the great taste of summer

I was so excited as we left Costco with this big pack of strawberries. You probably can't tell by looking but I had already eaten about eight or nine giant ones before we got home. Mike insisted that I needed to wash them, but I didn't listen. "I don't need to wash them," I thought to myself, "I was born in a third world country and there's no way this can hurt me." I was right nothing happened to me, plus the line at Costco for gas was much too long to wait. I washed them when I got home so I could have them whenever I want. They didn't last very long, if we didn't have vanilla ice cream they would have lasted longer.

would you like some ice cream or cereal with your strawberries?

My friend Krisha served me Vanilla ice cream with strawberries and it made it taste homemade and delicious, and now I have to have them in my ice cream. Did anyone else notice that the ice cream portions are shrinking? I noticed with the brands that we buy the most often, Dreyer's and Breyer's. The Dreyer's one was the most noticible, they look so shrinky dink. And yes that's right, they didn't lower the prices. This last time I opted not to buy them and got the store brand instead, that's just my way of protesting for now, I might have to give in. 1.75 quarts to 1.5 ...stinky

Another taste of summer is homemade salsa. I owe this particular recipe to my friend Jami, thanks babe! All you need are these ingredients: cucumber, tomatoes, diced green chiles and a little onion, cilantro is optional (I went without it because I took too much out of my herb pot and killed it, woops!). Then I use Lawry's seasoning, but you could use regular salt. You cut up the cucumber to small cubes and the tomatoes (they usually fall apart; I don't use that many because Mike is semi allergic, but use as many as you want). I also dice up some onion, I use only a tiny bit if the onion is strong. Pour in your can of chiles, seasoning and there you have it!