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All fresh tomatoes. Thanks! The recipe is from Cook's Country and they keep all their recipes behind a paywall unfortunately. It's especially annoying because you have to pay for access even if you subscribe to their print magazines. I subscribe to the magazine but refuse to pay $79.95 for the online access on top of that. To paraphrase the recipe, it's just salted and well drained tomatoes tossed with garlic, thyme, shallots, salt, pepper and olive oil, layered on to tart dough that is brushed with dijon mustard and sprinkled with gruyere. The tomatoes are topped with parmesan. The dough gets an egg wash and you put basil on after it is cooked at 375 for 45 minutes or so. Dinner last night started with cucumber mint margaritas, then we had flatbreads with three dips (hummus, muhamarra, and spicy Morrocan carrot-harissa), and grilled chicken kebabs marinated in yogurt, garlic, and spices then topped with a lemon, garlic-olive oil sauce.

Tomato galette

Sourdough with dried cranberries and pecans

Penne with raw tomato-basil sauce and fresh mozzarella

Crispy chicken topped with an arguela and parmesan salad with lemon vinaigrette

Eggplant stir fry with garlic and basil. I would have preferred Thai basil, but I have not been able to find it anywhere lately since I am still not shopping in person. I could not even find Thai basil plants for my herb garden.

Yesterday I baked up a couple of loaves of focaccia and made sandwiches. Caprese for the adults, and prosciutto, gruyere, and fig jam for the teens.

Spiced turkey kofta with cumin yogurt sauce and grilled lime, some minty cucumbers, garlic rice, and flatbread

My nephew granted me a (small) bite, and it was indeed really good. Our last dinner for this trip. Had to be a sushi repeat. We are headed home tomorrow for the month of August to take advantage of my small garden and central AC, but my husband and I are coming back for an entire month in September into October. One advantage of working remote during this pandemic...

Last night was the "once per visit" fried seafood fest. Fried whole belly clams, oysters, calamari and scallops. Nephew cannot have the fried food so he opted for some ribs And my stomach was not liking the idea of fried food so I got a salad I took my niece and nephew to the bakery yesterday for some housemade soft serve ice cream, with caramel sauce and caramel crunchies. Eaten in the car of course Bonus picture, last night's sunset from the beach in front of the house

Porch drinks, lobster and scallop rolls, and assorted desserts from the bakery

I had not seen that one before, but I found a used copy on Amazon for $6, so bought it. Sushi last night.

Tomato and bacon sandwich

Cool. That looks like it might be a house in The Colony. I will keep an eye out for it as a have a small collection of books about Cape Cod. I wish I could go to the bookstore, but am not comfortable enough to spend a long time inside browsing yet. Maybe when we are back in September and October. Last night, cucumber margaritas and nicoise salad.

I found the recipe in the current issue of Cook's Country magazine. I don't have it with me on the Cape, but can paraphrase it when I am home. Not mine! It was for the first family owners of this house some years ago. The original owner was the "Banana King" aka the founder of the United Fruit Company. The couple the plates were made for are deceased now and the house is in a trust operated by their grandchildren. They cannot sell the house or it reverts to the town. It's a pretty interesting story.

I baked a couple of loves of focaccia and brought them down to the Cape with me. I did not feel like going to the fish market yesterday, so made them into caprese sandwiches. Watermelon margaritas to start. The heat index was 102 yesterday, but we have a good breeze at the house.

Grilled ribeye. Not pictured, mac and cheese, summer squash, big salad. Headed back to the Cape in a few hours, so lots of seafood in my future.

Friday night thin crust pizza. Pepperoni Mushroom Margharita Carbonara

I love daikon and carrot pickle on banh mi. I usually have a jar going in the fridge. The thing behind the CSA veggies is my countertop compost container. I subscribe to a service that picks up weekly. I have five gallon buckets stored in the garage, and dump the metal tin into them after dinner every night. It's a really good service: they swap out the full buckets for clean empty ones, and they take almost everything, even meats, bones, shells, oils, and paper towels (as long as they only have food on them). They will also deliver free compost to you if you want it. It has really cut down on the amount of trash I put out for the landfill.

My CSA is really starting to ramp up. Here is today’s box. Fresh garlic, cherries, summer carrots, green head lettuce, hakurei turnips, summer squash, cucumbers, cilantro, summer cabbage, braising greens, kale and hot wax peppers

Grilled chicken with peanut sauce, cucumber salad, rice

Saag aloo made with rainbow chard and broccoli leaves, paneer butter masala, maharajah rice and naan.

Grilled salmon tacos

Yesterday, another BLT This morning, all the recent talk of tater tots made me add hash brown patties to my last delivery. I crisped one up in a waffle iron and topped it with a poached egg with a little aleppo pepper.

Grey sole in a coconut lime curry broth with carrots, baby bok choy, chives, and zucchini