I just created a totally awesome dinner.... Penne Pasta in a Balsamic Brown Butter Sauce with Mushrooms, Garlic, and Pine Nuts (and spices).....it was sooooooo good! Served it with homegrown garden tomatoes, cucumber, red pepper hummus, and white wine. I love to cook and create!

My garden is going great! I picked tomatoes, peppers, and an eggplant today! My tomatoe plants are taller than me with tons of fruit on it, the peppers are going great guns, bush beans are starting to get pods on them, runner beans are growing, eggplants have lots of fruit on them, cucumbers are growing! The herbs are doing great and the onions are getting picked :)

My tomatoe plants are taller than me!!!!!!! Got our first tomatoe off of one of them....the rest have lots of green fruit on them!!!!

Planted another round of beans - runner beans this time!

I can't wait to start eating stuff from my garden!

And preserving it!

Maybe I'll can some relish today....cabbage & peppers are cheap...and it would be a great thing to bring to the upcoming BBQ's for the weekend....yes cleaning and canning - sounds like a great afternoon!