-garlic.html

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Love the browned butter balsamic on those beans! (Alliterative, too.) Now to check out the other links- this is a great idea to showcase a different veg/fruit each week. Perfect!

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That brown butter + Balsamic thing might be a pretty swell vehicle to help dispatch some of the squash glut I’m experiencing. Thanks for the inspiration!

Anything with brown butter gets my vote! Here’s my entry for this week:
http://tnlocavore.typepad.com/tennessee_locavore/2010/08/szechuan-green-beans-with-ground-pork.html

Balsamic butter sounds delicious! I posted about compound butter in my summer fest post – clearly going hand in hand with the balsamic idea, though mine used fresh garden herbs this time.

http://mysocalledknife.com/2010/08/summer-fresh-garden-herbs-and-compound-butter/

Love your recipe.

This week for SummerFest at It’s The Way She… I baked up a batch of Lemon-Thyme Walnut Biscotti
http://itsthewayshe.blogspot.com/2010/08/summerfest-2010-so-many-herbsnever.html

those beans look amazing. We’ve had some really fantastic green beans in our CSA the last few weeks – truly perfect just as they are but that browned butter sounds so good. I recently posted an old favorite for a green salad with walnuts and feta:
http://guinnah.blogspot.com/2010/07/green-bean-walnut-and-feta-salad.html

love summer, love summerfest!

I make these at least once a week-our garden is over-flowing! When I want to serve them for company, I use a fig balsamic from St. Helena Kitchens–it’s worth searching for at Dean and Deluca!

This looks amazing. This week my recipe is for Green Beans with Cilantro and Lime
http://www.ingredientsinc.net/2010/08/summer-fest-2010-green-beans-with-cilantro-and-pine-nuts/

Balsamic Browned Butter. Ingenious! Can I eat that on everything, please?!

Thanks for another week of Summer Fest fabulousness. I’ve got Hungry Mama round up of mostly greens and one herb recipe here:

Hungry Mama Summer Fest Greens recipes

You’ll find Polenta Creamed Spinach, Hand-Held Spinach Pies (w/ a no-cook filling–so easy!), Chard & Mushroom Enchiladas, Kale Chips (really, though, my recipe has a kick that takes these up a notch!) and Tarragon Blackberry Grapefruit pops. Phew!

Oh thank you! I’ve been looking for some way to make green beans more interesting and this is PERFECT!

Mmmm, this green been recipe sounds delish! My go-to green bean recipe is blanching them for 1-2 minutes and squeezing lemon juice on top. This sounds super easy as well, will definitely give it a try!

At Flexitarian Foodie, we’re into beans and greens—together, or separately! Here are a few of our favorite related posts:

Beans & Greens: The Soup
http://www.flexitarianfoodie.com/2010/04/beans-n-greens-worlds-most-easy-going.html

Creamy Vegetable Lasagna
http://www.flexitarianfoodie.com/2010/04/transitioning-to-spring-with-veggie.html

Avocado and Black Bean Enchiladas (my favorite!!!)
http://www.flexitarianfoodie.com/2010/05/happy-cinco-de-mayo.html

The great thing about green beans and fresh produce is that we shouldn’t need to do much to it. You simply highlighted a beautiful veggie and made it more perfect

Here is my recipe for this weeks Summer Fest, I highlighted Basil:
Grilled Cheese Bruschetta
http://www.familyfreshcooking.com/2010/08/10/mozzarella-basil-tomato-grilled-cheese-bruschetta/

Thumbs up for this edition of Summer Fest! I’m loving all the green bean recipes as they are one vegetable that my kids adore. So, thanks!!

We’re chatting about preserving herbs over at Simple Bites! We’re trying to capitalize on summer’s abundant crop and store it for winter. In today’s post we cover when to pick herbs, drying and freezing.

Don’t miss out on the comments section either where our very savvy readers swap tips. My favorite? A working girl who dried herbs on trays in her car as it sits in the sun all day. Brilliant!

http://www.simplebites.net/picking-drying-freezing-how-to-preserve-summers-herbs/

These sound great — and so easy! I love green beans and am always looking for a fresh way to prepare them. Thanks!

