White Chip Brownies

My lady made us some delicious brownies from scratch. Her first from scratch brownie venture and they turned out fabulous! Unfortunately we didn't take any pictures for some reason, but we'll probably make them again. She got the recipe from her mother's Hershey's cookbook we photocopied; except we used Scharfenberger cocoa (yummy!) instead of Hershey's, although we did use Hershey's white chocolate chips.

Tomato Cucumber Salad with Mint

This salad was very tasty. My lady found the recipe at Allrecipes.com. It has such a nice flavor to it, especially the fresh mint. Prep took a little bit only in that the cucumbers need to marinate in the dressing for about an hour. We will be making this more during this summer I'm sure. We ate it as a meal; but it would probably be better as a side dish next time around. Would also be a great thing to bring to potlucks, etc. as well.

A Big Tomato Sandwich

This was a great sandwich, and just what the title implies ~ a big ole sandwich! We got the recipe from the cookbook Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America's Farmers' Markets by Deborah Madison. It's a really great book. The sandwich was yummy. It was on a loaf of ciabatta bread and had tomatoes, bell pepper & mozzarella on it plus a tasty herb vinaigrette we whipped up. The loaf of bread we got wasn't as round as would have been ideal; it was more oblong, but it still worked out ok. I sliced the top off, took out some of the bread, put the dressing on and then added the items. The leftovers kept pretty good; just the bottom bread got a little soggy from the dressing, but not bad at all. I'm sure we'll have this again. Especially with all the nice big tomatoes and peppers that are available at our Farmers Market right now.

Soba Noodles with Sesame Seeds

This was an extremely simple dish to make and it tasted pretty darn good! The recipe is from the book Forever Summer by Nigella Lawson. The only actual cooking was of the noodles and the toasting of the sesame seeds; the rest was just a quick sauce and some scallions. Another great cold noodle dish. The only gripe I have with the cold noodle dishes is that they're not nearly as good as leftovers after refrigeration.