The foods of my youth come back to me more than I realize. I’ve cooked foods from around the world, and relish spicy Indian, exotic Vietnamese, and gourmet French food whenever I can. But…when all comes down to it, and when I just need a taste of home, it’s always the foods that my mom made. Iowa is sometimes called “The Pork Capitol of the World”, so it’s not odd that I love bacon. I’m not alone in that…even if you’re not from Iowa! With the first vine ripened tomatoes of the season, one just HAS to make BLT’s. It’s mandatory!

So simple there is no recipe. Just the best bacon you can find (thick peppered bacon), toasty bread of your choice (I like whole grain nutty loaves) some greens (this time it was arugula and spinach) some mayo (always Hellmann’s) and those ubiquitous tomatoes. I found these at the farmers’ market this week…heirloom cherry tomatoes, sprinkled with salt…so cute and oh so tasty!

Nothing more to say…just photos of the best foods of summer.