
I've had some photos that I wanted to post so here are a few that I had been hanging onto. They are random and not at all connected, except that they are a part of documenting the everyday stuff of life.
I slow-roasted a bunch of San Marzano tomatoes from the garden with olive oil, thyme, salt, and pepper and after they cooled I froze them so that I have to add to pizzas, soups, and bruschetta when the cold weather comes.
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Our rose bush was a constant source of awe.

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Triple chocolate chunk cookies were a fun dessert and one that we ended up having on Rosh Hashanah too. Once we had to cancell our plans of hosting friends over at our place for dinner because I was sick, I knew I was abandoning plans of making an apple or honey cake (as is traditional for this holiday) because my family would much prefer chocolate cookies (or brownies)! LOL! I happened to have some frozen triple chocolate chunk cookie dough in the freezer for a time just like this when I had no time and only felt like laying in bed!
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A delicious use of some leftovers. Tacos are my favorite for that. Here is Tlayuda (black bean paste made with black beans, onions, garlic, cumin), guacamole, grilled corn, and sauteed green beans (the latter two from a previous summer dinner).
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Daily bread. Still trying to come up with a healthy recipe that isn't challah but so far no luck. The family much prefers the ~75% whole wheat challah that I make. But you know me... I'll keep trying!!

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One of the true wonders of my summer is that for the first time I grew beans. Not green fillet, purple string, or yellow wax beans but bean beans. The kind that you buy in the store as dried beans. Those little European Soldier beans to the left of the cookbook are my bean babies!! I haven't cooked them up yet as I just want to look at them a bit longer.

I haven't cooked from this cookbook much but it's a delightful read with lovely notes on gardening as well as ideas on using the garden harvest and a good amount of photos.