One Local Summer, Week 12

I've more tomatoes, green beans, and green peppers than I can possibly eat rolling in from my garden, and I've been cheating on my farmer's market with a cute roadstand down the road.

So I didn't need much this morning, and I spent only $21, which netted me:

• big basket of plums


• big basket of peaches (many were eaten on the way home)


• big basket of apples- I want to say Ginger Gold?


• big basket of red potatoes


• Cass insisted on a yellow squash, even though I still have a LOT


• and as ever, some Eve's Cheese: jalapeno colby and smoked cheddar.

The other night I made oven french fries from the fingerling potatoes I bought at last week's market. And no one would eat them because they tasted like sweet potatoes.

Are fingerlings actually baby sweet potatoes? Or is this vendor just mis-labeling?

Anyway, no big deal, I was happy to take on the fries, but there were some left over.

The next day, I got a powerful hunger for some Denny's. I think maybe I overheard a commercial or something; that is some seriously viral marketing. I really really wanted some greasy spoon fare.

Did I succumb? In a manner of speaking, I guess. I cut those excess fries into home fries and made myself some eggs with peppers and onion and garlic-and-chive cheddar (Eve's Cheese! Cannot say enough good things about these people!).

All ingredients local.

May I present...

One Local pseudo-Denny's Southwestern Grand Slam....

(Oh my gosh, I just went onto the Denny's website and found they no longer offer the Southwestern Slam! What a bummer! My brother is going to be so upset.)

Tomato Sauce Update: we have successfully made an acceptable tomato sauce, but we totally had to wing it. All the recipes I found online either involved tomato paste- which we didn't have and I preferred not to use, to keep it local- or required completely insane numbers of tomatoes.

I know someone out there has a good sauce recipe!!! Please share!