Forgot to mention ......

Have tons of vegetables now, so planning on roasting a bunch.

I've got a whole variety of eggplants from Lisa and two from this garden here.

Long green ones, small black ones, big purple ones, and a round white one. They're sitting in the glass baking dish , peeled, sliced and salted I'll rinse them off and roast them till soft. When you have more eggplant than you can eat here is a great way to use them.

Put them in the food processor ( or blender or if soft enough you can just put them in a bowl and whip them with a fork) so, you've got them in the processor, squeeze a little bit of lemon in there, a chunk or two of garlic but a couple cloves of roasted garlic is good too, and salt, pepper and cumin to taste. It's great as a dip or as a burrito filling.

With all those tomatoes and peppers and the cucumbers I'm going to make another batch of gazpacho, which can be turned into sauce if I end up with too much.

I'll roast the bell peppers too, and then stuff them with rice and corn and onion.

And I'ill also prepare the big monster zucchini, by slicing 4 inch pieces and scooping out the seeds making "cups" which can be stuffed with ratatouille or with any kind of stuffing.

I'm going to try to dry the figs ........

but I am really transfixed by this wind........it is calling me to be outside.

xo will write again soon I'm sure.

sal/mom