a sunday sail

my family made their first collective trip up to the pnw to help us celebrate my very recent 30th birthday, and the highlight of their trip was an afternoon sailing on puget sound.

we began the calm but gorgeous day with brunch at manor house - fyi, those bananas foster pancakes need to be shared - they're delicious but massive!

after brunch we met up with our captain, harry. harry was awesome, simultaneously calm and supremely knowledgeable, he was able to fill us in on lots of little things to know about island life, as well as his boat oh joy ii, which unless i'm mistaken is named for his wife joy. we bonded over shared interests in the marketing profession and both being swim families, while our little adventure itself gave us amazing 360 views of seattle, bainbridge island, and mount rainier from the water. (so much so that i had a very difficult time selecting photos to share - there wasn't a bad one in the bunch.)

puget sound // washington state // summer 2017

peach and proscuitto salad

"recipes" (i use that term loosely here) don't come much easier than this. when we're feeling the need for a lighter option to work into our routine, a salad is always a safe bet. 

normally, i kind of hate salad, so my favorites usually involve adding some fresh fruit (be it peaches, strawberries, or apples) for some added sweetness to make it palatable. toss in some proscuitto as well and you have a nice sweet-and-savory thing happening among all that arugula. this salad in particular is a favorite of mine in july - when the peaches and tomatoes are at their peak!

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| ingredients |

arugula
fresh peach, sliced
prosciutto, shredded
cherry tomatoes, halved
goat cheese, crumbled
dressing of choice (you could do a balsamic based dressing, but i actually like poppyseed)

| method | 

toss the first 5 ingredients together in a bowl, and drizzle with your desired dressing!