I love to eat (and have the thighs to prove it) and I like to cook for family and friends. I’m not sure if that makes me a foodie—but I do know that I can get a little obsessive about certain foods at certain times of the year. Now is one of those times, and fresh green produce is my latest obsession. I get ridiculously excited about it. I remember from my earliest summer memories at my grandmother’s cottage when I would sit in her kitchen and pop those little green peas out of their pods (and eat half of them). We loved the small baby cucumbers that she would soak in vinegar and dill. Now I think and dream green all day until dinner time. Beans, asparagus, crunchy peas, fresh lettuce, mint, basil, dill, chives and any combination of them to serve for dinner so my family doesn’t feel like they are eating the same thing every night. Mix them all into a salad with tuna (freshly grilled or from a can) with an egg and some new potatoes for one of my favourite all time salads—nicoise. You can also blanche the veggies and throw them into a bowl of cooked pasta, some olive oil, salt and pepper, fresh arugula and voila. Sometimes I venture out of my green box and add a few roasted tomatoes—for colour and a nice juicy punch. It’s all good, and it’s all good for you. I love summer.
What do you like to cook in the summer?
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For me, it’s all about the summer fruit. Cherries, strawberries and blueberries. I can’t wait to eat and cook with them and often find myself faced with an empty fridge and only berries to use for dinner…my poor kids!
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