I turned zucchini into faux spaghetti.

Garlic, bacon and sun dried tomatoes sautéed in butter. Added zucchini and
parmesan cheese and cook through gently.

Simple but delicious Leftovers were even better this morning - cold)

Yours?


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Ophelia wrote:
>
> I turned zucchini into faux spaghetti.
>
> Garlic, bacon and sun dried tomatoes sautéed in butter. Added zucchini and
> parmesan cheese and cook through gently.
>
> Simple but delicious Leftovers were even better this morning - cold)
>
> Yours?

I've turned zucchini into faux pasta too. I made a lasagna using it
instead of the pasta noodles. Several of my friends asked for the
recipe. It *is* very good! :-D

G.

On 2014-07-25 7:53 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> I turned zucchini into faux spaghetti.
>
> Garlic, bacon and sun dried tomatoes sautéed in butter. Added zucchini
> and parmesan cheese and cook through gently.
>
> Simple but delicious Leftovers were even better this morning - cold)
>
> Yours?


We were running a little late. I picked up some corn at the local stand,
stared the gas grill and threw the corn in, then went inside and made a
dry rub of salt, pepper, chili powder, cumin and dried parsley and
applied it to some small chicken breasts. I took them out and threw
them on the grill while my wife made a Greek salad. We ate on the patio
on a beautiful summer night.
>

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> I turned zucchini into faux spaghetti.
>>
>> Garlic, bacon and sun dried tomatoes sautéed in butter. Added zucchini
>> and
>> parmesan cheese and cook through gently.
>>
>> Simple but delicious Leftovers were even better this morning - cold)
>>
>> Yours?
>
> I've turned zucchini into faux pasta too. I made a lasagna using it
> instead of the pasta noodles. Several of my friends asked for the
> recipe. It *is* very good! :-D

I do that too. I cook the slices on a griddle first to get the lovely marks
and flavour!

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"l not -l" > wrote in message
b.com...
>
> On 25-Jul-2014, "Ophelia" > wrote:
>
>> Yours?
> Green beans from my sister's garden, sauteed with sliced onion, in a bit
> of
> bacon fat, Roasted rack of lamb (seasoned with rosemary, thyme and
> garlic).
> Steamed new potatoes tossed with a little butter, salt and pepper.

Yum)) That is what I have planned for this evening but I will serve peas
with mine )

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Dave Smith wrote:
>
> We were running a little late. I picked up some corn at the local stand,
> stared the gas grill and threw the corn in, then went inside and made a
> dry rub of salt, pepper, chili powder, cumin and dried parsley and
> applied it to some small chicken breasts. I took them out and threw
> them on the grill while my wife made a Greek salad. We ate on the patio
> on a beautiful summer night.

Any flies or mosquitoes out there? This is why I don't eat outside.
I prefer to time my meals with a good tv show or movie.

G.

On 7/25/2014 9:33 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-07-25 7:53 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> I turned zucchini into faux spaghetti.
>>
>> Garlic, bacon and sun dried tomatoes sautéed in butter. Added zucchini
>> and parmesan cheese and cook through gently.
>>
>> Simple but delicious Leftovers were even better this morning - cold)
>>
>> Yours?
>
>
> We were running a little late. I picked up some corn at the local stand,
> stared the gas grill and threw the corn in, then went inside and made a
> dry rub of salt, pepper, chili powder, cumin and dried parsley and
> applied it to some small chicken breasts. I took them out and threw
> them on the grill while my wife made a Greek salad. We ate on the patio
> on a beautiful summer night.
>
Sounds nice, Dave. But it's too friggin' hot to eat outside where I
live. I've never eaten outside here. Then again, I don't have a table
with chairs on the patio. Just a couple of comfortable chairs to sit
in, when it's not 90°F outside.

Jill

On 7/25/2014 8:44 AM, l not -l wrote:
> On 25-Jul-2014, "Ophelia" > wrote:
>
>> Yours?
> Green beans from my sister's garden, sauteed with sliced onion, in a bit of
> bacon fat, Roasted rack of lamb (seasoned with rosemary, thyme and garlic).
> Steamed new potatoes tossed with a little butter, salt and pepper.
>
That sounds lovely!

I had leftovers from the freezer. Nothing to write about.

