Today I had leftover ingredients to use up, so I tried a couple new recipes. Our neighbor went fishing in Lake Superior and caught some huge trout on Saturday. He gave us a lot, maybe 5 pounds or more. So tonight we’re having Trout Dill Chowder, inspired by Ruth Cousineau’s salmon chowder in gourmet magazine.
And the kids decided they don’t like strawberries anymore, so with the 2 pints I had already purchased I made jam using an Ina Garten recipe with blueberries and apple for thickening. I ran out of sugar so used ginger syrup which added nice flavor as well.

Here’s the first carrot, harvested by Hillary, from our little garden. It was so cute that she insisted on a photo before we chopped it up for soup! It was very yummy, too. And here’s to Zaca, my Spanish friend and carrot farmer extraordinaire, who advised sandier soil. Cheers!

We have lots of cucumbers and other veggies this year because of all the rain for our garden plus what we get from CSA

So we tried refrigerator pickles using cucumbers, onion, garlic, and radishes. The girls helped chop cucumbers and filled the jars with various combinations of the veggies- now we wait a few days before trying them. But they look nice, right?!

I’ve had this recipe from Smitten Kitchen waiting for me these last few weeks. I finally got them made yesterday and they are worth the trouble (and calories!) I pitted the cherries with a knife and that was the hardest part. I will have to get a cherry pitter if these are to be repeated. But they are scrumptious!

Yum, breakfast that was worth the wait!

And with the glaze!