august 14-20

(crazy week...we went on a mini vacation)

• Spicy Tonnarelli with Clams (didn't make this week)
• Yucatan-Spiced Chicken

• Curried Potatoes and Carrots with Grilled Shrimp (let me know if you want this recipe) This is my cousin's curried potato recipe. I liked hers better than how mine turned out, although it was still very good...(finding out what type of curry powder she used). This is the last of our garden's purple beans. I barely sauted them to keep the purple color...have to like your beans on the raw side if you want them to stay true to the color.

august 7-11

Triple Smoke Burger

Spinach and Cherry Tomato Risotto

Black Bean Enchiladas with Chorizo and Queso Fresco

Garlicky Linguine with Seared Shrimp, Chipotle, and Queso Anejo The farmer's market had a spaghetti squash, so I used that instead of the linguine. And although the corn "didn't go" with this dish, I couldn't resist it either at the market. The spaghetti squash is really easy to make...cut in half, scoop out the seeds, cover with "plastic wrap" and microwave for about 8 minutes and then scrap out.

Eggplant Parmesan with Sausage (forgot to take a picture)

august 1 -5

• Cheese platter We weren't really too hungry for dinner one night, so we decided to just have the cheese Eric got from Wegman's. Eric and I don't know anything about cheese...well except that we like it! So our four types of cheese were...CV cream Kasa (USA), St. Agur Blue Cheese (France), Manchego El Trigal (Spain), Miti Sottocenere with truffle (Italy). The only cracker we had was a rosemary flatbread. We thought it was going to be too overpowering of a flavor, but it worked. The condiments in the white squares were cherry preserve, agave, and honey. I liked the preserves and honey on everything especially the blue cheese! Eric liked the agave. The only cheese that was a huge miss was the Italian cheese. Eric couldn't stand it. I, on the other hand, didn't think it was bad. Anyways, it was a fun dinner!
  
• BLTs

• Salad