hi friends! we’re back from our east coast / midwest vacation, and i’m still working on getting back in the swing of things. so instead of a real post with a recipe, will you take a link to a ton of pictures from the vacation? and pictures of some of the fabulous food we ate below? pretty please? thanks – i owe you one, and i’ll be back next week with new recipes for y’all!
thanks to the magic of delayed posting, i am not at home typing away right now, but off enjoying boston, portland (maine), new york city, and ann arbor (to see my sister!!!) with mike to celebrate both our wedding (2 year) and dating (10! year!) anniversaries. so while we’re exploring the eastern side of our country, i thought i’d keep you all satiated with my favorite pancake recipe – partly because pancakes are so delicious and partly because my sis-in-law asked me to post the recipe on this site after sampling them.
about a year ago, i tried my hand at creating ratatouille, sans recipe, from a bunch of veggies my dad brought us from his garden. while i liked the creation, i couldn’t stop tinkering with it during this harvest season, thinking that if i started with a basic recipe and tweaked it i would be able to create THE BEST ratatouille ever. so when mike’s mom brought us a lovely bag of veggies from her garden a few weeks ago, i rolled up my sleeves and began working on a new version of ratatouille.
i know, i know, you’re either sick of tomatoes and corn by now, or you’re wondering why you’d make a chowder in the heat of the end of the summer.
but this soup is so light and so flavorful that you will want to slurp up as much of it as possible, leaving you wondering why you thought you were sick of tomatoes or questioning making soup when it’s warm out!