Summer is one of my favorite times of the year to eat. So many of my favorite fruits and vegetables are available to eat and it's such a great opportunity to experiment your seasonal foods.
Last summer I bought my house and had big plans to start a garden come spring. So that's what I did. I spent weekend after weekend prepping the soil getting ready to plant the seeds. Once Mother's Day came around I got all of the seeds in the ground and couldn't wait to see what would happen. I grew up gardening with my parents but I have never started my own. This year I planted three types of lettuce, tricolor beets, tricolor carrots, squash, and tomatoes. Things are finally happening over here.
The lettuce has totally exploded, and is ready to eat. The beets are slowly but surely making there way into life, as well as the carrots, and I cannot wait to get my hands on the squash.
These are only some of my favorite things to eat. I have friends who have radishes and all sorts of fun veggies. That's where small trades come in really handy. Beets for radishes. It's so important to eat these veggies when we can because many of the veggies you buy in the store are brought in from other countries because they are not available to us during winter, hence we are eating out of season which is not ideal for our bodies.
If you need a little help getting started on how to eat your summer veggies, here are a couple of my favorite ways to eat them.
Beet Salad: red or golden. Boil your beets, sautee them in coconut oil, and then add some goat cheese and sea salt for a simple salad.
Squash: depending on what type of squash you have, you can always make your squash into noodles and make a cold summer pasta. Mix it with some home made pesto and parmesan and there you have it.
Tomatoes: sliced red tomatoes with mozzerella, basil leaves, olive oil, sea salt and cracked pepper. Keeping it light is sometimes the best way to go.
I know for me it's sometimes difficult in certain times of the year to stay disciplined about eating my vegetables, that's why when things are growing locally I do the best I can do stay on top of delicious, light, and easy recipes. Not to mention eating your veggies, especially when raw, is a great way to stay cool on hot days.
Guten Appetit!
