Zucchini fritters, corn on the cob, grilled Turkey. Vodka/rocks.
Mac and cheese with cut-up hot dogs, and a glass of ice water. Later, finished off my mint chocolate chip milkshake (adding some more milk and Hershey’s syrup along the way).
An old favourite again – frenched jerk-marinated pork chops on the grill, preceded by vodka martinis and accompanied by Spanish Tempranillo, fries, and a Greek salad. Perfect weather for it, too – around 75°F under clear blue skies.
We went to see a local ska/reggae band at VooDoo Brewery Bier Pub. Along with beer and rhum punch, we had:
Street Corn Nachos - roasted corn with queso sauce, cilantro, oven baked tortillas, lime crema, queso fresco, fresh lime & street corn seasoning.
A white pizza, heavy on the garlic, with extreme dill pickle slices.
At a fancy country club event last night, I had a Caesar salad, small grilled steak, cheese tortellini and rigatoni marinara, washed down with two Dortmunders and a glass of ice water. Later, two chocolate biscotti and a cup of decaf.
Last night we went to Herrerra’s, a storied Tex-Mex place around the corner. Absolutely as good as any I’ve had. We both had cheese and chili enchiladas. She had a taco accompanying hers, I had a guac chalupa and a bean chalupa accompanying mine.
Our local Giant Eagle had nice snapper in the fish department. I grilled a one pound fillet, then sliced it into two for plating. Harder these it sounds. I’ve been practicing cutting fish for sushi, etc and I was very pleased with the outcome.
With that we had mashed potatoes (gf’s request), coleslaw and a grilled peach.
I’m drinking Maker’s Mark on ice and should probably stop. It’s a gift from a friend and I’m happy to be drinking it.
Leftover chocolate zucchini cake later.
I’ve put a good dent in the bottle. Can totally see what you bourbon drinkers see in the stuff.
Pastitsio tonight, with green beans almondine, garlic bread and some really good Honeycrisp apples. Rose to drink. Our meal was al fresco tonight since we’ve had several days in a row now where it is not unbearable to be outside.
I made a rack of ribs with corn on the cob, cole slaw, and Ranch Style Beans. Orange sherbet for dessert for me. Mr Rebo had ice cream bars. Two!
Pancakes with butter and real Vermont syrup, and too much bacon and a big glass of OJ.
No such thing.
Did it have the standard red wax seal?
I’ve seen special-occasion bottles with red/white/blue (around 4th of July) and back in Austin, you could usually get burnt-orange ones. (Hook 'em horns! \m/ Get drunk!)
I vaguely recall red & green bottles around Christmas, too.
Yes it did (does). Only halfway gone.
I grilled some turkey breast cutlets, let them cool, shredded them, then mixed the meat with a barbecue sauce I made. This went onto buns and topped with sliced American cheese.
Air fried green beans a neighbor grew after tossing them in oil, garlic salt, crushed red pepper, and sesame seeds.
Pinot noir to drink.
ETA: I purposely overcook the green beans so they are crunchy.
Pantry pasta - some linguini, some doctored up jarred pasta sauce, some cheap shaker cheese. It will do for a Monday.
Jerk chicken sandwich and sweet potato fries.
Last night was bowtie pasta primavera with tons of mushrooms. It was time to cook them! Basically I cleaned out the veggie drawer.
Tonight will be cheeseburgers. Maybe Juicy Lucys - (how do you type that? Lucies? Lucy’s?) - but I’ve never made them.
I hear you.
Chicken Shawarma on the grill. This looks like a great recipe that I’ll try sometime, but on this occasion TBH I’m using pre-marinated kabobs, although from a trusted store-made source that has many other great marinades, and it does smell wonderfully of Middle Eastern spices, lemon, garlic, and olive oil. As usual, I expect to have lots of leftovers for ramen noodle lunches!
According to that recipe, Chicken Shawarma goes well Greek salad and a yogurt dipping sauce, so in that sense seems similar to souvlaki and would probably go well with tzatziki and Greek salad with feta dressing.