Hi! Happy Tuesday, lovely reader!

I realized it is the 21st today and we are almost at the halfway point of the year. Time flies when you’re having fun 🙂

Last night, I volunteered to make dinner – I saw two recipes the other night (Monday?) and shopped so I was ready to go.

I made pork chops and these tasty tomato toasts on the side. The pork chop turned out delicious and tender, also a new recipe but simpler. I didn’t want the food to get cold so I didn’t get a chance to take pics of the pork chops. If you’re curious, I just marinated the meat (rubbed with salt + pepper) for a couple of hours in garlic, lemon, brown sugar, and paprika (inspired by this recipe from Bon Appétit’s June 2022 issue)

On to the toasts! This was actually also really easy, just more ingredients and a couple more steps compared to the pork chop. I’ll summarize below, but here’s the full recipe, also from the same issue of Bon Appétit!

1. Toast both sides of sliced sour dough bread in extra virgin olive oil; set aside
2. On the same pan, sauté garlic then add cherry tomatoes in. Cook until tomatoes are starting to burst.
3. Mix plain Greek yogurt, 1 tsp lemon juice, 1 tsp lemon zest, and salt
4. Spread yogurt mixture on each slice of the bread
5. Add cooked tomatoes and garlic on top
6. Garnish with chives and salt

P.S. I suggest taking it easy on the yogurt spread to decrease sour notes.

Another successful dinner for the memories 🙂

Thanks for reading!

So long, till next time,