My Red Cabbage

 I don't know if you can tell from the hazy color of this photo but we are smack-dab in the smoke line for yet another northern California wild fire. It's exhausting, partly because living with poor air makes you tired and partly because of the drain on mental health. 

But I grew this sweet head of red cabbage (and no critter ate it) so I made it into slaw for some fish tacos. Making this dinner I ended up running out to the garden (masked) several times. I wish I had had more time in my garden this summer. Between traveling for a month, scorching temps, and now wild fire smoke is been paltry. We will see what the next weeks bring. But I do love getting to cook with my garden produce. I didn't plant much for harvesting this year because of my travels but with all the tomato plants I planted I did expect a bit of a larger tomato harvest with enough for some roasted tomato sauce to can. We are in the time when we could get our first light frost, though nothing is on the forecast yet. So it could kick into high gear if this smoke abates soon.

I'm also starting to think about soups now that the equinox is next week. I've been thinking about the African Peanut Soup from the Oh She Glows cookbook, and Cannelle et Vanille's Lentil and Root Vegetable Stew with Broccoli Rabe and Fried Eggs (book is a little different than her online version). Outside of soups I'm thinking of Fish Wives' Smoked Salmon Risotto by Spencre McGowan and getting back into making muffins in the morning.

Any great recipes to share friends?