i love being able to make a meal prepared with local food. it’s such a treat to get up on a saturday morning, watch a little 90210 while eating cereal, and then head out to the farmer’s market. i think next year we will go in on a csa. the market has been really overwhelming and so crowded these days. a csa seems like it would be so much easier to manage. plus you’d have to identify random vegetables and figure out how to prepare them. it would be like school – only fun! i recently stumbled upon the clever blog one local summer. they challenge you to prepare and eat one local meal a week. i rolled up too late to participate, but it’s nice to keep in the back of my mind while meal planning. here is a weekly staple in this household:

.:grilled spring onion bread with tomatoes and herbed chevre:.

.slice up a loaf of fresh bread (one inch thick)

.place on the grill until crunchy and marked with those beautiful lines

.cut up some fresh dill and chives and mix them into plain chevre with a little salt and pepper

.slice up a few tomatoes

.bring it all together by spreading the herbed chevre on the warm bread and top it off with the tomato slices

well would you look at that. (okay, you just did) i wrote a recipe. it’s dinky, but delicious. it still needs a sassy name. maybe.