Black and Blue

My love affair with the color blue began quite young. Recently however my passion for the color has grown. All it took was seeing it's strength when paired with a little black dress on Roxy of 'The City'. My favorite place to put it now... Nails.

It just tastes better...

After several days of rain I was able to check out the garden today. Everything has grown so much! A ton of peas are ready to be picked and the carrots are now pinkie sized. My son and I did a little mini harvest and sat in the kitchen and feasted on our baby veggies. They definitely tasted better than any other veggies I had had before. Must be little red hen syndrome. 

Amuse Bouche

When asked to choose my favorite course of a meal, I would have a hard time choosing between the hors d'oeuvres and the dessert. There is nothing like goat cheese crostini or caprese bites, and who doesn't like saying 'Would you like some amuse bouche and vino?'. However, there is definitely something to be said for a rich glorious Bernard Callebaut mousse. So... when planning my husband's thirty-first birthday party it was critical that I come up with something great for the beginning and end of our meal. I started with  a dish of caprese bites, sun-dried tomato kalamata olives, and cheese, and ended with Dairy Queen Oreo ice cream cake. It was all delicious. Take a peek...

Jungle or Garden?

The garden has turned into a jungle! The perfect combination of sunny and rainy weather has created an absolutely huge tangled mess of green where my perfectly neat rows used to be. I tried to string up the two rows of peas with stakes and string, but the weight of the vines and baby peas proved to be too much. I also tried to hill the potatoes, but they have grown so high that they have overtaken the beans and spinach real estate. The spinach has already gone to seed, and the tomatoes have grown larger than their cages. A little chaotic. I need to try to tidy it up a bit, but already the yield has been great! We have had several spinach, butter lettuce, and romaine lettuce salads. My favorite is spinach from the garden, raspberries and cranberry raspberry vinaigrette from the farmer's market and roasted pecans. Mmmm.