7 in 7 - Monday - 8/19 - Summer Cooking A-Z (5)

An A to Z Guide to Summer Cooking
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Strategies, techniques, and tips on all things summer—from the Real Simple Test Kitchen to yours.

By Ananda Eidelstein June 29, 2018

Good morning!
Cherry- in that salad I use either rucola or those weedy kinds of greens. Evoo and I have been usingh a pomegranate vinegar which is delicious.

I use lots of tomatoes and strawberries naturally in season.
I have 2 basil plants on the terrace so mostly eat tomatoes fresh or lightly tossed in a pan.

Cathy, would you mind doing a goal change for me, please,,😆💕

Eat healthy, move daily, stay involved

Thank you sweetie

Rene, thanks for more details on the salad. I'll have to do some experimenting.

Some of those strawberry and tomato recipes sound delicious. I often use strawberries with my oatmeal and just alone to eat as a fruit.

I use lots of my home grown tomatoes. I had one the other day that was only about half ripe, but some critter (gopher, probably) had taken a few bites out of it. I cut off the part he had chewed and ate the rest of the tomato. I was thinking that even a half ripe tomato from the garden tastes so much better than any tomato purchased at the store. I wish I could grow tomatoes year round. I may try growing some small cherry tomatoes designed to plant in a container under lights in my basement this winter.

I don't make many upside down cakes for the same reason as Bev - too much sugar and butter. I do like them, though.

I taught myself to swim in a creek near where we lived. I'd wade out in water up to my neck and tried to swim towards shore. After I was comfortable and really learned how, I would swim anywhere. I never really learned the finer points of swimming, but i was comfortable in water of any depth. As I grew older I learned how to water ski too. That had a learning curve of its own.

Strawberries - like Jan, I like them, but don't tend to buy fresh because of the (lack of) quality. Frozen is the way to go.

Tomatoes - we have lots in the garden now! Enjoying them like the hint said - sliced with salt (and I add pepper too). I remember my mom putting sugar on sliced tomatoes. The hybrid varieties now are probably plenty sweet. I've mentioned before, favorite way to use them - chop tomatoes, chop fresh basil, mix with pasta, parm cheese, olive oil.

Cakes - not a fan of cake, I honestly don't do much baking at all. I know how, but we just don't need to have the baked goods sitting around!

Swimming - like Beverly's story, my mom didn't know how to swim, so I was always warned firmly to stay away from water. Apparently, in that day and age, swimming lessons started around age 5, because at that age, she took me to swimming lessons, and I was terrified of the water since I'd always been warned to stay away. She finally did quit trying to get me to go to the lessons...and that does mean I can't really swim. Perhaps a bad attempt at a dog paddle at best.