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It’s Raining Cucumbers!

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Oh my.

My cucumber plants have decided to go nuts.
And more on the way…

They are delicious…
But there’s just my hubby and me to eat it all!

So what to do?

Make Cucumber and White Grape Gazpacho.

So yummy in this hot weather!
You can find the recipe  in Matthew Kenney’s book Everyday Raw, and someone posted it at care2.com.

And there’s Quinoa Tabbouleh, also from Everyday Raw. You make it like regular tabbouleh but instead of wheat bulger,
soak tabbouleh in water for 12 hours (it will begin to sprount!) and use that instead.

Sprouted quinoa

(that's Marty in the background!)

And quick pickles!

I used the recipe in Veggie Burgers Every Which Way by Lukas Volgar.
I don’t like to post other people’s recipes, but there are several easy quick pickles recipes online.
I highly recommend the book though.

What else can I do with all these cukes?!

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The Garden Thrives

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There are lots of things I like about living in Colorado,
and one of my favorites is that for the first time in my life I am able to have a big garden!

(It’s possible to have a garden in Virginia; I just didn’t have the yard!)

Less than a week after arriving here my mom and I planted seedling tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, yellow squash, carrots (CARROTS!), zucchini, watermelon, strawberries (!), basil, parsley, chives, onions, and cucumbers.

Tomatoes - one's turning orange!

And I’m happy to say that the garden is doing GREAT!
We get lots of sunshine here and tons of rain – usually it storms in the afternoon.

I think it’s been really good for me to have this garden as I’ve been going through the cancer ordeal. It’s something I really look forward to – every morning and every evening I do my “inspection” to see what’s changed. To see this life – so vibrant and thriving – well, it just gives me a lot of hope.

 

 

My first eggplant :)

Lots of basil - there's more in the ground

Did I forget to mention there's grapes too? I didn't plant these - came with the yard!

the strawberries are AMAZING

These photos were all taken on my iphone – not too bad!

On another front – my endocrinologist and I reviewed my pathology report yesterday and she confirmed that my prognosis is excellent. I was stage 1 and because it was caught early and the tumors were small, she wouldn’t expect me to have a recurrence. I am SO lucky. As Mike pointed out in the comments section of my last post, it is vital to check out anything unusual you notice in your body. Don’t wait!

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