hi friends, lovers + people probably related to me —
78 — feels like forever since i wrote one of these but it actually hasn’t been which is wild. summer is going by a speed that feels faster than the water slides at rice pool did when you were 10.
i carried the watermelon
the last time i went to the grocery store i bought half a watermelon1. i cut it into janky non-uniform cubes + put it in the fridge in little quart containers so that i could easily bring it to work. i forgot to bring it to work. so instead i made this sweet + savory salad that tastes like summer. good for a an easy + light lunch — just as good as a side to a copious amount of tacos or a nice array of dips. basically the margarita of salads.
ingredients for the salad
lots of watermelon
1-2 small avocados
cilantro
2-3 limes
1 jalapeño
tajin
queso fresco
steps
1st cut up the watermelon + chill in the fridge, then thinly slice a jalapeño, roughly chop a bunch of cilantro, slice some avocado + crumble some queso fresco.
2nd arrange on a shallow plate, this is not a bowl salad. generously sprinkle tajin all over + squeeze the juice of two limes over as well.
3rd take a picture + leisurely eat, getting little bites of everything
particularly good things i consumed recently
so much volleyball — starting to find sand literally everywhere
con todo w/ kaitlyn — you know the order: all the dips, choriqueso, al pastor tacos + mezcal margs, bonus points for seeing a moon shaped like a quesadilla.
suzanna + kyle’s wedding — literally beautiful + so much ♥ + our lil jig (erin, allison, maureen, patti + suz)
ghost lover by lisa taddeo, a strange, acidic collection of short stories
pesto tortellini pasta salad — which is this but with tortellini + MORE tomatoes + some balsamic
this sunglasses — even though i have absolutely no business wanting to buy another pair of expensive sunglasses
dos w/ sarah — where we sat outside + had margs w/ mezcal floats + all the tamal tots
pitchfork w/ kate + janel — from the pre-brunch @ dove’s to the red hot ranch on the way home — it was literally a perfect + infinite sad girl saturday
currently consuming
a quiet leisurely sunday — there will be farmers mkt strolling, library hold picking up + a nice long lunch
as always,
mk
normally i buy the whole watermelon but they were humongous + i was home alone this week
the margarita of salads!! i must make this!!