Get the latest recipes from Onceuponatart http://www.grouprecipes.com/people/onceuponatart Here is a refreshing summer-salad: my puntalette salad with water melon and goats cheese. i'd like to give you deccent recipes, but find it very hard to give exact measurements for this recipe. really, just throw in as much of the ingredients as you like. but since the puncalette are so tiny, make sure you dice and cube everything in tiny, cute little pieces. you dont want them to compete with the pasta, do you? - now go and enjoy summer! http://www.grouprecipes.com/8635/pasta-salad-with-watermelon-and-goats-cheese.html Here is a wonderful creamy soup - a generous amout of ginger makes this soup also quite refreshing. if you cant find butternut squash, simply use carrots, parsnips or potatoes. http://www.grouprecipes.com/8634/butternut-squash-soup-with-coconut-milk.html Divine but not too sweet. here is a fresh lemon tart that goes wonderful with a bowl of fresh berries. http://www.grouprecipes.com/5415/lemon-ricotta-tart.html It's a simple pasta salad with fried mushroom, some thyme, tiny bits of bacon and some lightly roasted pine nuts. i was too tired to make a dressing, so i simply used some pesto that needed to die anyway. the result is a nice and hearty pasta salad that's packed with flavour. another plus: any leftovers make a great take-out for tomorrows lunch at work. http://www.grouprecipes.com/5244/pasta-salad-with-pesto-and-fried-mushrooms.html This scented sugar goes very well with pineapple, apples and pretty much every berry there is. since it's got a very strong flavour, you will need a lot less sugar than usual. http://www.grouprecipes.com/5199/peppermint-sugar.html I find sage just the perfect herb for cheese (apart from thyme of course!) and it goes so wonderful with apples, pears and honey as well. so i just combined everything and put it on top of a pizza: so here is my apple, pecorino and taleggio pizza with honey and sage. http://www.grouprecipes.com/4963/pizza-with-sage-peccorino-apples-and-honey.html These meatballs are quite chunky and rich but perfect after a long day at work! really just a proper feed. they do have a kind of oriental flavour that goes wonderful with the tomato sauce. i put a teaspoon of cinnamon and fennel seeds into the meat-mixture, but if you are not into those oriental flavours - simply use dried oregano, a hand full of fresh basil or use more parsley. http://www.grouprecipes.com/4869/spaghetti-with-chunky-meatballs.html This delicate salt adds a tender & sensual note to various meals. it's the perfect spice for lamb, fish, rice, goes pretty much with every vegetable and adds a wonderful flowery flavour to couscous. http://www.grouprecipes.com/4753/deluxe-rose-salt.html Here is a crunchy little focaccia filled with parma ham, fontina cheese and some lovely sage. all in all - one of my favourite flavour combinations. but this little bread is so handy, you just fill it with whatever you like (or got left in the fridge). these little focaccias are best eaten fresh and hot out of the oven so the cheese can run out of the bread. http://www.grouprecipes.com/4752/focaccia-with-sage-and-fontina-cheese.html This is a fine avocado mousse that's perfect for a sunday brunch with fresh toast and some nice smoked salmon. this one is creamy and kinda lemony & fresh at the same time. and perfect if you got some ripe but neglected avocados sitting in your fruitbasket. http://www.grouprecipes.com/4619/avocado-mousse.html