I love summer food.

I'm drooling. Excuse me.

Easiest post ever. Summer food. Tomatoes, fresh bread, a little goat cheese spread with roasted vegetables on top. Pickled peaches and fresh gazpacho. Do you want recipes? Really, because these things almost don’t have recipes but I will try.

Gazpacho

• Haul out the food processor and add the following
• one peeled cucumber, 3 large tomatoes, a clove or two of garlic, handful of parsley,cilantro or basil,hot pepper if you want heat. (seed the pepper first unless you have a huge tolerance for HEAT)
• Blend this with 1 and 1/2 cup tomato juice or V8 and the juice of a lemon, 2 tablespoons of vinegar and 1/2 cup good olive oil, salt and pepper.
• You may also throw in a few slices of good bread to thicken up the soup.
• Now blend this up and chill. It only gets better as it sits.
• If the mood strikes you be creative. Throw in an avocado or replace tomato juice with a spicy version. I have been known to use Rotell Tomatoes as well.
• Garnish with a little sour cream or yogurt,chopped tomatoes and cucumber.

You will feel so light and shiny after eating your gazpacho it will amaze (or annoy ) all around you.

Grilled Vegetable Topping for bread

• slice up peppers, onions,eggplant, mushrooms, and summer squash. Make the pieces large so you aren’t trying to fish them out of the grill grates all night.
• Toss the vegetables with a tablespoon or two of olive oil, salt and pepper.
• Then heat the grill and cook til tender. Turn pieces as they get a nice charred mark  on each side.
• That is it. I serve this at room temperature with slices of good bread smeared with a goat cheese spread.
• Fantastic!!!!

Pickled Peaches.

I am going to try to say this in as few words as possible. Ready..

• peaches, 6,peeled. sliced and put in a bowl
• dressing,2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar,salt,2 tablespoons sugar,small shake of cinnamon,nutmeg and ginger
• mix
• Done (26 word recipe)

 

I am expecting you to all go out and do likewise now. Go…Grill… be happy it will make me happy!