Summer Nights and Summer Days

My 2 favorite recipes this week.

Ginger Lemonade

1" piece of ginger
Frozen Lemonade (I use the trader joes one, its pretty good)
4 c water plus some
Peel ginger and cut into chunks. Place 4c water in pot. Using a garlic press, juice/crush ginger into water. Bring to rolling boil over high heat. Once at full boil, remove from heat allow to cool to room temp. Place frozen lemonade in pitcher. Using a fine mesh strainer over pitcher pour ginger water into pitcher, then add ice to amount indicated on lemonade container. Stir Drink Add Vodka(optional) Enjoy

Tomato Salad
All this stuff is at the farmers markets right now, so get it there.

6 med tomatos, seeds removed and chopped
1 med cucumber, chopped
1 sm red onion finely chopped
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1/2 c cilantro, chopped, no stems
1-2 tbsp olive oil
1-2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
In a med bowl combine tomatos, cucumber, onions, S & P, and cilantro. Toss to mix. Add oil and vinegar and toss again, eat immediately. You can half this, it kinda makes a lot but its really good and you'll want to eat a lot.