marshmallows

my jill had a bar b que on friday night. i made homemade marshmallows. and graham crackers.
you can find the recipe here: s'mores

they were super easy and also super delicious. it may seem silly to make something from scratch that costs a buck at jewel, but i think making something from scratch makes food taste better. there's more love in it.

farmers market loot from 7/11

oh man. finally. tomatoes. it's been so unseasonably cold up here this summer. the tomatoes are just not growing. its very frustrating. i have five tomato plants and the only one that has had fruit ripen is the teeny weeny cherry tomato plant. so i have still had to buy them. i guess a few farmers are growing tomatoes in a green house, because they are incredible. and there are very few. i have to get to the market (http://www.chicagogreencitymarket.org/) at seven. when it opens. on a saturday. ouch. in order to even get them.

i've also found some very interesting things from green acres farms. i bought the most amazing thing over the weekend. wild spinach. who knew?! it's called lamb's quarters and it really does taste like spinach. just like w the purslane, i've only eaten this raw in a salad but you can cook it just like spinach. its amazing.

its painful to get there so early, but it is worth it. if you cant make it and want something, just let me know. ill get it for you. ;)

lamb's quarters (wild spinach)

this has been a long time coming

i have been trying to get a food blog up and running for a long time. the thing that kept me from doing it was my obsessive need for a good name for it. i tried french titles, which is funny, as i have no idea how to speak or even pronounce french. i tried latin. none of it made sense. so i had to sit quietly with myself for a coupla minutes to figure out what my real goal is for this blog. what i realized is that it is entirely for me to have a creative outlet. not to be flashy and showy. so who cares what the title of the blog is? i needed to find something that i found inspiring.

what i find inspiring is food. cooking it, eating it, shopping for it. i am completely devoted. so i have named my blog "purslane chronicles." if you have spent time with me in the last coupla weeks, particularly if you have eaten at my house, i am sure i have shared this magical plant with you. its a weed. an edible weed. not just edible but completely delicious. so far i've only eaten it raw in a salad but apparently you can sautee it too, like spinach. what may be even more exciting than how tasty it is, is how good for you it is. it has tons of antioxidants and omega 3s. and it only has 7 calories in a cup of it. anway. that's the inspiration.

purslane