Cooking with Bacon Grease + Late-Summer Succotash

A Bitten Word Recipe 

Now that we're in high summer, there's nothing we love more than grabbing some vegetables from our CSA or the farmers market, tossing them in a hot skillet and giving them a quick sauté.

This time of year, you can really throw just about any vegetables together in a skillet and it'll taste good. Tomatoes, corn and okra? Zucchini, eggplant and peppers? Summer squash, green beans and onions? You really can't go wrong.

But there's one key ingredient we're always sure to include no matter what summer veggies we throw in the pan. Even just a little bit of it can elevate any vegetables this time of year. It's essentially free, and we'll bet you already have it (or the makings of it) in your kitchen.

We call it summer's secret weapon.

What is this magic ingredient? We'll give you a hint: It's in that photo above of some summer vegetables we sautéed this weekend. See it?  No?

Want another hint?

Well, let's put it this way: Vegetarians can probably skip the rest of this post.