Summer is my favorite time of the year to cook.
Exhibit A:
Everything but the meat and the spuds came straight from the garden.
Exhibit B:
Beef carnitas, courtesy of Seeking Sardines. All of the Family Circle-ish magazines feature recipes where you save the left-over meat and do something else with it later in the week, but I don't think I've ever worked that bug out, until now. These tacos were unbelievably good. I used a higher quality cut of meat than the recipe calls for, but only because I happened to have it on hand. The flavor was amazing and they were easy to throw together. Thumbs up, all around.
Oh, and that salsa on top was salivicious. I diced an avocado with some diced tomato, one diced jalepeno and a little bit of diced onion. Then I doused it all with the juice of half a lime and sprinkled it with salt and pepper. Stupendous on the tacos and as a regular salsa, eaten with chips. (Have I given you my chips and salsa lecture yet? I'll make a mental note...)
Exhibit C:
All of this leads me to my final thought for the night: Whatever will I do when I can no longer find dinner in the garden, make a tart with fresh cherries, and/or wear The Skirt?
That's a thought I just can't bear to consider at this hour.