After an exhausting trip to Boston (a pre-moving there whirlwind), I just want to relax and eat big summer salads and baked fruit desserts.  Here’s what I’m thinking…

(Also – most recipes below have amazing food photography through the link.)

Big summer salads

• arugula, potato, and green bean salad
• Orange, Olive, and Fennel Salad
• Carrot, Dill & White Bean Salad
• Asparagus Salad
• New Potato and Summer Squash Salad
• Lime & Peanut Coleslaw (I don’t like coleslaw.  I love this.  Suspect I just hate mayo+cabbage together.)
• Eggplant and Pepper Salad
• Bún Chay (Vietnamese Vegetarian Noodle Salad)

Baked fruit desserts (aka, fruit desserts which go well with vanilla ice cream)

• peach and crème fraîche pie
• Buttermilk Berry Cobbler
• Rainier Cherry Gingered Sour Cream Muffins
• Roasted Peaches with Dessert Wine
• Plum and Almond Tart
• Lemon Blueberry Buckle

Recipes in August’s Martha Stewart Living were a big factor in creating these cravings as well but they aren’t online yet.  (Do not read the issue on an empty stomach – you will find yourself starving and cranky in the produce department or farmer’s market.)