Summer meals

For some reason, I find summer the most difficult season in terms of cooking food my husband enjoys. Part of the problem is that we have a real difference of opinion about what is good to eat during the summer. I am happy with vegetables and fruits and rarely actually cooking anything. My husband, on the other hand, rarely feels satisfied if a meal doesn't include some kind of meat (and preferably potato).

Obviously, I grill a lot during the summer because I really hate turning the oven on. Still, you can only have steak, hamburgers, grilled chicken, etc so many times. I need more salad ideas...things that would satisfy both of us. I also really wish he would start liking shrimp because I love shrimp on the grill. Yum.

Good things about summer food: veggies fresh from the garden, canning extra produce for winter consumption, the weekly farmer's market, buckets of fresh peas Chris brings home from work, watermelon, lemonade, homemade ice cream. Summer is pretty yummy.