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Another cold shrimp and pasta salad. This time I added toasted panko (with lemon zest and garlic). This is hottest time of year here, just before the rains start. It's been hitting mid-90s; once the rains start we'll drop to 80 most days. The next village over, San Antonio Tlaycapan has its Fiesta to its patron saint, St. Anthony de Padua. His feast day is June 13th. Locals vow that the rains begin on that date. And they often do, give or take a few days.

Grilled shrimp pasta salad over arugula, dressing a simple lemon/olive oil/dijon/fresh garlic

My first white malbec. Very refreshing, tart. Nice in this hot weather.

Great label....not so great wine. From Hungary.

My first Sangiovese from Mexico. It was excellent!

It's almost too hot to eat; May is our warmest month until the rains start in early June. Chilled grilled shrimp over a green bean and grape tomato salad.

It is nearly impossible to get badly grilled octopus in Mexico. Even corner taco stands know how to do it. It remains a popular item for both of us.

Warm salmon salad. A quasi Nicoise minus the olives (could not find any good ones this week in our corner of MX).

Margarita Tamarindo at lunch. Rimmed with Tajin.

A blend from Ensenada MX.

Grilled blackened salmon with grilled asparagus and a cherry-chipotle dipping sauce. The reason my salmon is in chunks is because I grill one fillet and share it with mi esposo. He likes his very translucent, me not as much. So after it rests, I cut off the thinner ends as they are more cooked.

Seared tuna soft tacos with wasabi mayo, pickled red onions, avocado, cilantro.

Chicken curry salad in lettuce wraps with squiggles of sriracha.

Grilled Black Forest ham, imported Swiss, mango chutney, Dijon mustard on sourdough black olive & thyme bread.

Indian curry with lime pickle, mango chutney, yogurt and cilantro.

Chilly day here. Green chile chicken soup.

Blueberry cream cheese tart on puff pastry.

Sheet pan Harissa Chicken and Preserved Lemons. Condiment yogurt with lemon and parsley.

I agree with @blue_dolphin go to a local farmers market.

We don't eat a lot of burgers, but enjoy going out for one a few times a year in the US. We never buy or eat ground beef in Mexico due to a severe E.coli infection back in 2008, and when I say 'severe' I mean life-threatening. This morning at my nearby Tucson Safeway, there was a Manager's Special in the meat dept. The regular $9.99 a pound for ground American Wagyu was marked down to $3.99, sell-by date was today. We always freeze our ground meat into burger portions when we get home, So we took a chance even though we've never bought American Wagyu ground beef before. Grilled some for lunch today and by far the best burger in years, either side of the border! It had the taste and texture of a burger from a high-end high-priced popular burger joint in Tucson where they sell for $15 bucks. After we ate lunch mi esposo said, I'm going back down and getting more. He got the last 2 one-pound packages. We are careful with our diets and my at-home standard burger is one-eighth pound. I serve on dinner rolls and they are more or less a single slider.

I am not sure of definition of a quick bread. But I made this last week and would make again. We try to eat a lot of blueberries and the ones coming to market now from South America are quite good and often on sale. https://amandascookin.com/blueberry-breakfast-cake/

Our alliterative dinner. Penne pasta, peas, pancetta, parmesan.