TOO HOT TO TROT!
Whoa, mama says it’s about 85 where she is and here I am basking in coolish weather and no smog, no cars, no TOURISTS blocking the streets and wandering into the taxi lanes without looking. Maybe Rome is the new California, haha. You walk where you want in California and if cars don’t like it, they can lump it.
I think. Haven’t heard news from there in a long while except from my Auntie Barbara who lives in a place with beautiful open markets, vineyards, cheese farms, cheap artichokes, you name it! And mama says, what could be better than all the artichokes you would ever want just up the street in Watsonville?
But mama says “OH, it’s hot here.”
But the heat grows great onions!!! These are from Tropea and sweet as Vidalia onions in the USA.
Nevertheless, it’s inspiring her to come up with cold dishes for lunch or dinner and right now she’s on a tuna, asparagus, tomato kick–sauces built around each one and cool as a cucumber, which is what is in the tuna one, haha. All are for pasta but you could just spread them on big slices of tomato or cold meats or fish and be chilled out with summer.
1 large can of tuna
1 sweet onion, chopped coarse
1 stalk of celery, chopped coarse
1 small cucumber (take out the seed part down the middle, if you can, and use it for salads)
1 small handful of grilled almonds
1 tablespoon capers with juice
Juice of small lemon
A few leaves of cilantro or basil, fresh
Salt, fresh pepper
2 tablespoons plain yogurt
1/2 cup olive oil
Just put everything in a blender or food processor and let it rip until you have a smooth sauce.
Boil small pasta–penne, wagon wheels, etc. until it’s nice to bite into–al dente–at the tooth. Drain and toss with sauce. Refrigerate for an hour and eat. Or just eat it right then at room temperature.
More to come, but I have to keep my eye on my kibble and make sure mama doesn’t make a sauce out of THAT!
Hey, there are only 2 kibble left!!! Did mama actually use this stuff in something? Oh, boy…
We hope you get a taste of tuna before it all gets put into that tasty sounding salad, Loulou.
Hey, what a great idea! MMMAAAAAMAAAA! Come back here…
LouLou I would swear I commented ! I guess my tuna salad failed the moderation test or else was so tasty it was eaten by your blog-meister !
You mean you commented on tuna salad? PLEASE do that again. I don’t remember a tuna comment.
It is still at the bottom of the queueueueue (I never know when to stop typing that word) “awaiting moderation” – it popped back up when I posted above!
Nice to find things. And yes, queueueueueue is difficult to control.
Hello from California! It’s me Debbie! It has been very warm the last two days but it’s really the first signs of summer we’ve seen this year. So I guess I wont complain. lol I mean it was over 100 in March two years ago! I will thank the Lord for the lengthy spring this year. Hope all is well with you. Loulou, you are adorable! Love to you all!
DEBBIE, hello, hello, and yes, we think about you often and are so glad to hear from you!!! Here in Rome it’s about 85, not too bad. How is your family?
Loulou – you are a chef in the making………kibble sauce!!!!! YUMMMMM!!!! Over, let’s see………uh, filet mignon? I could go for that!! Fresh tuna – for you? OMG. We must do a gourmet line for cats & dogs – we will make a fortune!!! Well, back to the REAL world – mama and papà are all excited because they’re going to Provence to see their friends Alix & Paul. I think it’s HOT there too. But mama is always prepared – has the ingredients for Apérol Spritzes in the caddy. They go wild over those in the summer. I’m dreaming of kibble sauce………
Mya, I think maybe mama should let you taste her spritzer….say hello to Mignonne for me, darling little Pommy that she is. Also Alix and Paul!!!
OMC LouLou, You’re gonna starve!!! MOL You’re lookin’ gawjus as always. Glad it’s coolish where you are. It’s in da 90’s and 100’s where we are, and it feels like it too. big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
Oh, boy, 90-100, I’m not sure I could get outta bed….
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm sounds delicious!!!!
And another one is coming up. Mama just made one with pesto that she loves—-cool and minty.
Well, Jan says that would be tempting except it’s hard to read with sweat rolling into the eyes.
We think it was not nice of your mama to use your kibble in a sauce without your permission. If she did. You might just have forgotten you ate the rest?
Yes, well, I think she’s thinking Kibble Cannoli, Kibble Ketchup, Kibble Casserole, I think we’re in for it around here….and I have to TASTE them first. Oh, boy.
Oh LouLou – it is nearly 90 here. But a cool tuna salad is so wonderful ! My Mama’s traditional one had much fewer ingredients, but oh so wonderful on a hot day ! (Hey, it was the 1950’s – yogurt ? cilantro ?)
How many days ?
THEY say THEY will be here Tuesday. So I’m not holding my breath but they do come when called, haha. Yes, the 50s…so funny. Yogurt? Cilantro? So funny…