Weird Pink Beets, also Marinated

So we've gotten a lot of beets over the last few weeks, and we'll be getting more in the weeks to come. Mostly we've been marinating them with this recipe. For a variety of reasons, one of which is that it's damned tasty. But the beets we got this week were a different variety. It may be odd, but this was the first time I realized that beets come in different colors.

Pretty colors.

And when these beets were cooked up, they looked like salmon. A lot like salmon. Which gave us an idea.

Next time we can find these salmon-colored beets, we will be using them to make a vegetarian nigiri. That's right, beet sushi. So stay tuned.

My favorite way to eat cucumber

You have probably seen a fair number of cucumbers pop up in the last few weeks. I am also casting my gaze into the future and can promise you many more cucumbers in the weeks to come. Pounds and pounds and pounds of cucumber.

You may not see a lot of cucumber recipes on this blog, and there's a very specific reason why. The vast majority of our cucumbers have been and will be eaten one way in particular. My favorite way, bar none, to eat cucumbers. Because cucumbers are delicious and amazing and positively divine served this way.

Without further ado, I present to you the best way to prepare a cucumber:

Sliced Raw Cucumber

Just remember - you saw it here first.