make some sauce

I've been intrigued a bit with sauces lately.  I had been on a peanut sauce kick for awhile, I've dabbled in pestos and chimichurris and recently had an affair with romesco sauce.  I think sauces are the key to creating meals with endless possibilities.  If you can make a decent sauce, your possibilities are endless.  Tonight I made a pasta dish with lots of fresh vegetables that I picked up at the market this morning.  Here is the best part, the majority of the sauce was made from pasta water that I cooked the mushroom gnocchi in!  You can't get much easier than that.  I boiled the gnocchi and set it aside.  I sauteed a small zuchinni and yellow squash until they were light golden.  I slice cherry tomatoes in half , tossed it all together in a large pan, added about 1 cup of the pasta water back into the pot, a cup of romano cheese, about a teaspoon of lemon zest and about 2 tablespoons of fresh mint.  It was an incredibly fresh pasta dish for a late summer dinner. 
Earlier in the day I made some refrigerator pickles.  My mom and grandma used to make refrigerator pickles and freeze them in plastic butter tubs.  The recipe I used wasn't the same one, so I got the recipe they used to make from my mom and I'll be making those tomorrow.  I have also been searching for several years for a recipe for cinnamon zuchinni, and I came across a recipe today that seems like it's exactly what I've been looking for.  Ive got an exciting and  busy week coming up, working in Denver all week, a very important meeting and at the end of the week I'm making a baby shower cake.  Lots to do and the summer is passing by so quickly.  I had a couple of days in the past couple weeks where I felt a hint of fall coming on....sad to see the summer go, but looking forward to fall.  It is my favorite season after all.  Have a good week everyone,