A good day yesterday spent gardening between the rain, cleaning the house a bit, and putting together a small dinner for a couple of friends.
The man’s in charge of anything on the grill, in this case, baby back ribs and jumbo shrimp and his own concoction of vegies–cauliflower, broccoli, red pepper and mushrooms–in oil and garlic and herbs. I did a salad with homegrown lettuce (not mine yet) and my first picked bell pepper along with some other stuff and homemade blue cheese dressing. Did a quickie red potato dish up that came out delicious: cubed potatoes with onions and chili seasoning fried up in bacon.
And some wine I discovered that I think was 15 year-old peach and maybe a bottle of second-run grape. Topped by vanilla bean ice cream (he thought he was buying frozen yogurt–the same thing always happens to me for some reason!) with our own canned peaches.
Good friends, good food, good day.
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology