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Five Good Things: Lazy Weekend Edition

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1. A low-key couple of days filled with new-camera-experimenting, afternoon walks to the beach, beer and giggles with two of Tom’s hilarious aunts, and finishing up the last of the CSA veg.

2. A giant summer reading list (I’m starting with the Pulitzer winners from the last fifteen years, plus A People’s History of the United States–although I might do that one on audio, because Matt Damon is the one who reads it. Also, I hear our president wrote a book or two).

3. The first season of Lost on DVD. I might never go to bed. No seriously. 

4. Finally getting around to making covers for the godawful pillows that came with our couch–and remembering how nice it is to sew by hand.

5. This Tuesday is date night! I think we might go to Persephone (just a warning: the website plays this wicked obnoxious music.  I hate that). I want to wear a dress. 

 

How was everybody’s weekend?

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In which I tell you how much I love Ina…again

 

Photo from FoodNetwork.com

Photo from FoodNetwork.com

 

Tom and I threw an impromptu barbecue last Monday, and I needed a quick side salad to go with our steaks and grilled corn (and Reese’s Pieces Klondike Bars). The answer, as always, lay with my favorite old broad. Ina’s Tomato Feta Salad was incredibly delicious, not to mention easy to make–the whole thing came together in less than ten minutes, at which point I threw it in the fridge and forgot about it ’til dinnertime. I didn’t have white wine vinegar, so I used balsamic instead, and it didn’t seem to make much of a difference. Our friend BGriff came back for thirds. 

 

I can already tell I’m going to be making this bad boy all summer. Invite me over, and I’ll bring you some.

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CSA: Week One

We begin!

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This week: 

a giant head of lettuce

a bag of mesclun greens

cooking spinach

bok choi

a basil plant

one parsnip

a bunch of radishes

one pint of strawberries

 

Made so far: whole wheat pasta with pesto, a bean burrito with lots of greens and leftover chili mayo, and a salad with feta, tomatoes, and roasted radishes. The strawberries we ate just the way they were. 

 

Tonight: Lettuce Wraps!

 

(photo from Stone Soup Farm)

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Fiesta

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On Sunday night Abbey and Meg came over for a Mexican-style cookout. I grilled up some burgers and topped them with pepperjack cheese, some leftover three-bean and veggie chili, plus a couple of slices of avocado. THEY WERE VERY TASTY. 

Abbey had an awesome recipe for Mexican street corn, which is what you are admiring in that picture up there. All you do is throw the corn on the grill, and once it’s done you slather it with a mixture of mayo, chili powder, garlic salt, and pepper. Then you squirt the whole business with a lime. So good. I kept the leftovers to dip chips in. 

Also, there was Chex Mix and also brownies a’la mode. Neither of which are Mexican. Both of which are pretty darn good.

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Stuff White People Like

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On Saturday we went to see Dave Matthews Band in Hartford, like the nice suburban children we are.

We go every year. Well, except the year I was working retail and was too poor.

But mostly it’s our summer tradition. 

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I love Dave.

I’ve loved him since I was fifteen and the boy I liked (oops, not Tom) told me I should. 

I was a lemming.

But it worked out okay.

I told Marissa that in the movie of my life, Dave will play the eccentric spiritual advisor. 

He always seems to be saying, “Calm down, little girl. I’ll play you a song.”

(Actually probably what he is saying is, “I need more drugs to bake my brain,” but we all have our foibles).

I think everybody should have a Dave.

Also, I think everyone should go to a concert and sing their lungs out. 

It’s good for your heart.

It’s good for mine, at least. 

Tell me who you’re seeing this summer.

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Southie Brunch

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H and J came over yesterday for brunch on the roof deck. On the menu:

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My favorite brunch fallback: an Ina frittata with broccoli, sausage, and cheese

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Cinnamon-raisin muffins (recipe to come! I MADE IT UP!) and a big bowl of fruit. Plus lots of iced coffee, obvs. We don’t do anything in this house without a lot of iced coffee. 

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Frankie was suitably impressed.

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Five Good Things: Sunday Morning Edition

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1. Brunch with good friends two mornings in a row

2.  Opening the door and picking up the paper every Sunday, Tony Soprano-style

3. That last night on the way home from our road trip (more on this later) I had a Quarter Pounder with cheese, and while it made me feel really, truly, incredibly gross afterward, it was totally worth it

4. Sudafed Allergy Sinus (I wasn’t kidding about the non-drug remedies, you guys, but you haven’t come through!)

5. It’s summertime. It really, really is.

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In which I talk about food

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Sometimes I like to put goldfish in my salads. Also in here: chicken, raisins, feta, and a homemade vinaigrette. 

 

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I know I already found the world’s best sammich, but this is a close second: turkey, cheddar, tomato, avocado, and greens on whole-wheat sourdough. Yum.

 

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Thursday dinner: Italian sausage and all kinds of grilled veg. 

 

Oh man I like eating. 

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Spaz.

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On Sunday night I had a fall (we won’t talk about how it happened).

This isn’t unusual (Great Subway Stairs Tumble of 2008, anyone?).

But I landed on my tailbone (actually, I landed on my ASS).

Hard (really hard). 

The result? 

I can’t sit (or stand).

Run (or walk).

Lay down (back or stomach).

Climb stairs (or bend over).

Or especially, ESPECIALLY sneeze or cough (unfortunate, since it’s allergy season).

Without  some serious pain

(in the butt).

 

Taking the night off to watch some teevee. Send me love.

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