RecipeMuncher

What does a foodie eat all week when she is home alone? You would think that I would have spent the week eating all of the foods that I adore. The ones that my boyfriend won’t touch with a ten foot pole. Livermush, souse, kidney pie, braunsweiger, head cheese and lima beans. It should have been a week for my culinary indulgence. Instead I chose to munch on sunflower butter and grape jam sandwiches, bowls of Barbara’s Puffins, pancit noodles and left over hot wings. It’s amazing on how little I want to cook when there is no one to share it with. It takes all of the joy out of it for me.

I’ve had a week full of solitude. That is unless you count the cats. I’ve spent my nights reading and watching The I.D. Channel. My idea of a perfect night home alone!

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In my little corner of the world summer is finally winding down. Next weekend will be the last for the tourists until next summer. Life at the Shore will finally return to some sort of normal. It won’t take me 20 minutes to get out of my driveway or twice as long to get to work.  Life will return to a slower pace. I’ll be able to go to the ocean and walk on the boardwalk along with the other locals…all with big smiles of relief on their faces. There is no doubt that our local economy depends strongly on the tourists, but in the summer months the locals are pretty much held prisoners in their own homes. The end of summer is a time for celebration, time to relax and to finally enjoy the beautiful area where we live.  So today I’m celebrating the end of summer. And what better way to celebrate than by combining my favorite summer produce and making a BIG salad!

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