dinner?

Ernie and Gene proud of their catch.

Cupcakes!!

Our friends Lynne and Dick came for dinner. In their typical fashion
of being pure rock stars, they brought these for the kids. HOW
AWESOME ARE THEY?

Ernie and Dru definitely had yummy yummy schlurp all over their faces!

Baked Ziti

Yummy yummy (you know the rest)

Trout, Rice, Naan, Shallot/garlic asparagus

This was our first try making naan. It worked pretty well. Flavor was
there, but we need to work on the size. Not letting it proof while
going to pick up car, then son from bus, yada yada, will probably
help. The trout was cooked perfectly, as were the blanched/shocked
asparagus. The rice is a standby - and so _pretty_

Yummy yummy schlurp!

Poached salmon

YYS!

this is before the wine goes in. :) Fish is all dressed up and ready to go.

food randoms from July

BLT - without the lettuce, and add Mozzarella. Grilled roma tomatoes.
Watermelon/lime/onion/mint salad
Yummy halibut
steak with beans
carrots n celery with beets

roasted baby butternut, yummy salad, pasta crudo

stuff from our garden to our table - "volunteer" butternut squash,
cucumpkins, (cukes cross polinated by pumpkins), tomatoes, carrots,
oregano, basil)

YUMMY yummy, schlurrrrrp!

Grilled Pizza

Eating gourmet or eating on a budget ?

roasted tomatoes from our garden, Gene-made sauce and dough (with
basil from our garden!)

The kids all loved it, so did their parents!!

Roasted tomatoes, fire-roasted peppers, fire-roasted spring Vidalia
onions. YUMMY YUMMY SCHLURP!

"pasta crudo"

chopped fresh basil and chopped fresh oregano atop cellentani pasta
with sauteed garlic & tomatoes, topped with Romano cheese. Yummy.
Yummy. Schlurp! The kiddos LOVED it - they begged me to make it again
the following night.

the joker apple

all commercial apples are hybrids, so it's pretty amazing that you
don't see this more. Still, I thought it was rpetty cool.

Sauteed scallops & lobster roll

Lobster roll on Naan bread
When I shot this, I thougt to myself, "self: if you saw this picture
you would think 'what a mess,' when in reality, all that fond is what
gave the scallops their perfectly cooked goodness"

bugs on the barbie

baked homefries before the oven (tossed with evoo, salt, pepper, garlic)
quartered/cleaned/parcooked/marinated/grilled artichokes
BUGS! A Stack of them!
Star fruit later
Onion dip - nom nom nom - good thing Ruffles (r) have all those RIDGES!
leek dip - especially good warm, with bread, or fingers, crackers,
anything, really.

YYS!

Dinner with friends

to start, Olive Pate with goat cheese and roasted garlic followed by
sauteed sea scallops with herb coulis, shrimp scampi was next and then
on to Mahi with roasted root vegetables and braised fennel.  I didn't
shoot dessert, we had berries and fresh biscuits with vanilla whipped
cream.

3 pictures for you

Grilled Shrimp and oven roasted root vegetables. Yummy Yummy Schlurp!