Today is the first day of my week+ vacation. Even though I am not going anywhere (the husband and I will be spending the next 10 days building a new deck!) today I decided to eat like I was on vacation.

Breakfast. I asked the husband if he wanted to go out for breakfast, but we were waiting for our deck wood delivery so it wasn’t really a possibility. Instead I made pancakes! Yum. Just your standard Bisquick pancake. I split one tiny pat of butter amongst the stack, then drizzled some pure maple syrup over the top. On the side you’ll see some white-flesh peach slices. Juicy, sweet, but not mushy. I love summer fruit!

Lunch. Thunderstorms greeted us throughout the night and into the morning. By 11:30 it was still raining on and off, with an occasionally sound of rolling thunder from far far away. It reminded me of growing up on the East Coast, back where thunder and lightening was the norm, not the exception. Home, of course, reminds me of great comforts food. Among the greatest comfort foods, ramen. I made myself a bowl of ramen, and added some snap peas (courtesy of the aforementioned CSA goodie box), an egg and sliced green onions. Definitely hit the spot.

Dinner: As I was on vacation, I decided to forego the husband’s menu for dinner. He had salad and leftover quiche. I made myself a new Seattle Classic (for me, anyway). Walla Walla onions are in season. They are sweeter than any other onion I’ve tried. They show up in stores in July and one of my favorite Walla Walla onion dishes is a simple grilled cheese sandwich, with a nice strong cheese, a nice artisan bread and some fresh, raw WWOs right in the middle. On this occasion I chose English Cheddar and Walnut Bread from Essential Bakery. The cheese at first didn’t appear to melt all that great, but the sandwich sat for a few minutes as I prepped the rest of the meal (simply potato chips and some more of those snap peas that I enjoyed at lunch), and soon enough the cheese was as gooey as it needed to be.

Mmmmm …. vacation …