Another hurricane is busy wreaking havoc — this time on Florida with other states to come — here’s hoping all in Irma’s path are safe tonight.
The week since I returned from Mass. was mostly rainy and cold — so cold we covered the beans in case of frost on Friday night — luckily that didn’t happen. This week should bring better weather. Tomatoes are still trying to ripen outdoors and the squash and cukes have taken on a second life. Peppers are coming on strong and the little chinese broccoli seedlings are growing… kohlrabi too. The lack of heat has meant fewer brinjals and no okra at all. Still there are chard and beets and so on… there’s nothing to complain about with the gardens this year!
beautiful long beans, summer squash and lebanese zucchini ~ with one lonely brinjal
daisy is dreaming of catnip from the garden
I am dreaming of Lake Superior …
… and her hidden treasures!
If this nice weather holds, we might be able to escape to the UP for a day’s agate hunting 🙂
Meanwhile, here is Miss M’s scrumptious basil salad dressing, along with a mess of pickles we put up last night!
Miss M’s Basil Salad Dressing
I messaged Miss M to send me the recipe for the yummy basil dressing we had at her new apartment. Would you believe my baby is 25!??! She and her boyfriend made a salad of home-grown tomatoes (carried in bubble wrap all the way from Michigan!) with burrata — that creamy dreamy cousin of fresh mozzarella — with this fresh dressing drizzled on top.
Here is the recipe precisely as she told it to me 🙂
“Take half a cup of olive oil, two cups packed basil, a bit of lemon juice–calls for 1/4 of a cup but I like less, and 1-2 cloves garlic. Salt and pepper to taste, blend together and enjoy!!
OH, and add three tablespoons pine nuts!!”
I used all the lemon juice and just love this dressing on any salad — but especially with burrata — check out this link!
Happy Monday!
Out Of The Garden 
Shammi said
Yum, that dressing sounds deelish!
I found it keeps well too Shammi, as long as your fridge is cold. Had the last of this tonight on some tomatoes — ripening late in the 90+ heat wave! 🙂