Healthier spaghetti alla carbonara and a painted salad

This salad was made from an assortment of tomatoes, courtesy of my csa and one from my garden, cucumber from my garden, pretty purple borage flowers and fresh herbs from my garden. It's a painting made from vegetables. Dressed with a little olive oil, vinegar and celtic salt, popping summer tomato perfection.

I read that you could add the leaves of the borage plant to your salad for a nice cucumber flavor. Don't do it!!! Unless you enjoy a mouthful of spiky hair.

I really wanted to try spaghetti alla carbonara at home. I don't eat pork, so I substituted turkey bacon. I also substituted Tinkyada rice noodles. I used organic local eggs from my csa and fresh basil, parsley and chives to freshen it up. It was good.

Really, really . . . . . good.

We have this watermelon growing next to our patio. No one planted it,

it must have come from a stray seed spit out?

Ice cream cake again?

I love to bake and try new recipes. Why don't my kids love cake? This is my son's strawberry cheesecake ice cream cake. Boring.

Potato Salad

This potato salad was amazing with potatoes, green beans, crumbled turkey bacon, fresh basil, parsley, chives and lemon thyme. It was dressed simply with olive oil, white wine vinegar and a squeeze of fresh lemon (pinch of salt and pepper, of course). Yum!