sorry twain

It is Too Hot Out, to the tune of san francisco breaking its own record high with 97F. san francisco should not get that hot; the same city as "The coldest winter I ever saw was the summer I spent in San Francisco" should not get that hot. It hasn't gone under 80 in the house for two nights and we woke up yesterday morning smelling smoke from across the hills. They contained/put it out yesterday as well, but I miss not expecting smoke as soon as it gets properly warm. I got a coupon from the hardware store for my birthday, and I should stock up on n95s, because we get shortages of them by august. 

anyway

summer means delicious fruit! what you do is, you get the bags of ugly fruit they put up for cheap instead of throwing out, and if it's got a good skin, you have smoothie fruit! pulp and measure and freeze them quick so they don't go off, and this week has been mango time, so pull out a blender and go to town on: 

Lassi: 

• 1 cup mango
• 1 cup yoghurt
• ½  cup milk

Surprisingly Good Green Drink, I loathe all other forms of raw spinach: 

• 1 cup mango
• 1 banana, broken up
• ½ avocado
• ¼ cup full-fat coconut milk
• 2 cups raw spinach
• Maybe a bit of cinnamon (no thank you, but mom likes it)
• Maybe an inch of cucumber (ditto but no thank you!!)

Both of these are fairly thick, so feel free to thin them out with icewater or iced milk. They also only do about 4-5 servings, between three of us, so I'd certainly double the lassi for company, and make them ahead of time to keep cool in the fridge. 

(baking was my cooking tag in winter, and now it's just gonna be the all-purpose food tag because no way the oven is going on in this weather)