Today’s Eats! – Andrea's Garden Journal

**May 27, 2018** Zucchini, cucumbers, celery leaves, basil, New Zealand Spinach leaves, and our daily radish. Not pictured but consumed were raspberries, mulberries, Egyptian Walking Onions, and mint leaves for a refreshing iced mint tea.

**June 1, 2018** The last few days I’ve had a stomach issue due to a medication. While my family ate cucumbers and basil, the only thing I consumed from my yard was the last of my dried peppermint leaves from last year. Peppermint tea is amazing for settling an upset stomach. So, currently the dehydrator is full of mint leaves for future use. Hopefully, not for future ***medicinal*** use!

**June 3, 2018** – tonight I’ll be making a basil vinaigrette using basil, parsley, garlic, and onion from the yard. It will be served over a salad of spinach, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, and mozzarella cheese. This will accompany a Greek Bean Soup I made using from the yard: celery, oregano, and bay leaf.

**June 4, 2018**
Last night’s basil dressing was so delicious that I made it again! In addition to the basil, parsley, onions, and garlic I picked for the dressing, I also harvested more cucumbers, a few tomatoes, and some celery. The stalks will be chopped up into tonight’s salad, the leaves will be saved for soup stock.

June 5, 2018

Picked 3 more cucumbers today and a few tomatoes. We’re getting a bit tired of cukes so the only thing we’re consuming that came from our yard are some green onions in a potato salad and some of the dill relish I made a few days ago in our tuna salad sandwiches. I have another row of cucumbers just now reaching toward their trellis. I may have overplanted! LOL

Also, it’s officially hot here in Central California so iced mint tea with mint from the yard is being consumed in large quantities. I’d prefer to make Mojitos with all of the mint but the sometimes the demands of the real world don’t mix with Mojitos!