swiss chard and other garden delights

i should have taken a picture of the actual plants that we grew this year, but we plucked and ate them last thursday.  and, let me tell you, they were delicious.  chard is an interesting plant, for sure, but the heartiness of the green is really satisfying.  and let's face it, what's not delicious when sauteed with a lil olive oil and garlic?  even if it wasn't tasty, i would probably want to continue to grow chard.  it's so pretty with its big waxy leaves and colorful stems.  love that.

this weekend was not long enough at all, especially after losing that precious hour to daylight savings time. i have no idea why we've moved to daylight savings in the middle of march now, but i am not a fan.  waking up at 6 (which my brain thought was 5) this morning wasn't pleasant either.  regardless, we did get quite a few things done this weekend.  jb and i headed out to the natural gardener, our favorite place, and picked up some tomato plants, peppers, and a couple eggplants.  we also shoveled our own dirt from their hill country mix and bagged 5 big bags full.  that will get us maybe a third of the way through our first new raised bed (that jb built yesterday as well), so i guess that means more trips to the natural gardener!

we also managed to have some fun as well.  our friends a&c hosted their second annual national potato chip day party.  c imported 25 types of chips from around the world and we tasted and ranked and guessed at them.  a even made potato chip cookies, which were delicious.  jb should be making a video to commemorate that event, so look for that on future posts.
one more thing i can't neglect to write about: our friend m made homemade pizza for us last night.  he made the crust and sauce from scratch, and my favorite of the pies had pancetta, potatoes, gruyere, and rosemary on it.  seriously, even having had pizza in italy, new york, and chicago, these were among the best pies i've ever ever had.  well done, mister doctor.