Cookin Mojo

I've been cooking a lot lately. Just been in a mood to, and now that it's high summer, there are so many beautiful vegetables out there to indulge in. So, I've been creative in the kitchen. And even more fun, I've just been making stuff up. Sure, I looked at a few recipes, but then thought "But...I'd like it this way better..." So, I make it the way my brain tells me, and just use the recipe as a guide. So, in the past few days, I've made:

Chicken burritos baked in queso fresco and tomatillo salsa
Lemon-zucchini pasta
Crispy oven-fried catfish with remoulade
Zucchini fritters and roasted potatoes (Organic Guy grilled a steak to go with this)
Quinoa salad with yellow squash, carrots, and fresh herbs
Corn macque choux with fresh corn
a really wide variety of compound butters to go on corn on the cob (I think the chipotle butter on grilled corn was the best).
Nut-crusted chicken
Grilled Mahi-Mahi, marinated in lime juice and cumin, with tomatillo salsa
Home made enchiladas (and they're STILL not as good as my dad's...and he STILL won't tell me his secret recipe!)
A sorta veggie risotto thingy. Not sure what to call this, but it had green beans, yellow squash, zucchini, carrots, and sun-dried tomatoes.

On Monday, I have to go on the road for inspections for a week, which means eating on the road. Many many restaurants. So, I won't be able to cook for a bit. I'm really glad I've been in the mood, and had the positive energy to cook lately...and I'm really going to miss it while tromping around NC and VA for a while. Hopefully I'll be able to find locally owned places to eat that are as thrilled with the summer's vegetable bounty as I have been!

Oh, yeah, if any of these things sound good, or if anything else about cooking I've posted in the past interests y'all, let me know, and I'll try to figure out how I did it, and maybe post a few recipes.