We’ve got an assortment of Jersey tomatoes, few varieties of peppers (mostly hot), egg plant, watermelon and cantaloupe. Blueberries and grapes to come since I have some room to roam.
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All sounds lovely. I am from the Philly area and it seems we have skipped spring and went right to summer in these parts. My Iris are making me swoon.
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Ricotta dumplings with asparagus, mushrooms and ramps. The recipe I relied on was all kinds of wrong, but I was able to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Almost. Still came out too salty.
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A two-pot favorite: pasta with greens, beans, tomatoes, and sausage. Tonight I used mild Italian and kale.
Greens, scallions and parsley from the garden.
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Dinner out two nights in a row (dear friends and then my sister’s bday) but I cooked today. Mapo tofu from Kenji’s The Wok, using the optional ground pork. Made his sichuan chili oil from scratch, too, to go with. We loved it, gobbled it down, but I think i would use more chili oil in the dish than the recipe calls for next time, as I would have liked it saucier. Still, super delish. i am (probably foolishly) hoping there are still leftovers in the morning!
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Salisbury steak, onion gravy. Cauli mash with a big knob of butter, purple asparagus. Tomato, cucumber, red onion salad, balsamic/oo dressing. Lambrusco.
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Looks really good, just missing some Fleischsalat and Krabbensalat
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I’ve done this before, need to do it again. so good!
The Splendid Table Cookbook has a nice overview of different recipe versions of ragu bolognese over the centuries. This is the contemporary ragu bolognese version with a little bit less fat than the “original” one - made with ground beef, pancetta, carrots, celery, onion, tomato paste, white wine and milk (added in small portions over two hours). Overall a very good version and we always like them with the addition of milk which gives it a “silky” texture.
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There’s always room at my dining table 
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If I hadn’t polished off that delightful Krabbensalat mit Limettensauce & Forellenkaviar the previous night (beer munchies), it would’ve made it on the table.
Fleischsalat (what an oxymoron, eh?) I have to be in the mood for, which isn’t often.
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Ordered, thank you!
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Yowza, that looks good. Nice lighting as well.
That’s adorable.
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This is a keeper. I even have andouille.
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Meals which include all the nutritional elements - protein, veg, fiber, carb, healthy fats - in a single dish are my faves when time or energy is short. 
ETA: and has to both taste and look good!
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Not much dinner cooking here recently. I made myself a “crazy bowl” of leftovers last night - cauli-jasmine rice topped with roasted beets and turnip, finely chopped cucumber, celery, and carrot, lightly smoked salmon (canned, from TJ’s), peanut sauce, rice wine vinegar, furikake, sesame seeds, and togarashi. It hit the spot.
I have been baking and prepping up a storm the last few days to get ready for our kiddo’s 5th birthday party:
The cookie decorating station was a huge hit 
. We also ordered pizza.
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That looks like such a fun party!! Bravo!! 
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