Join the Love & Lemons Cooking Club Challenge this month! It’s easy to enter, and one lucky winner will receive a prize.
Our Cooking Club is a fun way to celebrate the Love & Lemons community of readers. The concept is super simple — each month, one recipe is chosen. You make it and leave a comment on the recipe’s blog post. At the end of the month, one winner is randomly selected to receive a prize.
Here’s how it works:
- Each month, one seasonal recipe is chosen.
- Make that recipe during the month.
- Leave a comment on the challenge recipe’s blog post by the end of the month. This time, the deadline is August 31!
- For a bonus entry, send a picture of what you made to cookingclub@loveandlemons.com.
- For another bonus entry, post your photo on Instagram, tagging @loveandlemons and #loveandlemonscookingclub.
The Prize: A $100 Whole Foods Gift Card!
At the end of the month, a winner will be randomly selected and some of your photos will be shared. This time, we’re giving away a $100 Whole Foods gift card.
In addition, for every entry received, $1 will be donated to No Kid Hungry.
August’s Recipe: Pasta alla Norma
Sweet corn, zucchini, and tomatoes get a lot of attention in August, but there’s an underrated veggie that’s in season right now too: eggplant! This month’s challenge celebrates it with this pasta alla Norma recipe.
If you’re on the fence about eggplant, don’t give up on it just yet. It’s absolutely delicious in this recipe, roasted until tender and then folded into a rich tomato sauce.
Two notes about this recipe:
- Ricotta salata cheese: This aged version of ricotta is salty and firm, not creamy. Look for it in the specialty cheese section of your grocery store. If you can’t find it, feel free to substitute pecorino, or skip it to make the recipe vegan. (You could also sprinkle some vegan Parmesan on top.)
- Make it gluten-free: Sub your favorite gluten-free pasta!
Enter the August Challenge
Want to enter? Here’s what you need to do:
- Make pasta alla Norma sometime in August.
- Comment on the pasta alla Norma blog post by August 31.
- For a bonus entry, send a photo of what you made to cookingclub@loveandlemons.com.
- For another bonus entry, post your photo on Instagram, tagging @loveandlemons and #loveandlemonscookingclub.
A winner will be randomly selected and photos shared in early September.
Last Month’s Recipe
One of the best parts of the summer cooking club challenges is how many participants use vegetables straight from their gardens! Nicole, Mary, Christine, Tamara, Will, Marge, and Harley all reported using garden-fresh ingredients in last month’s Italian pasta salad.
Congrats to last month’s winner, Will!
Thank you to everyone who joined in — hope to see you cooking along again this August!
