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Tomato-Corn Salad: A Cool Summer Recipe

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On Friday night Frit and I went to a dinner party set up by the Activity Committee at Church. Every couple months we sign up to be part of “Dinner Groups” and then we’re randomly paired with two other families in our congregation. Sometimes we hostess (yippee!), other times we’re guests, and we’ve so enjoyed getting to know some of the other families better.

This month we were paired with two semi-retired couples with lots of grandkids. It was such a fun night with story after story and plenty of laughter. Brother Rigby even gave us the inside scoop on some of his favorite fishing holes. “It’s a dandy,” he said, referring to a particular spot near Deer Creek.

Dandy. Now that is a word I’m going to be using more frequently. I’d say we all ought to try and get its use back in regular rotation.

So for the dinner, we were assigned a side dish and dessert. I’d seen a picture of a this salad on my old writing group leader’s site and knew I’d love it. I added a couple ingredients to her recipe, and it was so fast, easy, light and fresh. I thought you might like to try it too. It’s a dandy.

Tomato-Corn Salad

(serves 8)

10 minutes prep, 60 minutes chill (optional)

  • 5 ears of corn
  • 5 Roma tomatoes
  • 4 bunches green onions
  • 1/4 c extra virgin olive oil
  • feta cheese to taste
  • avocado to taste

1. Boil corn for about 5 minutes and cut from ears.

2. While corn is boiling dice tomatoes (not too small) and slice onions (I just cut mine with kitchen shears).

3. Combine corn, tomatoes, and onions in serving bowl.

4. Drizzle ingredients in bowl with olive oil.

5. Add feta cheese and toss.

6. Chill for at least one hour. (This is ideal but it’s no biggie if you don’t have time.)

7. Slice avocado just before serving and arrange on top.

Notes:

You can easily change the proportion of ingredients. It’s all really just to taste. I was also thinking next time, I’d like to try adding a bit of fresh basil. And of course you could add some black beans and either still serve it as a side salad or with chips as a salsa option.

Enjoy!

Tell me: Do you have a go-to easy summer recipe? If so, please email it to me or put the link to it in the comments below. I’m always looking for good recipes!

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Up to my Eyeballs in Fabric

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Well I’m back from Girls Camp and it was a Mary Poppins week!

The girls had a fabulous time, case in point:


In a gorgeous location:

Between crafts, painting nails, night hikes, 1000 rounds of Scategories, learning how to start fires and tie knots, and eating their weight in s’mores, mint oreos, roasted starbursts, and cheetos, it was a total success.

Now that I’m back, I’ve got to finish sewing bridesmaid’s dresses for the baby sister and I to wear at our middle sister’s wedding in T-minus 8 days. Bottom line: I eat, breathe, and dream taffeta and satin. I’ve also still got to make a practice round of the wedding cake (she wants strawberry shortcake). And in any spare time, I’m unravelling.

Needless to say, it’s crazy right now … but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Wishin’, and Hopin’, and Thinkin’, and Prayin’

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Oquirrh Mountain Temple 2


A couple weeks ago, Frit and I took a tour through the new Oquirrh Mountain LDS (Mormon) Temple. I’ve never been in a temple that wasn’t spectacularly awe-inspiring and this one was no different in its own special, unique ways (I loved the bright pink poppies splashed in with all the whites and creams!). And I’ve never left a temple without being moved to personal spiritual heights.

This visit, along with other recent events, has me thinking about some things, which I’ll hopefully process enough to share here soon. But while these streams are simmering, allow me to share a journal entry from 2005 that came to mind amid the stirring.

November 25: I need to share some things as I work through my thoughts and seek for strength of faith, and patience in God’s time.

My friend Alicia and I went to an early temple session today at the Jordan River Temple before going into work. We talked and laughed (quietly of course) about how we often vacillate between discouragement and hope as we watch all the couples coming and going, at the temple.

Well. This morning, like I said, it was kind of an emotional session, especially towards the end as I thought about how badly I wanted to enter into the presence of the Lord, in so many figurative and literal ways, but knowing that I don’t have all the answers to do so on my own. But there comes a point where I can’t go any further without the hand of the Lord resting upon me and prompting me beyond my own abilities and knowledge … But also knowing that that is the whole purpose for going to the Lord … to momentarily breach the line between heaven and earth and receive the answers I need.

As I walked into the celestial room for quiet contemplation, and as we sat down, I looked to my left and there, in the chairs beside me, was this dear old couple … somewhere in their 70s … wrinkled … age-spotted … rounder I’m sure than when they first met … shoulders hunched under years of life … and their hands … their hands quietly intertwined on the chair arm in between them … eyes closed … each praying … his thumb rested on top of her hand with a visible sense of tenderness coupled with fierce protection. And I watched them pray. I watched for a long time. And then I watched them leave. And today … there was no vacillation. Today, there was no discouragement. Today, an aged couple represented nothing feeble. Today, hope was personified in its strongest and most fundamental form. Today, hope lives and its life is light.

Hope your day is filled with just that … hope.

Oquirrh Mountain Temple 1


[photos taken by moi]