I just left my comment under the wrong recipe! Sorry! I made a contribution today! It posted a little later than I had planned but it’s done! I love this green bean recipe of yours. I can’t wait to try it! Delicious.

http://www.paintchipsandcupcakes.com/2010/08/11/basil-pesto/

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I wrote about one of my favorite herbs in honor of this week’s summer fest. It’s anise hyssop, and the post is found here:
http://blog.healthy-green-lifestyle.com/anise-hyssop.html
Thanks!

In Serbia green beans are cooked until soft, with onions, garlic, carrots, parsnips…I made my Dad a simple dish of blanched green beans sauteed with garlic and some kosher salt, and he loved it! I taught an old dog a new trick:)
I have to try balsamic with green beans – it’s sounds like a sure winner.
My contribution to this week’s Summer Fest is a story and a recipe behind it, for a comforting vegetarian Bean Stew.

OK. I forgot to post the link! Sorry, sometimes I do feel like a techno-peasant!
http://bibberche.com/2010/08/bean-stew/

Oh boy!!! Another tasty way to prepare my beloved green beans!!! This is what I love so much about this cross blog event – I keep finding wonderful new ways to prepare the foods I love!! Here is my contribution – Green Beans with Tarragon Vinaigrette

Can’t wait to see what else everyone comes up with!!

Green beans are the go with everything vegetable, aren’t they? I like them hot or cold and your shot makes them look so delicious.

I posted a Green Curry Shrimp recipe for my first Summer Fest contribution here: http://bit.ly/96cwR8

The beans look fantastic!

I have a post for stone fruit: http://aspicyperspective.blogspot.com/2010/07/cultured-kiddos.html

It’s an amzing cake–easy enough for my kids to make on their own!

For Summer Fest:
We are getting awesome green beans week after week in our CSA.
Two fun things on my blog about Green Beans.
Here is how they were featured at my recent Local Produce Party.
http://purplecook.blogspot.com/2010/08/green-beans-with-caramelized-shallots.html

And this was a great dish I took to a recent playdate at the lake. YUM!
http://purplecook.blogspot.com/2010/08/green-beans-and-roasted-tomato-salad.html

Oh, I need a little twist on my green beans- they’ve been steamed with a bit of olive oil every day around here. I’m not complaining, but this one will help us out!
Thanks so much for bringing this party together- it’s been so fun to be a part of….

Hi Nicole,
These look delicious. I have a bag of green beans just waiting to be used…hello, tonight’s side dish! Maybe I can throw a few herbs from our summerfest post on top: http://blog.foodnetwork.com/healthyeats/2010/08/11/summer-fest-our-top-6-fresh-herbs/

So simple, yet wonderful ingredients! Nicole, this is terrific! I think I’d also add toasted or perhaps candied walnuts…

Miss you!
Caron

Last weekend I picked up some delicious Balsamic Vinegar at our local Farmer’s Market… this will be a perfect use for it! Thanks for posting. Have a great weekend!!!

This looks so good– anything with browned butter is the best in my book. So thrilled to be in your company for Summer Fest! Thanks for all the link love and kind words. Can’t wait to see what you cook up next week for stone fruit!

oops forgot to leave my contribution to “Summer Fest”- I did Fritto Misto with Garlic Parsley Aioli

http://2besatisfied.blogspot.com/2010/08/summer-fest-fritto-misto-with-roasted.html

I love this week’s ingredients. I am cooking up a storm with my garden gluts.

One for my bunches of parsley and basil:

http://veganscene.wordpress.com/2010/07/24/cashew-pesto-paste/

And kale, does anyone else have masses of kale to harvest right now?

http://veganscene.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/natural-neon-energy/

http://veganscene.wordpress.com/2010/08/01/gluts/

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Love this recipe and can imagine how perfect it would taste. Still haven’t gotten off my rump to join in on the Summer Fest. It’s such a terrific idea!

I know I’m late to the party, but I made this parsley and pepita pesto last Thursday and served it over green beans. It was really good, and a great way to use a bunch of parsley.

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Never heard of balsamic browned butter before, but it sounds delicious and simple. Thanks!

Here’s Emily’s contribution on Green Thumb Geeks for “herbs, beans, and greens” week. There some great tips in this one about freezing pesto.

http://www.greenthumbgeeks.com/2010/08/recipe-tomato-and-mozzarella-paninis-with-basil-pesto/

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