Let The Summer meals Begin! News From My Garden.

 Today was the first day we could finally eat my freshly grown Mesclun salad! I started them from seed. I also have spinach growing but we'll have that combo later on in the week. We didn't have any tomatoes with our salad yet BUT I did put in some chopped red onion, sliced artichoke hearts, feta cheese and Kalamata olives. I made my own fresh vinaigrette salad dressing and we sat down to a great summertime meal (IMHO). The olive oil is a super Aldi find! It's pure Sicilian oil for only $9.99 a bottle. The balsamic vinegar, also from Italy, was a holiday gift to us from a neighbor.

I bought this really beautiful salad bowl (Only $3 from Italy with the authentic markings on the back of the plate) from Goodwill a few months ago. I knew it would be just perfect for salad time!

I had some leftover pesto sauce in the freezer (left over from last summer) and hubby made a huge dish of bowtie pasta. We ate half now (hot) and later on (cold), as a late night snack, from the fridge. That's the great thing about my home made pesto. We can eat it hot or cold. Either way, it's delicious.

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