What's cookin'?

Well, we're all cooking in the current heat, but that's supposed to moderate starting tomorrow.

I'm assembling the ingredients for this sweater, my 2025 SAL/MAL (spin-along/make-along) project in the Jenkins group on Ravelry. The pattern has been purchased and is printed out; I'm plying the black for the main color; and am waffling between two options for the contrast color. I have 28g of the perfect red fingering in my stash, which might be enough, or I can keep spinning the ~50g of white Friesian and dye it with Cherry Kool-Aid.

There is always a caldron of trouble simmering, of course, as that is life. Our current portion involves my car, which goes to the shop tomorrow; the needed repairs are going to cost 50% of what we so recently paid for it. If I am tempted to feel sorry for myself, though, all I have to do is look over at our neighbors' house. Two years ago they started noticing problems; turns out a whole slew of things weren't done correctly in its construction. They had to hire a lawyer and a forensic contractor to get their original contractor to cough of some of the cost to right things, but much is coming out of their pockets.

In the kitchen, I'm cooking to use the abundance of summer. Recent entreés have included toss-together pasta primavera or frittata, this recipe, and this recipe. The Apple Cucumber Salad I find so refreshing can now be made with our own apples. I'm baking muffins and cakes with shredded zucchini, and made a peach pie by request with some peaches Rick brought home. (Note to self: procure enough peaches for freezing and start making applesauce for the pantry!) There has been a steady trickle of strawberries to eat out of hand and five delicious figs from our little tree still pining in a big pot.

The tomatoes are finally ripening!

What's cookin' in your life right now?

That's it for now from . . .