Summer Dreams

I have NOT been cooking. Things have been getting in the way as they are wont to do. I have to say I'm so disappointed in myself. Not only have I not been cooking, but I haven't even been assembling...I've been purchasing. Even though I've (sometimes)tried to make the healthier choices, what's taken precedence over everything else has been time. Sigh.

Soon school will be out for the summer and I will once again have the time to gather, garden, cook and prepare food from scratch. What I'm most missing lately is cooked greens. I am looking forward to swiss chard and spinach and arugula. I can't wait for radishes and beets and herbs. I'm hoping to do a lot of grilling - of things like shrimp and potatoes and corn. Green beans, asparagus, tomatoes, onions and bread. Yum.

I want to make a couple of risottos before the weather turns fierce. I'd like to do baked shrimp, tomatoes and feta on some griddled or broiled (or grilled!) ciabatta or baguette. I want warm vegetable salads with oil, garlic and parmesan curls. I want, I want, I want.

It's been too long and I'm parched!