Oh, sweet friends in blog land ... oh, how I wish you could SMELL this fresh cilantro!!
I'm tellin' ya, the only way to describe how great this smells is to imagine the smell
of store-bought cilantro & then times it by a hundred!
Ok, that may be a slight exaggeration, but not much.
It smells crazy good.
For a girl who's a big cilantro fan, I'm loving it.
But since you cannot smell this, we'll have to just settle for admiring it's beauty, shall we?
It's such a vibrant green ... &
This is the first thing picked from Gunnar's raised bed garden & I'm quite excited!
By the end of the summer, after enjoying the 'fruits' of his labor,
we'll all be thanking Gunnar for having the vision & taking the time to build this!
For tonight, this fresh cilantro is the superstar of our favorite homemade salsa.
It's going alongside tacos.
Fiesta time a la casa de Pennington!
Now, just in case you haven't tried your hand at making homemade salsa,
here's the link to our favorite recipe.
It's very easy & authentic tasting, so you've got no excuses.
Until next time,
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I love cilantro too!! I planted mine late this year but hopefully I will have a great supply through the summer.
ReplyDeleteI hope you do too! It's pretty great just walking a couple steps out of your door to pick an ingredient for a recipe!
ReplyDeleteWe love cilantro, we planted ours this year on May 3rd and keep it inside the kitchen can't wait! :-) I'm sure yours must smell amazing! :-)
ReplyDeleteYou'll be enjoying some cilantro goodness soon then!
ReplyDeleteQuestion, mine is getting flowers on it. Do I cut them off?
ReplyDeleteYes, cut them off. It's best to snip cilantro often to keep it from 'bolting' - flowering. Once it does, the flavor is much less intense.
DeleteMy favorite herb. It bolts all too quick here so I grow it in winter.
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome! I've thought of growing some indoor herbs in the cold weather here, but haven't given it a try yet. Thanks, Elaine, for stopping by.
ReplyDeleteI can almost smell it! Looks delicious! Thanks for sharing with us this week at Monday Funday!
ReplyDeleteTake care,
Trish
lol - you probably can =) Thanks for stopping in!
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