Summer Cookbook

by Vesela Tabakova

Hot summer days. Lazy summer evenings. Children playing and laughing in the warm summer twilight. Families preparing dinner and gathering around the table.
What are your favorite summertime recipes? What are the meals that your mother and grandmother made and you still love and serve?
This is my summer cookbook. The 70 recipes I share with you are my family's all time favorites and are always part of our summer rituals. I hope you enjoy them and maybe a few will become part of your best summer evenings!
Table Of Contents
Introduction
Summer Salad Recipes
Chicken and Lettuce Salad
Quinoa Chicken Salad
Chicken, Broccoli and Cashew Salad
Mediterranean Chicken Pasta Salad
Warm Italian Beef and Spinach Salad
Mediterranean Beef Salad
Turkey Pasta Salad
Tuna and Green Bean Salad
Tuna Salad
Salmon Macaroni Salad Recipe
Sausage, Tomatoes and Pasta Salad
Potato, Pancetta and Asparagus Salad
Shepherds' Salad
Quinoa and Black Bean Salad
Roasted Vegetables Quinoa Salad
Quinoa with Oven Roasted Tomatoes and Pesto
Fresh Vegetables Quinoa Salad
Warm Mushroom Quinoa Salad
Spicy Buckwheat Vegetable Salad
Buckwheat Salad with Asparagus and Roasted Peppers
Roasted Broccoli Buckwheat Salad
Haloumi, Lentil and Rocket Salad
Blue Cheese Iceberg Salad
Apple, Walnut and Radicchio Salad
Snow White Salad
Fresh Greens Salad
Fried Zucchinis with Yogurt Sauce
Roasted Aubergines and Peppers Salad
Shopska Salad
Cheese Stuffed Tomatoes
Mozzarella, Tomato and Basil Couscous Salad
Summer Soups
Spanish Gazpacho Soup
Avocado Gazpacho
Cold Cucumber Soup
Mediterranean Chicken Soup
Beef and Vegetable Minestrone
Bulgarian Meatball Soup
Easy Fish Soup
Spanish Seafood Soup
Hot Spanish Squid Soup
Italian Minestrone
Spinach, Leek and Quinoa Soup
Tomato Soup
Mushroom Soup
French Vegetable Soup
Potato Soup
Broccoli, Zucchini and Blue Cheese Soup
Lentil, Barley and Mushroom Soup
Spinach Soup
Spinach and Feta Cheese Soup
Nettle Soup
Thick Herb Soup
Summer Main Dishes
Greek Style Chicken Skewers
Hunter Style Chicken
Moroccan Chicken with Almond and Spinach Couscous
Spanish Marinated Skewers
Beef Kebabs
Salmon Kebabs
Swordfish Kebabs
Pork Kebabs
Beef and Spinach Stew
Artichoke and Onion Frittata
Mediterranean Omelet with Fennel, Olives, and Dill
Poached Eggs with Feta and Yogurt
Mish-Mash
Feta Cheese Stuffed Zucchinis
Eggs and Feta Cheese Stuffed Peppers
Feta Cheese Baked in Foil
Breaded Cheese

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction, Reference

122 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 13, 2013

Reviews

[Daniel White · Rating 5 out of 5]

Healthy Recipes

The ingredients are everyday items most of us have on hand. Quick simple recipes. Definitely will be using this book with summer meals. There's some recipes I will be using for potlucks.

[Carrie Webb · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting

Interesting ideas in how to use fare from your garden. Definitely healthy choices but felt not necessarily budget or time saving?

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy Salad Recipes

Mostly salad recipes. Got a few ideas and they are fairly easy. If you need to be inspired this is an easy way to do so.

[Ms.soule · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tabakova's cookbooks are a step back to my childhood when my parents took my sister and I to live in Bulgaria for a year and half. I keep forgetting this when I'm following the recipes - I need to adjust them for American ingredients. The recipe I tried from this cookbook is the Snow White Salad - yogurt with cucumber and dill. Delicious, but the instructions call for 4 cups of yogurt to be strained in cheese cloth - not necessary with the yogurt here in the States. I ended up with a huge batch and not enough cucumber for the yogurt - still great though. I'll be trying more recipes from this next summer, and probably making a few calls for advice to my mom while doing so.

[Julie Barrett · Rating 3 out of 5]

Summer Cookbook: Easy Everyday Dinner Recipes you Can Make in Minutes! (Recipes for Every Season Series)
Like this cookbook because it has salads for hot days. Not all of the recipes are very healthy but you can substitute for your healthier choices.
No pictures and no nutritional information but great combinations of food is used.
Other works by the author are highlighted at the end.

[Kay · Rating 3 out of 5]

I want to try Fried Zucchinis with Yogurt Sauce.

[Peni · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good resource to have on hand.

[Debra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Useful

Some great summer recipes, and a few items that look easy enough for me to try. Definitely a good one to keep on hand.

[rusty r.ridenour · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love recipe books

Looking forward to preparing and eating some of these recipes in this book and I know that I will be adding some of them to my favorites