They just keep coming and coming.

I didn’t get in any fun baking this weekend – partially due to being an utter slug and partially because i had to work – but here are 2 things from last week.  I gave the old Zucc Bread a crack, with nuts, chocolate chips and raisins tossed in.  I’ve been using an organic unbleached white flour in my baking and it seems to make things a little darker and denser than regular white flour.  For pastry I might change this up….still on the fence about it.

My first attempt at a galette – pastry dough was mixed by hand, it turned out pretty good.  The crust was light and flaky – and I tossed ricotta/mozzarella mix with some garlic olive oil as the base and layered the zucchini on top with more garlic and garlic olive oil.  I’m going to try and find time this week to make a fruit version.

The tomatoes are on fire right now.  Even the Black & Brown Boar, who I had given up on a few weeks ago, is still producing fruit!

And here’s the first Berkley Tie-dye!  They’ve finally ripened up enough to pick.  I’m going to attempt oven-drying a few later today.

Back when we lived in NYC, I had a favorite vintage coffee mug that I kept at work.  It mysterious disappeared one day and I was heart broken….thinking I would never see another one like it again.  There was a little gauge printed on the inside that ranged from “coffee hound” to “weak sister” – depending on how much you filled it up.  It used to make me smile every time i drank from it.

Years later when we were in SF, I was reminiscing about that neat coffee mug and Jesse suggested I look on ebay.  I did – and bid on every one that was listed – and ended up with 9 of them within  a week.  They still make me smile, even though I tend to live more in the realm of “weak sister” with my coffee consumption these days.

Since I can only drink out of one mug at a time….the rest sometimes get used for other purposes, like holding flowers!

Our first real test of seeding directly. This little patch of dirt was totally nasty. I pulled out a wheelbarrows worth of bricks, metal and broken glass, not to mention spiders and weeds – but it looks like its on its way to being a productive little section.

About 2 weeks after they first popped up.

About a month in.  As of today, they’re about 6″ taller than this last photo.  Fingers crossed that we actually get to eat something off the vines before the bugs and raccoons get to the melons.

The cucumbers and tomatoes keep coming – and it looks like i’ll probably get another round or two of squash and zucchinis too.

Preparing a Zucchini Fittata.

Ready to eat – I might add a touch more cheese next time -but it came out really nice and savory.

Last Saturday’s yield

Basil and Tomatoes from the yard

The homemade Challah was probably the best i’ve ever made – thanks to this great recipe from the Smitten Kitchen!