Hey, Joan, we all need the occasional treat! My guilty pleasure this week has been having real bacon on my tomato sandwiches. It came from the farmers market. It is too fatty for me, but I cook it well and drain the grease. I should be able to get a couple of packages of turkey bacon when we do our big grocery run tomorrow. I actually prefer the taste of the turkey bacon, even if it is a more processed food. It was not so easy eating the sandwich today, since I had a dental appointment this morning to remove a crown on a tooth that had developed a cavity under it. I have a temporary crown until I go back for the new one in about two weeks.
For dinner tonight, I made Pasta Estate (Italian word for summer). with caramelized zucchini, red bell pepper (half of it from our garden), green onions, garlic, halved cherry tomatoes, black pepper, and a bag of fully cooked, shelled shrimp from the freezer. The pasta was fettuccini. Some of the cherry tomatoes are from our plants, but most were from the farmers market.
I've started using small vegetable serving bowls from my various sets of dishes for large salads and for pasta. It keeps the vegetables, and in the case of tonight's dinner, the pasta, under control.
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