The nerve of me boiling water in this weather...

So it's dreadfully hot out, but I feel the need to cook.  What is wrong with me?!  At least I was able to listen to sense and throw together some Refrigerator Soup in the crock pot:

Some leftover spaghetti's going in as well - not enough left for a base on its own, but perfectly fine along with all those other goodies.  There's....

leftover taco-seasoned ground beef
canned tomatoes
a bit of onion
frozen basil from my patio
a single black bean veggie burger
rice
celery
green pepper
tomato soup
and one of the better aspects of the human condtion: olive oil

 

Later on, I'll add the last of the spaghetti and serve with melted cheese on top.  Sometimes if you keep adding ingredients, they will magically work!  Recipes are irrelevant tonight!

And for dessert, there's a sweet-sweet "peachberry mango" salad.  This may have to go into yogurt parfaits to calm it down.  The fruit salad recipie called for lemon juice and brown sugar to go with the fresh melons and berries that one's supposed to have on hand.  I, however, had only blueberries, a few frozen peaches, and a few spoonfuls of mango sorbet.  So in they all went with a little brown sugar to tease the blueberries.  It's delicious, but definitely a treat item.