As much as I try, summer is coming to an end. Even though I absolutely LOVE the fall, summer is my second favorite. I love not wearing socks or coats or layering my clothes so I don’t freeze to death. I love the light lasting until almost 8 pm. I even love the heat most days minus the lung crushing humidity.
But more importantly, I love summer produce. 
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You know what I’m really bad at? Taking pictures of things other than food. I either never remember to take pictures while doing other things or feel awkward pulling out my camera in a crowd of people. Which is ridiculous because chances are most of them are taking pictures too.
While this isn’t a huge problem, it does mean I rarely have pictures to show you when I do my posts about my weekend. Which is a bummer because a picture is worth a thousand words or something like that. 
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I’ve noticed the recipes I keep coming back to are traditionally peasant meals. Kitchari, cabbage rolls, shakshuka, any casserole, and ratatouille. All simple meals with simple ingredients meant to fill and nourish bodies. They aren’t particularly fancy and you won’t see them featured in their traditional forms on high-end menus.
But that doesn’t mean they aren’t delicious and shouldn’t be eaten all the time.
There is something so satisfying by using staple ingredients like tomato sauce or eggs and creating a meal you know makes people happy. Which is exactly what I was looking for in dinner a few weeks ago. 
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Sometimes I try weird things because I’ve learned that often the weird combos are pretty good. Like putting kale in granola. That’s weird, right? Right. But it’s also oddly good.
Now, I’m not the first person to try this. I first heard of the idea from Melissa over at Well Fed. If you’ve never tried any of her recipes, you’re really missing out. Anyway, I saw her recipe for Green-ola (clever, no?) and it piqued my interest. I did a little searching around and saw you can indeed buy greenola.
But why buy when you can make stuff yourself? 
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I want to thank you for letting me share some of my thoughts/emotions the past few days on the blog. I know that isn’t normally what I do and I’m not looking to turn this blog into something different than what it is. But I think it’s important to speak up when we see something wrong, especially if we have a slightly larger platform to do so. So again, thank you for letting me do that.
But now let’s get to some food because it’s been just a little bit since I shared anything new with you guys! 
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