Cooking for fun

This house inspires me to cook.

It could be the fancy gas stove.

I haven't cooked on a gas stove in at least 14 years.

It could be the giant sink 

(which our old house had and I loved).

It could be the massive storage 

(we have empty cupboards).

Either way, I made this quiche.

I relied on THIS recipe, 

but made these changes:

1 c. 1/2 & 1/2 instead of the milk and heavy cream

and 4 eggs instead of 3 eggs and 2 egg whites

and 1/2 c. parmesan cheese instead of fontina.

Mr. says it was my best quiche ever.

I also made pea and basil soup.  

It is supposed to be served chilled 

but it is delicious warm

in a drinking glass, if you are impatient like me!

Beautiful cherries.  

All I did was wash them.

Stacked brown tomato, 

basil, and

fresh mozzarella salad

drizzled with basil olive oil.

Have you ever had brown tomatoes?

Me neither.

They are so sweet.

Thank you new Pittsburgh grocery!