The heat of summer makes me want to go easy on the heavy cooking and concentrate on grilling and salads.
Of course, it also makes me want to skip dinner completely and just eat dessert.
We have a large garden at one of the local community gardens this summer. We have everything from basil to tomatoes growing. Everything is getting huge and already producing quite a crop.
The swiss chard is already out of control, as are the cucumbers, basil, peppers, mint, lettuce, radishes, etc. I have started utilizing some of the garden loot. This salad makes good use of my favorite. . .fresh basil.