Guilt by Herbs

I've been very bad.

Summer has us itching to leave the apartment for dinner. (Have I mentioned yet that we have no A/C? Maybe a few times...) And though I'm doing a pretty good job bringing a lunch salad with me to work each day, one particular ingredient has been building up.

Sitting there in a little glass with a piece of plastic on top.

Taunting me.

"We're wiiiilting..."

Yes, the herbs. So tonight, in a hypomanic love affair with Bon Appetit, I made three herb-centric dishes.

(1) Summer Squash Quinoa

- cook quinoa (WOW I've been doing this with way too little water all these years!)

- while quinoa cooking, set aside chunks of squash covered in liberal salt x 15min

- whip up tasty dressing consisting of olive oil, vinegar (I used apple cider), lemon zest, parmesean

- combo quinoa, squash, walnuts

- add chopped flat parsley

- add lemon basil (recipe calls for basil, but lemon basil was both available and better)

- dress!

(2) Zucchini with Potatoes and Thyme

- pan fry potatoes in olive oil, season w salt and pepper, mix w thyme and remove

- pan fry zucchini

- combo

(3) Sage Butter - okay fine, on something... how about chicken

- blend a stick of butter, 1/2 cup sage, some lemon zest and juice, and some black pepper

- realize you have made an entire tub of butter; start thinking about other uses for next week...