First fruits

The first harvest from our garden was lettuce for Diana's salad, basil which I added to the spaghetti sauce, an onion and some Swiss chard. I've never had chard before, but the recipes I found weren't particularly intimidating*. I sauteed the chard stems and onion with olive oil, salt and pepper, then a few minutes later added the chard leaves, a bit of cream and some fresh Parmesan. Judging by Diana's repeated exclamations, it was a success--although that may be more due to the cream and Parmesan.

*An intimidating recipe is starts something like "Lightly merble the stalks, then add .673 ounce grated plantain and gently fleep them until thraisted."
A really intimidating recipe starts "First clean the thrippet, as usual discarding the poisonous parts."
A ridiculously intimidating recipe starts, "First, verify your life insurance coverage and order your ammo--a few bins of .50 caliber is the standard, but some survivors have expressed a preference for 20mm."