I'm cooking up a ton of new things this summer. We're trying to make vegetables the star of the dinner with simple grilled meat and a small pile of boring carbs that will fill the kids' bellies.
Last night, I made this ginger carrot soup. There are more complicated recipes out there for this soup, but simple is good, too. If you feel fancy, you could add a potato or yogurt to thicken up. More flavor can be added with curry powder, honey, thyme, orange juice, or bourbon.
Instead of making meatballs with the standard pork-veal-beef combo, I went with turkeymeatballs. I didn't really need a recipe, but I tried out Giada's version of turkey meatballs. I thought grating the onion, instead of chopping it, made the meatballs a little watery. It needed more bread crumbs to pull it together.
Eggplants are arriving in my CSA today. Eggplants are problematic, because Steve and I LOVE them and the kids won't touch them, so I'll be cooking two meals every night. Mark Bittman's grilling suggestions for eggplant are fantastic.