Hey y’all! Stephanie here again. Summer is in full swing which means farmers markets are stocked with summer produce and my backyard berry garden is ready to harvest. The previous owners of our house had recently planted strawberry plants when they decided to sell. We closed 3 years ago in May, and it was an amazing gift to move in and find a patch of strawberries almost ready to harvest!
I’ve both nurtured the plants and ignored them on and off over the past few years and each year they come back with a more bountiful harvest than the year before. I can’t tell you how happy it makes me to step out my back door, pick a few of the reddest strawberries I’ve ever seen, and decide to whip them up into something for lunch each day.
Today I decided to make a fancy toast with fresh strawberries, goat cheese, pistachios, some arugula from my front vegetable garden, and a drizzle of honey for good measure. Fancy toast has been popping up everywhere this season, and I can definitely see why! It’s got all the fun of a crostini, but you can eat it all by yourself and nobody will judge you. (Or you can share, but who wants to share?)
We’re not the only ones who love our berries. Over the years we’ve held an ongoing battle with the urban Denver squirrels. (Squirrels are the worst!) We’ve put up some bird netting, but they sneak in from time to time and leave nothing but footprints and strawberry caps behind. They apparently also enjoy fancy toast because I had these photos staged on the deck, popped inside my back door to grab my camera, and came out to find a squirrel getting ready to snatch my toast! So be warned, and don’t leave this toast unattended.
Enjoy this quick, squirrel-approved recipe!
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