ready for those may flowers.

you guys. my breakfast was crazy good. i didn't know where it was all going when i started it but it turned out wonderfully. i purchased a few too many things in the farmers' market yesterday (it had been a while since i visited and i just got so excited and everything was beautiful and reasonably priced. or maybe i've forgotten what reasonable looks like--but i spent about $15 and got a big bunch of spring onions, a bunch of broccoli rabe, a bunch of purple radishes, a CRAZY huge bunch of bok choi, a pint of strawberries, and 2 cucumbers.)

in a big pan, i cooked broccoli rabe, the greens of the onions, green beans, and garlic in a bit of olive oil and liquid aminos. when it had cooked down a bit (they are greens, so they shrink), i scooped it all into a bowl and tossed with chunks of pecorino. in the same pan, i fried an egg and toasted some of the rosemary focaccia i made yesterday (see below). 

it was just wonderment. 

a note: the focaccia is alice waters's recipe from the art of simple food. i am not transcribing it here but it was super easy and the recipe is also converted to pizza dough in the book. i topped mine with chopped rosemary (i keep some growing on the porch) but you could put anything on it really. or nothing.

usually.

most of my lunches are some variation on this one: whole wheat with cheddar, tomatoes, lettuce, and mayonnaise (seriously, i love mayonnaise) + carrots + potato chips. this was thursday, april 18th but it could have been any day last week.

if it's going to look like winter

then i am going to eat like it's winter.

tuesday night = smashed potatoes + white beans with garlic and salt and pepper + sauteed collard greens and onion with a fried egg on top

cook out.

so, for many many months, i begged casey to take me to cook out every time we were driving for more than 30 minutes and never did he oblige (for the record, we don't usually pass one because they are in raleigh or outside of town). yes, yes, it's a burger joint but also there are milkshakes. like a billion kinds of milkshakes. and, apparently, if you bring them something, they will PUT IT IN YOUR MILKSHAKE. i've got nothing to bring but i bet a piece of cake would be delicious.

yes, it's not really needed because cook out has so many flavors. i got one on my way back from new bern a couple of weeks ago. it was peach pie. as in, there was peach pie in my shake. it was a little too sweet, but they are only $2. next time, i'll probably just get peach. or strawberry. i like a a fruit dessert.

sandwiched.

april 16th: homemade whole wheat with cheddar and a fried egg, waffle chips(!), and carrots.

these weeks have been both crazy and lazy. did i mention chloe was on NPR's food blog--the salt? well, she was. pretty crazy.

the list.

saveur posted their list of the 2013 best food blogs award winners. it's a pretty spectacular group of folks. my favorites:

• for the love of the south
• the year in food
• green kitchen stories
• not without salt 
• thug kitchen (mentioned yesterday)
• the boys club

i use bloglovin to read/look at all the cutie and delicious blogs i like. it's easy--keeps everything all in one, organized place. you can choose to read the post or mark it "as read" so that it never comes up in your feed again. you can "like" particular posts--i use this to catalog recipes i might want to make someday. overall, it's super streamlined and user-friendly and, obviously, i totally recommend it. 

fuck yes.

oh my god, kids. thug kitchen is THE GREATEST.