Cottage Garden Cooking

Our cottage deck, where we spend a TON of time at each day, holds our summer "garden".

Besides my flowers, we are growing lots of yummy things to eat.

We are growing tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, cliantro, garlic, parsley, and basil.

In years past, we have grown lettuce, but for some reason, we didn't grow it this year-

Having the 'fixings' to make a salad every day is something we really enjoy.

I LOVE basil. That is by far my favorite ingredient to use in recipes:

This is what I made for Nature Boy & myself one night this week as an appetizer:

Tomato,

Mozzarella,

Basil,

A splash of Basalmic Vinegar, &

Olive Oil.

And a dash of salt & pepper.

A delicious start to our spaghetti dinner that night!

Happy Summer!

(...who adores basil, among other things!)