Summer vegetable Pilaf

In the beginning of small garden harvesting the crop can be few.  But waste not, want not.  Nothing is thrown away or left to spoil on the vine.  So, gather up those veggies and spruce up your rice.  If you grow herbs all the better.
  So here we go!  My veggie Pilaf consisted of
2 tomatoes,  1Bell Pepper, 6 Chinese Long Beans (asparagus beans), 2 small onions w/tops,
 3 sprigs of Lemon Thyme, salt (to taste, optional), 1/2 Tsp. pepper, 1tblsp Butter,2 tsp. tomato paste, 3 tsp Lipton Brown Onion Dip, and 1 cup of Basmati Rice.
Preparation:
Cook on low flame #2 to simmer flame
     Chop and dice vegetables including onions.
     Saute veggies in butter about 4 minutes.  Add Lemon Thyme.  Remove veggies from pan until Rice is prepared.
     Place 1 cup of water in the sauce pan and bring to a boil.  Add rice to the water, add 1/2 tsp pepper.  Cover pan for 5 minutes.  Uncover add 1/4 cup more water.  Simmer for 2 minutes.  Add veggies and stir together. Salt to taste.  Cover for 2 more  minutes until all water is gone.  Your Rice Pilaf is ready to plate.
Enjoy and Bon' Appetite!

Seafood with Pasta and White Truffle Oil

Here is a wonderful recipe for a summer meal.

Ingredients
Garlic 2 cloves sliced
Onion ( preferably Vidalia)
2 small Zucchini (sliced and quartered)
6 Shiitake mushrooms (sliced)
1 small Hot pepper (use 1/2) diced
1 medium Tomato Red & Hard (cut in 8ths)
2 tsp tubed Tomato Paste
Seafood (mussels, bay scallops, shrimp, calamari(sliced)
1 tsp English Thyme (fresh if possible)
8 Basil leaves (fresh if possible)
1tsp ground Black pepper
1/2 tsp salt ( flavored if you have some)
Olive Oil
White Truffle Oil
1 tsp Oyster Sauce
Linguini

Boil water for pasta
Place 2 tsp Olive Oil in a small fry pan. Saute Garlic. Do not brown.  Remove from pan.  Saute onions next.  Add pinch of salt & pepper.  Add to Garlic.  Next saute the zucchini and add to garlic & onions. By now your water should be boiling.  Add pasta to the water .
Return to cooking. Saute tomatoes and add 2 tsp Tomato Paste.  Add Diced Hot Pepper if desired.Place with other ingredients.  Place 2 tsp Olive oil in fry pan and add the seafood.  Add remaing pepper.  Cook until Shrimp begins to turn pink.   Add English Thyme and salt to taste.  Add all ingredients and cook until there is a slight lighty thickened sauce.  Plate pasta and add White Truffle Oil to pasta.  Add chopped Basil to the seafood mixture and plate on top of Pasta.  Enjoy!!