This summer has been one of the best summers of my life. Despite having to work for almost all of May-August, I feel like the decision to not sign myself up for summer courses really allowed me to just enjoy my summer in all its glory. Yeah spending 8 hours of every day at work isn’t always the best time, but I wouldn’t be able to afford all this summer fun otherwise.

From the many hikes to the evening lounges at the beach to epic dinners with friends, I can really say I soaked up as much summer as I could possibly have thus far, and I aim to continue doing so! There’s only one thing that my friends and I have yet to do (though it’s a small thing) and that is to have a pierogi night, where we hand make some vegan pierogis, relax, chat, and perhaps watch a movie whilst chomping down on our glorious pierogis. Our schedules have been very conflicting, so although we have set a date to do this prior, it had to be cancelled.

The sad part was that Leung and I had already purchased the ingredients for that day, so we were particularly disappointed. The tofutti sour cream continued to sit in my fridge for many many days.

I was pretty bummed because I was sure it had gone bad by the time I went back into my fridge and checked in the container. Cause things like coconut milk and tomato paste always end up going bad in my fridge and I’m always disappointed in myself for creating food waste (and washing out the mouldy containers isn’t fun either). Leung encouraged me to check if it was bad (#justbffthings #checkingformouldythings) because I was very skeptical to open it and end up being like “well there goes my $6 down the drain (literally)”. And it turned out it was fine! So we planned to use it right away the next day.

As we were bumming on the skytrain and bus waiting for our stop, we threw around many ideas, and bam boom pow, we came up with this pasta idea and decided to embark on 6 recipes the next day. That night, I was scribbling away and came up with the recipes for the next morning. After a nice bike ride around the neighbourhood the next morning, Leung came over and we made this epic dish along with many others so keep a lookout for those (;

We feasted on this tangy and creamy lemon pasta salad in my backyard, and it tasted easy breezy fresh and exactly what summer should taste like. I encourage you to make this for your next picnic gathering!