Taste of Summer

As the summer comes to an end...A look at some of the summer meals I prepared using seasonal produce. I was fortunate to be the receiver of plenty of cucumbers, tomatoes, and squash from my Mama's Garden.

Garden Fresh Salad with tomatoes and cucumbers from Mama's Garden on a bed of romaine lettuce. Made from scratch Buttermilk Ranch Dressing. Sometimes a girl just has to have Ranch. Ya know?

Asian Cucumber Salad: Mama's Garden has kept me in cucumbers and tomatoes this season. I've been putting them to good use.

Taste of Summer--Strawberry Spinach Salad

Taste of Summer -- Chopped Santa Fe Salad with a from scratch avocado dressing. Boasting freshness with the use of garden goods: Tomatoes, jalapeños, sweet summer corn, black beans, red onion, cilantro on a bed of chopped romaine lettuce drowsed in freshly squeezed lime juice.

Taste of Summer-- Salad Nicoise a French Inspired delight.Traditionally, it's served with Tuna, but I go with Salmon.

 
Stuffed Squash -- Squash and zucchini are abundant in most home gardens this time of year. My clients were looking for an OUTSIDE of the Box way to make good use of theirs. Here's the results.

  

Pulled BBQ Chicken Sandwiches topped with Cilantro Lime Slaw

 Grilled Vegetable Kebabs -- A great, tasty way to get your veggies in.

Grilled Lemon Rosemary Chicken Kebabs

  



Blueberry Crumble -- Summertime is berrytime. Blueberries happen to be my favorite in all their berry splendor. I like to eat this crumble as is or served with a dollop of Mascarpone.

Mixed Berry Compote --  Since I had a medley of berries that were subject to go bad if I didn't eat them right away. I decided to make a Mixed Berry Compote of them. A delightful, lightly sweet way to top most anything you desire. Served here with plain Greek yogurt. The possibilities, however, are endless.

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Pinned

I spent all of Saturday, really, all of Saturday, pinning photos to Pinterest. I would have never thought it could be so addicting!

I've heard about and seen photos from Pinterest for a while now, but never really thought much about creating my own account. Recently, a couple people have mentioned maybe I should showcase my food photos on Pinterest. So, finally I done just that.

Funny thing is after I spent the entire day posting board after board and pinning photo after photo. I started actually browsing other folks Pinterest pages. After peeking around for a while I noticed that their pages looked nothing like mine. They had photos of lots of different stuff, from more than one category, and from lots of different people. I set my page up with ONLY my photos, my food photos.

After browsing I surmised  the concept of Pinterest was not to ONLY share my photos, but more about me finding other photos that I liked and repinning them. Ha. I laughed hysterically at myself and then left the page as is. Sure, I may now and then repin photos if I find them appealing, fun, or interesting. But, I kinda like my page the way it is. Besides, I've always been more of a leader than a follower. What can I say? I'm OUTSIDE of the Box in all aspects, including Pinterest.

I'm here, there, everywhere in the community sharing my love for good food with you and NOW on Pinterest too!

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