Bring On the Heat!

It’s been super humid-hot the last couple-few days and I’m loving it!! We (Rowan, Rich, and I) have been working outside tending to the lawn, the gardens, and the bugs. Peas went POW overnight. Sugar snaps are sooo sweet and crispy—not like what you get in the store. And Ro-Ro can’t get enough of the sweet pod peas. Every batch I’ve brought in she’s gobbled up, so I guess I won’t be freezing any!! Maybe I’ll plant a bunch more for a fall crop.

Most of the lettuces have bolted, so we’ve had salads, wraps, and green smoothies. What I won’t be able to use up right away is being frozen for smoothies later. Carrots are ready and Ro munches one every time she’s out to the garden. Green beans have a ways to go yet, which is good because I’m still looking for some raw green bean recipes. Anyone know a good one?? Send it and I’ll post it. Parsley’s growin’ well and I look forward to fall harvest and Jinjee and Storm’s tabuli recipe which is one of my favorites.

Rowan’s been in her kiddie pool every day---and mommy’s joined her a couple times as well!! She’s so funny to watch as she tries to squirt me with water from the rubber duckie’s bottom—but get’s it turned the wrong way and squirts herself instead! LOL . . . but she’s learning fast. She also discovered that mommy screams and daddy runs away when she squirts the coooold water from the hose at them. Giggle, giggle, giggle says Rowan.

I made a batch of what have you cookies. Started with the hazelnut pulp leftover from milk and just kept adding. They have: nut pulp, juice and pulp from 3 oranges, cinnamon, raw honey, vanilla, flax seed, black sesame seed, chia seed, hemp seed, and coconut flakes. I can’t wait to taste them as the batter was super yummy. Rowan helped and it was all I could do to keep the spoon and her fingers out of her mouth, then out of the dough again! It’s not like cookies that are baked, so germs that won’t get destroyed in an oven are not wanted in the dough.

Today Rowan ate:
lots of green smoothie—a full blender, as she couldn’t get enough.
two salads—red leaf lettuce, onion, and carrot pulp
lots of peas
a carrot from the garden
hazelnut banana milk with flax oil, vanilla, and sea salt
¼ of a huge watermelon
the rest of the cookies I made on father’s day—about 7 cookies

Enjoy your evening!
~Rowan and Sharilyn