Pasta with squash and tarragon

If you love tarragon and have it growing in your herb garden like I do, this is an easy light pasta you should try with some lovely summer squash. Here's the recipe I used, from Martha Stewart. I didn't use ouzo because I didn't feel like buying it, but it was still yummy!!

Zucchini-Ricotta Fritters

I am not a big fan of zucchini, but last time I went to TJ's I bought some to put in Minestrone that I made last week.  And at TJ's they only have a package of four zucchinis, of which I only used one.  So I have been trying to figure out what I was going to do with the other three that I would enjoy eating.  Then I came across this recipe for Zucchini-Ricotta Fritters in the latest Food and Wine magazine.  It is a recipe from Batals (Mario Batali) and they came out really good!  I could hardly tell I was eating zucchini!

Farmer's Market!

From May through December, we've got the farmer's market in Van Vorst Park every Saturday, and in the Grove Street Plaza on Mondays and Thursdays; both right around the corner from us. Here's Saturday's bounty:

With the lovely Jersey tomatoes, domestic mootzy and basil from our little fire escape herb garden (which, by the way, is growing like crazy!) I made a nice Caprese Salad. Jimmy grilled up a piece of tuna and sauteed some asparagus and squash. Fresh, easy and delish.