Easiest "Pie" you will ever make!

Is it a Pie or is it a Tart?
Oven 425

1 "Store bought" pie crust (that you roll out)
1/4C fig jam**
1# plums**
1 egg w water for egg wash
1/2C sugar (raw cane if you have it)

• Take pie crust out of fridge and get to room temp. Roll out flat onto cookie sheet.
• Take jam and spread out on crust
• Take fruit and layout toward the middle and stack up around the center.
• Fold edges of pie crust around the fruit just to keep it from falling out, leaving most of the fruit exposed at the top.
• Brush edges with egg wash and sprinkle with sugar.

Bake @425 for 45 minutes. If you use parchment paper on a cookie sheet it is much cleaner. If you have no parchment paper just make sure you grease your cookie sheet.

If you have diabetic friends, you can leave off the sugar if you choose. And you can use sugar free jam.

**Fruits: any pitted fruit and jam that sounds yummy with it.

How easy is that? Even without the sugar it is really yummy - I did a strawberries and rhubarb jam -of course I used the sugar. But the first time I had it, it didnt have any. All Fruit Jam and no sugar on the crust.

Salted Herbs or Herbs Salee

Ingredients
* 1 cup chopped fresh chives
* 1 cup chopped fresh savory
* 1 cup chopped fresh parsley
* 1 cup chopped fresh chervil
* 1 cup grated carrot
* 1 cup chopped celery leaves
* 1 cup chopped green onion
* 1/4-1/2 cup coarse salt

Directions
In a large bowl, combine herbs and vegetables.
Layer 1 inch of herb mixture in the bottom of a crock or glass bowl and sprinkle with some of the salt.
Repeat layers until all of the herb mixture and salt is used.
Cover and refrigerate for 2 weeks.
Drain off accumulated liquid and pack herb mixture into sterilized jars.

Watermelon Salad, by Katharine

I made the salad as follows:

seedless watermelon cut in bite sized cubes
lots of cilantro
some arugula if you have it
a bit of fresh tarragon
chives or red onion or onion sprouts...or whatever onionish you have
some crumbled feta
some fresh basil...just enough to give it a bite\
I threw in a handful of crushed flax seeds

The dressing was a bit of raspberry vinegar and a bit of tarragon vinegar (use whatever vinegar you have and like)
some olive oil
some freshly ground black pepper