Try Not To Turn Green

With envy that is.  On my kitchen table before dinner this evening:

 

In case you're having trouble making out VPH's unusual print, it says:

Carte Du Jour

BLT

Egg Salad

Tuna Salad/Stuffed Tomato

Corn Salad

Potato Salad

Tomato w/ Mozzarella

Caesar Salad

And yes, he made them all from scratch today, well not the Caesar salad, I have to confess we buy the bagged kits.  Then he came around and took our dinner orders with a little notepad and a pen.  I opted for our first garden tomato with mozzarella and basil Perpetuo (also from our garden), potato salad, tuna salad, and egg salad (parsley from our garden):

SS2 chose a BLT (tomato from the garden), corn salad, and potato salad:

And I didn't get a shot of VPH's plate, but he had corn salad, egg salad, tuna salad, potato salad, and a bit of the garden fresh tomato.  That tomato was totally worth the $12 or whatever I paid at Walmart for a plant with fruit already on it.  So yes, I know you're completely jealous and yes, I know how lucky I am!  I did manage to steal a few minutes and walk around the garden before dinner.  Look at all those day-lilies:

I wonder where this little eggshell came from since it's in a hanging basket with a Husky cherry tomato plant (that's the stem in the upper right-hand corner of the photo) that does not have any trees above it:

 

The Royal Purple Bush beans are going to give us an incredible crop of beans in a few weeks:

 

And now there's a cool breeze coming through the windows.  Tomorrow is going to be a perfect day for gardening.  I might just have to take a long lunch and transplant some herbs!

Comments

[meemsnyc]

What amazing choices for dinner! Wow!

[Mummer]

Wow! I'm going to show this post to my VPH for inspiration!
Raining here daily for an hour or so - and now I'm seeing some 'volunteers' sprouting in my recently-cleared containers. What can they be?
I did sow some of the chives you sent about five days ago - they should be up soon. Have you done the malabar yet?

[Jessica]

Hi It's Jessica I emailed you yesterday about top ramen and generic mac and cheese. I LOVE your pictures. Did you make all of those wonderful salads?

[Heather's Garden]

Meemsnyc -- I know, I'm completely spoiled. I had a friend over for tea yesterday and I gave her a little of the corn salad. Like everyone who's ever tasted it, she couldn't stop raving about it.

Mom -- That's how we eat in Florida too. It's our warm weather menu. I just planted the malabar.

Jessica -- I responded to your email, did you get it? Thank you, I'm pretty happy with how my photo-taking skills are coming along. My husband made all the salads, he's the chef in the family. I can make breakfast and dessert, plus a few standards here and there like grilled cheese and beef stew, so I'd never go hungry.