Lots of play...
...and a little work, too.
This is the kind of weekend it was; mostly leisurely and lazy with a touch of industry. The warm weather found us hiking in the early morning, spending time with family, swimming in baby pools, and settling in on the porch by Sunday evening. A quilt, an old spool and a warm breeze -- I was 5 minutes late and missed the boy and his papa enjoying the warm evening while I made dinner.
Here's what this week looks like:
- Lemon cucumber tofu salad with soba noodles and maybe some sesame oil.
- Wild rice and lentil salad (carrots, asparagus, spinach, tomatoes, avocado)
- Ultimate veggie burgers (I just couldn't pull it together last week; come Sunday I didn't feel like breaking out the food processor)
- Pepita salad (same as the veggie burgers -- I think I have a food processor mental block. Could it be the resulting dishwashing?)
Last week's highlights:
- Jenna's gazpacho (Just as yummy as the first time; we keep them in mason jars in the fridge.)
- Baked sweet potato falafel (This was a new recipe. Turned out well, though they needed to cook longer than I thought they would. Best served with wedges of toasted flatbread, a small pond of top-grade olive oil and sea salt.)
- Orzo super salad (via 101 cookbooks). It turned out I had most of the ingredients and it was the perfect summer evening salad. Deviations from the recipe: using lemon cucumbers, cilantro *and* mint, subbing toasted sunflower seeds for almonds and subbing goat cheese for feta. I got to use my homegrown microsprouts in the salad, too. Oh, and one big substitution: no orzo -- classic rotelle noodles instead.
Also at the farm stand the week we got to try Cathe Olson's coconut milk-based ice cream. My favorites? Blueberry-lavender and blackberry. She's got a new vegan frozen desserts cookbook out.
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