WooHOo!

We've been making all kinds of stuff! Tonight I threw together a jar of basic Adobo and a fantastic vinagrette with Olive Oil, Basalmic Vinegar and Penzey's Green Goddess dressing mixture. Carl's been learning to make all kinds of things on the grill.

I'm thinking of making Iced Tea with my Lemon Balm to see how it turns out.

We've been making crazy pasta salads with grilled chicken. The other day we make one with mandarin oranges, water chestnuts and shredded Swiss Chard from the garden. For the dressing, rice vinegar, soy sauce and toasted sesame oil seasoned with garlic, ginger and crushed red pepper, and a generous sprinkle of toasted sesame seeds.

Tonight we had one with a bell pepper from the garden, roasted pumpkin seeds and dried cranberries and we used the vinagrette with the Penzey's seasoning. And the star of both salads was the wonderful chicken breast Carl grilled for us.

I'll be making more trail mix this week and possibly some granola bars on Saturday, if it's not way too hot to be boiling honey.

I'll keep you posted with more recipes as I have them.