green gazpacho.

These tomatoes were almost too pretty to eat.

Almost.

A couple years ago, when I was eating vegetables but didn’t have quite the same love for them I do now, I had placed tomatoes firmly on my “dislike” list.  I’d eat them if they appeared on my plate, but I would never seek them out, [...]

a raw platter.

I’m currently attending an event courtesy of the lovely Gena (recap tomorrow!), so there’s no creative cooking tonight.  Instead, I thought I’d share a recent lunch, which fittingly happens to have been all raw.

Centered on the platter: gazpacho, which was perfect as promised.  I skipped the water and used lemon juice instead of lime, but [...]