Hum of the Summer Sun

The summer days are rushing by and I am doing everything I can to make sure I enjoy every last sun ray. If you are a teacher or you know a teacher than you know we can tell you how many days until summer vacation starts from about March on. I am very aware of just how quickly the summer comes and goes. I remind myself that in just a few months we will be scrapping the car windows and shovelling the driveway and then I throw myself into the season; shelling peas, nibbling away on corn on the cob, buying fresh herbs and spitting the cherry pits as far as I can.

Another thing I love about summer is the brief but intense thunderstorms. This afternoon the thunder cracked throughout the house and I lazily read Molly Wizenberg's A Homemade Life on the couch, then floated around the kitchen thinking about dinner. Just in time the sun came back out for a bbq and nothing says summer like a burger. Here is my open faced feta burger on french crusty bread!

On a side note: I am keeping in mind the iou; yesterday, I made english blueberry fool and today Jen and I made lemon ricotta cookies but they were both pretty mediocre and I want to give you more than that.

Oh and also I've decided I want a kitchen couch. That's right a kitchen couch. There was a small leather cozy one in a bed and breakfast we stayed at in France that I think of often. It would be just perfect. Tonight when I was mixing the batter and moving around the kitchen I thought it would be great to have a cozy little couch for Jen to be sitting on while we visited. Okay... not in this kitchen because my table doesn't even fit in there but a girl can dream.

Feta Burgers

This isn't really a recipe but more of an ingredient list, when I'm making burgers I really just use my eye and judge.

feta cheese, crumbled
extra lean ground beef
basil
oregano
minced onion
olive oil
salt and fresh pepper
bread crumbs
an egg

Mix all ingredients together, form meat into patties and grill on medium.

Grill a slice of french crusty bread lightly and top burger with tomato and red onion. You can top with traditional toppings if you like but I just like to savour the flavour of the feta. mmm feta.