Tarragon and Chives

 I love to make comfort food, like soup or chowder and one of my all time favorites is a corn 🌽  chowder made at the height of the  fresh sweet corn season, nothing like it.  I always add bacon 🥓 , onions 🧅 , potatoes 🥔 , red bell pepper, butter  🧈 and cream to my corn chowder but this time I added a spoonful of chipotle paste for a nice spicy note with the sweet corn.  When I think of chowder it's usually about clams or seafood 🦞.  I used to make a traditional  striped bass chowder with onions, bacon, potatoes, butter and milk or cream, now that is a bowl of comfort food.  Using emojis reminds me of turning in written papers for school that had assignment requirements like two pages of lined binder paper double spaced, emojis would have been great filler back in the day.  So, what defines a chowder?  If you don't have access to seafood like clams, a chowder can be also be made with ingredients like, chicken, vegetables -like ...

Our very favorite brunch kind of breakfast at home is avocado toast and lately I've been adding everything but the kitchen sink to my avocado toast creations. Today we enjoyed perfectly ripe Avocado spread on polenta bread toasts; piled high with bacon, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, parsley and parmesan cheese. Also, we like a generous Squeeze of lime juice, sprinkles of citrus Champagne vinegar and extra virgin olive oil for the tomato, cucumber, red onion relish. I like to top everything off with a wave of finely chopped fresh parsley, gratings of parmesan cheese, sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Do you think avocado toast needs a written recipe? I don't.