It has been too long. So much to catch up on! First, I have new pictures of my garden to share.

My son helped me water one day and completely drowned the bush beans...hence the yellow leaves. They have finally come back to life and are starting to flower now. Yay!

Lastly, the corner planter is going crazy! I planted a ton of stuff that never came but the sunflowers are growing tall and the pumpkin is TAKING OVER! I also have some onions and one little sweet basil that came through. Can't wait to make pesto...that is going to be a while...

The quest continues. I was reading my Everyday Food magazine the other day and the editor actually commented on making food from real ingredients...I smiled. I am glad that there seems to be a movement back to the "good ole days" where food was made from scratch from ingredients that have name we can pronounce.

Lately I have been experimenting with new grains. They are quite fun! Great textures. A couple of my latest favs are spelt berries and Israeli couscous. The spelt is nice and chewy. I tried a recipe that made a salad out of it including the couscous, goat cheese, asparagus, and meyer lemons. It was ok. What I really loved was the texture of the grains. I will definitely be playing with spelt again soon.