More farm stuff

Been eating lots of salads and a tremendous number of fresh cucumbers. This is not a burden.

Tonight we had summer squash pancakes -- pretty much like potato pancakes. We used four small yellow squashes and still have a fair number left to go. Mr. P liked it, despite his aversion to summer squash. Dinner was accompanied by a salad of cucumber, tomatos, chopped basil, parsley, and tomatillos.

Last night, we had a surprise dinner guest who brought fresh corn and dessert. He also brought a half-dozen or so yellow squashes (hence the inspiration for tonight's dinner). So we had corn, alio & olio (with an entire head of garlic, chopped and lightly browned) and a really good salad with goat cheese, some steamed potatoes, salad, peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, avocado, lettuce, chopped squash, and probably a little more. For dessert, we had fairly good store-bought carrot cake.

Sunday, we came home late from a weekend away and had spanekopita, brown rice, and a light stir-fry-and-steam (onions, squash, chard, and I'm not sure what else) tossed in soy sauce, vinegar, and toasted sesame oil.

Thursday night, before we went away, Mr. P made salad and our usual pesto delight with garlic and chard. I came home latish and we had a play to catch. Mr. P did well and it's nice to have a familiar dish with someone else's touch on it.

I can't even remember what we had last Wednesday night but I do remember it was tasty. Tomorrow, the kitchen is closed while I dine out with a friend.

And today at the farm, we got MORE SQUASH!! (Is there an Indian curry dish we could make with it? Perhaps I could puree or shred it, then freeze it for inclusion in winter dishes? Yikes! Zucchini bread anyone?), MORE CUCUMBERS!! (mmm, more cucumber salads. ooh. Cucumber soup, perhaps?), a quart of cherry tomatoes and a few plum tomatoes, a handful of charming little beets, just a little lettuce, a quart of string beans. The basil is starting to come in and pretty soon we'll be making pesto again.