Happy Sunday! Aka the second day of the second half of the year. I know. 
But! We have a few more days of long weekend (do you have tomorrow off? we do not.), hopefully some great cookouts coming tomorrow and Tuesday, and several more weeks of summer that definitely provide justification for killer-yummy food at gatherings.
Here are some of our summer favorites!
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I know, all about that farmer's market ish just like every other dang blogger in the world. 
SORRY.
It's a thing. Because produce! Because local! Because pictures!
Mainly because holy delicious, amirite? Jay and I are watching Mind of a Chef and Chef's Table right now on Netflix, and all the chefs are all "omg you can't possiblyyyyyyy use out of season produce, it just tastes like nothing," and they kind of whine it all pretentiously. And then I snort because I'm American and if I want kiwi in December I'm going to get it, damn it, and I don't care if it tastes like nothing or not.
Until, of course, I taste fresh, local produce in season that really does taste so much better, and then I apologize to the television, as you do when you're wrong.
So I made a crumble. Or a cobbler. The crust is kind of a mixture of both and the filling is just the sexiest local strawberries, but use any old berries you can find and don't beat yourself up about it, especially if you have no local berries. That doesn't mean you shouldn't have crumble. It doesn't, I promise. Additionally, I made these in individual ramekins because I think they're cute that way, but you could make this all in one dish and every other instruction would be identical. Your choice!
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So, as promised, here's our new burger. 
A Juicy Lucy! You've heard of this, right? It's a burger with stuff inside. I actually hate the name really strongly, so we're just calling this a stuffed slider. OF COURSE you can make this in a larger burger size, but why? Cookouts always have so many sexy sides, having a huge burger sometimes takes up space in your tummy that you NEED for those. Or for 57 beers. Whatever, they're light.
So here we go: a super simple burger stuffed with swiss on buttery toasted buns with a little mustard sauce that goes GREAT with the swiss cheese. It's almost French but totally not, and just a teensy bit different from a standard burger in that we eliminate the yellow cheese, bacon, and ketchup. BUT you can totes put those back on and this burger might be even better. OR. What about stuffing a few slices of sauteed mushroom inside with the swiss? Think on it.
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So, for the rest of the week, we have Memorial Day recipes. 
Or beginning-of-summer recipes.
Or recipes for when you want to pretend it's a cookout on a weekend but really it's Tuesday and UGH Tuesday. Where is Friday? 
But, you know, recipes that are kind of fun and casual and DELICIOUS.
Interestingly, both of the other recipes that I have for you this week feature ground beef because....I stink at planning? Oh, AND. Remember how Jay is a vegetarian? Was a vegetarian? Emphasis on was. He's been adding meat a little at a time back to his diet, and now it's just kind of present for a lot of meals. This wasn't my doing, mind you, and we still eat meat-free a lot of meals, but he's down with the ground beef every now and again too, thank goodness for the food blogger who makes 27 servings of everything no matter how few people are going to be eating it.
You know how it goes.
So these meatballs! They taste like a cheeseburger sans bun, but with all the flavors you love, and with cheese inside of them, and they are SERIOUSLY delicious. Seriously. Also, because the toppings have such great flavor, the meatballs themselves are SUPER simple. No egg, no breadcrumbs, no fuss. They're adorbs for an appetizer or even a lunch since they're served over lettuce which basically makes this a salad. You're welcome! Health food.
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Nope, not like the kind at Panera with random crunchy things on top and weird thick sweet dressing drizzled over dry chicken. 
Not like that. Like southern chicken salad but with Asian flavors including but not limited to Sriracha and soy and sesame, and YOU WILL LOVE THIS. Regular chicken salad is all well and good, but THIS is the summer appetizer that will get you invited back to fun places. 
I made this last week for Jay's lunch and then took leftovers to the beach to share, and that ish was GONE. I didn't get a single bite, which is a testament to how great it is. It's easy, too!
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