Picnic Madness
What a busy day today – I have been going nonstop since early this morning! My projects today drew on my mom creative juice, since I had to come up with two separate picnics for two different concerts. First up was a lunchtime picnic…
Caramel Ice Cream with Nectarines
Yummm, I needed something sweet tonight after the delicious and oh so rich dinner the mister made tonight. The title says it all: Caramel Ice Cream with Nectarines. The fruit is perfectly ripe, the ice cream is sweet and rich – heaven on a…
Happy Independence Day!
Oooh, I almost forgot to post tonight! My project today was food for our holiday celebration – olive tapanade, Mediterranean bean salad, steaks and grilled corn. I got the recipe for the bean salad here – it’s Easy Mediterranean Bean Salad and it certainly…
Salmon Burgers and French Fries
Tonight I made a delicious dinner of salmon burgers with spinach and tomato slices, oven french fries and cucumber salad. However, if I didn’t photograph it did it really happen?
Patio Supper
We finally had a weekend afternoon that we could spend outside, visiting, cooking and playing. I made a Peruvian onion relish (salsa criolla) to serve with grilled sausages and a grilled pepper salad. The relish is made with thinly sliced red onions, jalapeños, mint,…
Mexican Fiesta
Tonight’s dinner was tacos, with turkey taco meat, black beans, Mexican rice, tomatoes, cheese, salsa, tortillas and pickled jalapeños. No photos – I was too busy getting dinner on the table and then eating it. Man, I love pickled jalapeños – now that I’m…
Roasted Chicken with Cauliflower and Chickpeas
It was so chilly and fall-like tonight that I wanted to make something for dinner using the oven – preferably with roasted vegetables. I have a great recipe I got from Everyday Food magazine: Roasted Chicken with Cauliflower and Chickpeas.I hadn’t made it in…
Beef Stew
Have I posted something about beef stew before? I can’t remember right now and I’m feeling altogether too lazy to check. Something about the day today just said ‘beef stew’ – maybe it was the pouring rain and 50 degree weather? (Hello Junuary). There’s…
Mother’s Day Entertaining, Part One
Today we had Bappa and Nana over for dinner for birthdays and Mother’s Day celebrating. I made a green bean salad from the Simply Classic cookbook (to go along with chicken and veggie skewers and white rice). I also updated the chalkboard entry table:
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