Simple Summer Pleasures

All year long, I wait for summer sandwiches. I dream of my favorite, ripe avocado and ripe tomato on toasted whole wheat English muffins. Or like these that I made last week - a stack of thin-sliced bread and veggies.

The best summer sandwiches are simple. You don't need more than a thick slice of really ripe tomato (the ones in my garden are still green, but nice ripe ones have been showing up in the farmer's markets recently) or thin slices of cucumber to makes a deliriously good summer sandwich.

Because I have had my homemade unsliced loaves, I can carve the bread super-thin for the best sandwiches. A swab of mayo, pile on the veggies, and you're home free. Fill a glass with iced cubes, pour over some iced tea or coffee, take your lunch out into the sunshine, and enjoy summer while it's here.