Summer loving

There is an Internet phenomenon (is it tumbler? tweets? memes?) listing pictures of women laughing at salads. Apparently it is also a search term for advertisers. Now you will see it everywhere. (There is probably a subset of “woman chuckling at yogurt”)

I am in vegetable heaven since our CSA (through Brown Sugar Produce) started a few weeks ago. I do not eat a lot of lettuce/leafy things over the winter, because it seems like proto-compost (and the food miles and the drought/flooding of California- just too many problems)

So when summer kicks in, and the spring mix is flowing, you got to eat and laugh!

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I am calling this Greek-ish! Delicious tomatoes and cucumbers, topped with cubed feta, with a drizzle of good olive oil and black pepper!
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Chef Salad! Ham, cheese, toasted pumpkin seeds, and cucumbers, sitting on a bed of BSP spring mix, and topped by edible flowers. I make my salad dressing to order – it is hiding at the bottom of the bowl!
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A rasp makes cheese snow! Which makes for a beautiful backdrop to these edible pansies!
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Sesame Satay Dressing!

I generally tend towards a classic French vinaigrette but then I use a squirt of mayo to make it a bit creamy/emulsified.

You can check out Brown Sugar Produce (one of my favorite farming families – Teri, Jon, Myrah, Steph, and team) every Friday at Lady of the Lake (or get on the list for the CSA next year!) Follow them on Facebook (Teri does a far better job than me of keeping up with blog posts!)

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  1. I love me a good salad AND a good laugh!! That’s a hilarious Google search. I want to see your version, lol!!

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    1. You definitely make good salad much easier!! The weird part of the “women laughing at salads” is that they are all alone. Cmon ladies! Salad isn’t penance!

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