This guy likes his torte, even if we didn't have all the ingredients. by Sarah Henning

My motto for the past week: Sometimes simple works best, sometimes elaborate is the way to go, but both get dinner on the table.

I must say, maybe I'm getting summer senioritis, but when we picked up our bag of goodies last week — pears, raspberries, peppers, tomatoes, basil and grapes — I just didn't feel like cooking. We had a great loaf of Wheatfields' rustic rosemary Italian bread in the bread box and I must admit that after having leftovers Monday night, we ate an array of tomato-based sandwiches the rest of the week.

Yeah, we were lazy this week, but at least our sandwiches were pretty. by Sarah Henning

Yeah, boring, I know. We finished off the grapes, pears and raspberries on their own. The basil went bad (don't judge me!) and the peppers are pretty much still around. Total senioritis, I know, it's horrible.

But by the weekend, we were feeling like truly cooking again. The hubby announced he was going to make one of his all-time favorite meals after finding a few yellow squash in the crisper (these may have been from last week and just left off my list, or they may have been older than that).

It's a summer squash and potato torte and it takes forever and a day to make, but it was Sunday, so that didn't seen like much of a hurdle. The problem, it turned out, wasn't the amount of time, but the fact that we didn't have all the necessary ingredients. No green onions (or regular onions), no cheese, possibly not enough squash. But still, the hubby persisted, taking the kiddo outside to dig for potatoes in our garden. And the finished product wasn't half bad, especially with a side of local focaccia and barbecue sauce (hey, what can we say?), but it wasn't the normal product either.

As for this week's recipes... well, like I said, the torte is kind of elaborate, so I think it's just best that you head over to the original recipe. Also, the photos of it are much more flattering to the actual food, though my husband's pretty head sure does gussy up our tortes, if I do say so myself.

In our bag this week? Grapes (again eaten on the way home), raspberries, peppers, baby salad greens, basil and tomatoes.