Cel-e-brate good times, come on! This is one glorious What I Ate Wednesday, folks: The first WIAW in which I am eating the fruits of my own labor. Err, gardening labor, that is.
Labor fruits, form of: Lettuce! My first leaves were ready, so I had to do what anyone does with lettuce. Make a salad. But who am I to do salad the right way? Screw you, greens, I’m going purple. And pink.
Behold the beauty of beets, cabbage, lettuce and salmon. Everything tastes better when it’s outdoors. And farm fresh.
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What food epitomizes the start of summer for you?
ForgottenBeast 
Why am I not surprised we are on the same wave length today. My WIAW is about farmers market finds and the beauty of colorful produce.
I am so thrilled with your purple lettuce and your salad making skillz. Look at you, creating lines of lovely lusciousness. I love it. Rock on with yo’ bad self!!
There’s a party going on right here…a celebration to last throughout the year.
Nothing, because I don’t have summer. Waaaaambulance.
I love colourful food! Plus, anything purple is really healthy too. Totally need to cook those purple sweet potatoes that I have 😛
There really aren’t enough purple foods in the world.
Summer for me is peaches and watermelon. I have had a good melon but still too early for peaches. My granddaddy grows them! Cheers to homegrown!
Short of blueberries, I sort of hit a wall after these few. I guess there’s purple kale, purple chard, etc., but that’s just getting technical. Plums? Can you convince your granddad to grow some of those too? I love peaches, but hate the fuzz, and haven’t eaten them since I moved out of the house and couldn’t make my mom peel ’em for me first any more. It’s now been a long time since I’ve had a peach…
I love these colors! That lettuce looks amazing.
“eating the fruits of my own labor. Err, gardening labor, that is.”
I love the implication of eating babies here. A+! 😀
Gorgeous! I love eating all sorts of colors.
Man I am on a beet kick lately, love them.
My post today can add to your purple-powered plate!! I need to get my hands on some beets–it’s been a little while, and I love them!
Okay, I had never heard about purple sweet potatoes and now I have TWO comments about them! Clearly a sign that I have got to track these things down…
WATERMELON! WATERMELON! WATERMELON! Oh lordy, I’ve started putting on the water(melon) weight already. 🙂
Now. I am having strange cravings for beets.
And I had lettuce sprouting. Then it rained torrentially for two days. I was pretty sure my lettuce was going to drown. I tried to drain the planter…and ended up dumping the entire contents into the actual flower bed in front of my cottage, where I think I might have accidentally now begun a new lettuce patch. We’ll see.
Finally, a difference! Phew, I was getting a little freaked out by our twin-hood ;D I’m totally a cantaloup-over-watermelon gal.
That is the most organized looked salad I’ve ever seen.
The desire to drink gin and tonics is usually the start of summer for me!
I may or may not have already had one or two of those this season 😉 Perfect summer drink!
Purple foods are definitely prettier to look at…and they keep our memory strong :)! I’m still amazed at your gardening skills, my friend! Barbecue anything epitomises summer for me….and of course ice cream 🙂
Haha. Even when you eat salads you do it with your own pizzazz. Lol.
Homemade produce just tastes so… “Productive” 🙂 Your purpley salad looks great!
Heck yeah!!! Woo hoo for homegrown eats!!! That’s some mighty fine lettuce, lady! 😉
Start of summer…my first watermelon! Can’t wait!
Mmmm, purple (red?) cabbage is always a winner in my book
Basically, summer food is when you can eat everything raw imo! 🙂 🙂 AWESOME homegrown foods btw! You are so green-thumbed!