Okay - I'm back in action. My crap-ass computer is back from wherever it went and now equipped with a new system board and hard drive, so I should be good for, oh, about a month. I just bought it less than a year ago, hence the animosity. I guess life could be worse. I just saw a burly guy walking down the street with bright yellow crocs on.

I've updated Flickr for all of you voyeurs out there. Well, and for me as I need an alternative to relying on my pos cpu to actually not crash and save pics.

Now for the real news: Doug and I have a community garden plot a block away from our house. We planted everything from seeds a little over a month ago and now have a good amount of produce growing (disclaimer: by using the term 'growing' I actually mean that there is green stuff in our garden that makes it look pretty. Not many plants have fruit on them, yet). We planted yellow squash, green peppers, cucumbers, onions (both yellow and chives), tomatoes, watermelon, cantaloupe and a handful of flowers. Tonight, we enjoyed our first meal with our fresh produce - a yellow squash. Below is a pic of our garden (just the first plot is ours) and our yummy dinner tonight.

We had a huge yellow squash to work with! So, I cut it up...

Threw it in a pan with some zucchini, garlic, onions, fresh oregano and fresh rosemary from the herbs on our porch, salt & pepper and a dash of Maggi...

Made some angel hair pasta and heated up some diced tomatoes, threw it all in a bowl and tossed it with a little bit of EVOO and topped with grated romano cheese.

I have to admit, it was the best dinner that I have made and eaten in a while. Now, for those of you that don't know, Doug has quite an interesting palette. When I'm away or 'eating light' he enjoys his favorite bachelor dinner of Kraft Mac & Cheese mixed with tuna. Mind you, Doug was a chef for some time and if he wants to cook well, he can do it. However, that doesn't stop him from eating all sorts of boxed and frozen shit. He LOVES having nutty bars (yes, the Little Debbie ones) for dessert.

Now, while we were eating I asked him if it was better than his frozen dinners. He replied "um....[long pause]...yeah, I guess, in some ways."  HUH? In some ways?

"It doesn't have any meat."

Ouch.

Bird's Eye Voila! Chicken Alfredo - 1, Getzan - 0.

Better luck next time.

Tags: community garden, conversations with doug, cooking