It is officially grilling season! Our dinners have taken a turn from kitchen cooking to outside-as -much-as-possible meals. D built this amazing little sitting nook in the back of our yard under a tree where the birds like to hustle and flow, and I have been sitting back here in contemplative bliss many evenings this past week. Making a bunch of interesting salads over the weekend to go with our simple grilled meats has been my new strategy for how I can sit under the tree in the evenings as much as possible. The two salads in the photo I made tonight with little hassle. A few potatoes boiled with two eggs and asparagus tossed in the last few moments (all in the same pot), mayo, Dijon mustard, splash of red wine vinegar, spring onions and garlic, parsley, salt and pepper. The other is a ripe mango tossed with fresh mint form the garden.