Easy Breazy Summer

Its officially summer and I am so excited for it. Summer 2012 is gonna be amazing, I can feel it. One of the many things I love about summer is eating fresh, delicous food and while my garden hasn't really gotten to the point that I can eat it from it yet I have been enjoying lots of fruits and veggies. I like eating food really simply in summer when  it tastes the best. Snacking on raw cucumbers marinated in rice vinegar and spices is super easy and delish, you gotta try it. Just wash and peel or partially peel a cuke, slice it up, place in a bowl with rice vinegar (heads up on seasoned rice vinegars which sometimes contain high fructose corn syrup, if you care about that sort of thing, using your own spices and regular rice vinegar is just as good), some spices to taste (I used this Nanami Togarashi by S&B Foods from the Asian market which is a blend of chili pepper, orange peel, black and white sesame seeds,Japanese pepper, ginger, and seaweed along with salt and fresh ground pepper), and then let it marinate in the fridge for awhile or just eat if you have zero patience and are too hungry to wait because it well still be amazing. This is super easy and delicious and healthy, pretty much the bees knees of snacks. Another take is cayenne and lime juice which is also super tasty.  I also had to add a couple pics of my cucumbers that I am growing on a trellis this year, which I am interested to see how that works out, aren't they awesome?!?!