Tomato Sandwiches

I was plugging my digital camera into the side of my computer just now, and it reminded me of the scene in A Christmas Story where the dad goes to plug in his lamp, and there are so many cords. That's exactly how it looks. What the heck are they all for?

The friends we share our CSA box with went out of town this week, so we got the whole box to ourselves. It's quite the haul.

I've been celebrating the tomatoes with tomato sandwiches. I made basil mayonnaise: mayo, lemon juice, a bit of lemon peel, salt and pepper, a dash of Dijon mustard. And basil, of course. This has been my lunch every day this week.

And just in case you think I've run out of squash ideas, I have one more. I made this Summer Squash Gratin from 101 Cookbooks. I had stayed up way too late the night before, so I was struggling and every step of this recipe took twice as long as it should have. It turned out to be well worth the effort though.