My favorite fruit of all time is watermelon. They are one of the reasons I love summer so much. I always make a royal mess when I eat them in slices. I usually get it all over my shirt, the juice drips everywhere, I'm spitting seeds on the ground. Ever since I had to start doing my own laundry, I'm not too inclined make that kind of mess anymore. My new favorite thing during the summer is making watermelon juice, watermelon cocktails, and watermelon agua frescas.
S'mores Cupcakes
The one thing I wished someone would have told me when I was younger was how lonely adulthood would be. Especially when you move to a new place. I wish someone would have told me that you have to make some serious efforts to find new friends. It's probably easier for some people than others; I can't imagine that everyone in the world becomes a nervous wreck around large groups of strangers. How do I get over my social anxiety?
I guess my point is: even though I don't have much going on most days besides cooking, blogging, and watching trashy daytime talk shows (which, I'm convinced are just huge multi-product infomercials under the guise of something else, holy product placement, Batman!), it still took me weeks to get around to making these cupcakes. They were delicious, I should have made them sooner.
Five Ingredient Tomato Soup
Tomato soup is one of those things that I love, but only if it's made well. Not too runny, not too creamy, not too sweet, not too sour. All of the other ingredients should complement the tomato and bring out the flavor, not cover it up. The simplicity of this soup is what makes it so great. It only has five ingredients (not counting salt, is that cheating?).
Pickled Onions
There are some items that hold a permanent spot in my refrigerator. Hot sauce, mustard, mayonnaise, jam, eggs, milk...you know, the typical stuff. Something that's perhaps not so typical is an assortment of pickles. I usually have regular pickles on hand, but I also make pickled onions and (occasionally) pickled carrots and radishes.