5 minute ice cream

10 oz frozen fruit (strawberries, peaches, ect)
2/3 cup heavy cream

(optional-I omitted) up to 1/2 cup sugar

In a food processor blend together fruit and heavy cream until smooth and serve. Strawberry/basil and peach/thyme are two good ingredient combinations.

adapted from allrecipes.com

potato and corn soup

~1 lb red potatoes (diced)
3.5 cups chicken stock
1/3 of a medium onion (diced)
2 ears of corn (kernels cut from cob)
salt/pepper
3 tbsp butter
3 tbsp flour
2 cups milk

Simmer potatoes and onion in chicken stock until cooked through ~15 mins. In a different pot melt butter, add flour and cook ~1 min, slowly pour in milk and cook until thickened, add to the potato pot. Add corn and salt/pepper to taste, bring to a simmer and serve.

recipe adapted from allrecipes.com

seaweed salad (in progress)

1/3 of a 2 oz package of wakame dried seaweed*
1/3 of a 2 oz package of dried kelp
1/3 of a 2 oz package of unknown thin strand-korean dried seaweed

2 tbsp tamari (or soy sauce)
2 tbsp rice vinegar
1 tsp honey
1 tsp mirin
1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
1 tbsp olive oil

Soak all the seaweed in luke warm water ~10 mins. *the wakame had a thick center vein that I removed after soaking. Mix together the dressing ingredients in a large bowl. Rinse seaweeds and chop into desired sizes and then toss with dressings. Chill and serve cold.