Recipes for Frozen Summer Produce

Twenty-two recipes that bring back the taste of summer.

Peaches

These five recipes make excellent use of frozen peaches.

• Southern Indian Chicken Curry
• Peach Crisp
• Dessert Napoleon
• Summer Fruit Pie
• White Peach Floats

Plums

Substitute frozen plums for the fresh in this simple dessert.

• Plum Crumble

Tomatoes

Each of the following recipes works splendidly with homemade frozen marinara sauce (see Linguine With Tomato Sauce for the recipe). Or, of course, you can also just reheat the sauce and serve it over freshly cooked pasta.

• Last-Minute Lasagna
• French-Fry Pie
• Linguine With Caper and Green Olive Sauce
• Lasagna
• Cheesy Vegetable Pasta
• Meatball Heroes
• Lasagna-Style Baked Ziti

Corn

If all you have is a large, unmarked bag of kernels that you froze yourself, but a recipe calls for a particular size package of corn or a certain number of ears of corn, figure 1/2 cup of kernels equals 1 ear of corn and 3 cups of kernels equates to a 16-ounce package of frozen corn.

• Scallop and Corn Chowder
• Black Bean and Corn Salsa
• Corn Risotto
• Cumin Chicken With Black Beans
• Fresh Corn With Shrimp and Cherry Tomatoes
• Corn Relish
• Spicy Tortilla Soup
• Corn Chowder
• Coconut, Shrimp, and Corn Chowder