Wordless Wednesday March 16, 2016

Soups On!!

 

 

 

http://www.culinate.com/books/collections/all_books/Vegetable+Soups+From+Deborah+Madison*27s+Kitchen/cream_of_lentil-sorrel_soup

 

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Summer Tomatoes

Magpie #22

http://magpietales.blogspot.com/

thanks Willow!!!!

The season of tomatoes can be short or long

depending on where you are

and what Mother Nature has determined.

When I was a child the tomatoes just sort of showed up

in the salad, in the sauce and in the spicy salsa

regardless of season.

However, as I grew up I realized the warm sweet out of the garden

cherry tomatoes in our backyard were absolutely the best.

They were incomparably delicious.

I loved the tomatoey smell on my fingers-

lingering long after I had left the garden.

I would sit in the garden patch and devour that sweetness.

I was only 28 when I began to grow my own family's food.

I ripped out the stupid lawn and put in raised beds.

Mind you, the neighbors raised their eyebrows and

voiced their concerns. But oh my goodness,

how the heck could home grown veggies

devalue anyone's home?

And now, fast forward to today a mere 40 years later-

I still grow my own tomatoes not to mention all those

other vegetables and regard my tomatoes as garden candy-the best ever!

So! Grow your own-eat locally and enjoy good health!

Eggplant from the garden! Yum!

Our veggie garden has been very generous to us

this summer with lots of veggies including lots of Japanese eggplants.....Our favorite way to prepare and eat them is

by making Baba Ganooj....a yummy garlicky dip for bread....

and here's the recipe from the New Joy Of Cooking cookbook...

YUM.