Summertime Baking

With you think of summer, fresh fruits and vegetables come to mind. One of the easiest cobbler recipe is what mom used to call the "cup-a-cup-a" cobbler. To make this recipe, you first melt a 1/2 stick of margarine in a 9x9 glass pan in a 350 degree oven. Add to the melted butter, a cup of milk, a cup of flour, a cup of sugar, and 15 ounces of your favorite summer fruit. Bake the cobbler for about one hour or until bubbling and brown on top. Add your favorite whip cream or homemade ice cream to have an easy and unforgettable summer dessert.

This recipe as well as many other cobbler recipes can be located at a very useful website located at Allrecipes.com. This is a website well worth bookmarking on your computer. Another fresh food item plentiful in the summer is the tomato. For the Fresh Tomato Bake, you will combine the following ingredients together in a well-sealed container and place in the refrigerator. You combine two tbsp olive oil, two cloves fresh garlic, peeled and crushed, 1/4 cup of fresh chopped basil, 1/4 cup fresh chopped oregano, 1/4 tsp fresh ground pepper and 1/2 tsp salt.

To these spices, add 1/2 cup chopped onions and 1/2 of a green pepper cut into strips. To this mixture, add 3/4 cup washed and sliced firm, ripe tomatoes. In a medium sized baking dish, add the vegetables starting with a layer of tomatoes followed by the green peppers and onions. Top off with remaining tomatoes. Next, pour the olive oil mixture over the vegetables and lightly toss. Cover with one cup low fat mozzarella cheese. Bake in a 350 degree oven until the cheese is melted.