Category: dinners

The epitome of summer – homemade peach pie and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. A friend had a baby, so pie was called for. How could I not make one for us, too?

Finally a break in the heat so we could eat outside again! Grilled chicken leg quarters, mashed potato casserole, cucumber and tomato salad(from our garden!), and a growler of beer from The Civil Life.

Scrambled eggs with peppers and tomatoes from the garden (darn chickens aren’t laying yet, so those are store-bought eggs), rye toast, peaches, and turkey bacon. Wait for lots of repeats of this meal – it’s my go-to hot weather supper.

Mashed potatoes and gravy, fried chicken, and corn from Mimi and Poppy’s garden. Aunt Mal came over after work to have some since it was so good!

French toast, turkey bacon (my secret to good turkey bacon is to fry it in a little bit of real bacon grease), and blueberries!

This could very well be one of the more satisfying dinners we’ve had in awhile. After a big lunch out, nobody was very hungry, but I made this cake that needed to be eaten, so…..berry cake with lemon glaze and poached eggs. Both were wonderful!

We generally have take out or something else quick on Friday nights, but Meg was sick and home from day care this week, so our plans were impeded a little. So, maidrites, fries, huge pickles, and peaches it was!

It’s been awhile since I posted a dinner, so here’s a good one for you! Pasta carbonara made with peas from our garden and homemade pasta!

Under that is chocolate pudding. Here’s the recipe for that: 2 cups chocolate chips melted with 1/2 cup milk in the microwave. Blend together with 10 ounces of silken tofu and 2 teaspoons of vanilla. That’s right, I said tofu…and, it was delicious!

It was HOT, but we had our shrimp boil anyway! Shrimp, crawfish, crab legs, corn, potatoes, and sausage. And coconut cake for dessert. A very good birthday!

Andy and Meg helped with my birthday breakfast: scrambled eggs with Irish cheddar and chives, toast, and yogurt with honey and blackberries. The morning light in the dining room is much cheerier than in the evening…