Jill

On 7/25/2014 9:26 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 7/25/2014 8:44 AM, l not -l wrote:
>> On 25-Jul-2014, "Ophelia" > wrote:
>>
>>> Yours?
>> Green beans from my sister's garden, sauteed with sliced onion, in a
>> bit of
>> bacon fat, Roasted rack of lamb (seasoned with rosemary, thyme and
>> garlic).
>> Steamed new potatoes tossed with a little butter, salt and pepper.
>>
> That sounds lovely!
>
> I had leftovers from the freezer. Nothing to write about.
>
> Jill

I had the leftover liver and onions from the night before. Surprisingly
good. I usually don't like leftovers.

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On 2014-07-25 10:05 AM, Gary wrote:

>> We were running a little late. I picked up some corn at the local stand,
>> stared the gas grill and threw the corn in, then went inside and made a
>> dry rub of salt, pepper, chili powder, cumin and dried parsley and
>> applied it to some small chicken breasts. I took them out and threw
>> them on the grill while my wife made a Greek salad. We ate on the patio
>> on a beautiful summer night.
>
> Any flies or mosquitoes out there? This is why I don't eat outside.
> I prefer to time my meals with a good tv show or movie.

No problems with mosquitoes on the patio so far this year, though this
had been the worst year for mosquitoes in a very long time. I have had
more skeeter bites in the yard this year than I have in at least 10
years combined, and going into the woods is even worse. This is the
first year in many that I have been regularly applying repellant. That
started off because of ticks. I never knew what a tick was until about
10 years ago. Now I am in the habit of tick checks every time I come
home because I was finding 3-4 of them on me every time I took the dog
for a walk. I want to go to the vet and get some of that stuff you put
on the back of the dog's neck and use it on myself.

Flies are not usually a problem until August. We eat outside almost
every night from May through to September.

On 7/25/2014 11:28 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 7/25/2014 9:26 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 7/25/2014 8:44 AM, l not -l wrote:
>>> On 25-Jul-2014, "Ophelia" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yours?
>>> Green beans from my sister's garden, sauteed with sliced onion, in a
>>> bit of
>>> bacon fat, Roasted rack of lamb (seasoned with rosemary, thyme and
>>> garlic).
>>> Steamed new potatoes tossed with a little butter, salt and pepper.
>>>
>> That sounds lovely!
>>
>> I had leftovers from the freezer. Nothing to write about.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I had the leftover liver and onions from the night before. Surprisingly
> good. I usually don't like leftovers.
>
My parents loved liver and onions. It was one thing they didn't ask us
kids to eat. I don't remember ever having to taste that dish... I think
they assumed we wouldn't like it. (I don't remember what my brothers
and I ate when mom cooked liver and onions.)

To this day I've never attempted to cook calf or beef liver.

Jill

On Friday, July 25, 2014 4:53:22 AM UTC-7, Ophelia wrote:
> I turned zucchini into faux spaghetti.
>
>
>
> Garlic, bacon and sun dried tomatoes saut�ed in butter. Added zucchini and
>
> parmesan cheese and cook through gently.
>
>
>
> Simple but delicious Leftovers were even better this morning - cold)
>
>
>
> Yours?
>

So you got your spiralizer? Was this your first outing with it? Did you love it? hehehehe

On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:53:22 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

>
>
> I turned zucchini into faux spaghetti.
>
> Garlic, bacon and sun dried tomatoes sautéed in butter. Added zucchini and
> parmesan cheese and cook through gently.
>
> Simple but delicious Leftovers were even better this morning - cold)
>
My DIL did that and said it was delicious too. Both she and I just
have the Julienne peeler though, so I don't know if she ever did it
again (feeding 4 is a lot of work for that little thing). I was
thinking about getting her the one in between the peeler and the
spiralizer to see how that goes. Her place is way too small to be
able to store the spiralizer and still have it anywhere handy enough
to use.

> Yours?

Thick pork chops (boneless, off the loin) with a sherry, sour cream
gravy and mushroom gravy, baked sweet potato and a mixture of baby
yellow & green patty pan squash + baby zucchini that had been sautéed
in butter.


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"ImStillMags" > wrote in message
...
> On Friday, July 25, 2014 4:53:22 AM UTC-7, Ophelia wrote:
>> I turned zucchini into faux spaghetti.
>>
>>
>>
>> Garlic, bacon and sun dried tomatoes saut�ed in butter. Added zucchini
>> and
>>
>> parmesan cheese and cook through gently.
>>
>>
>>
>> Simple but delicious Leftovers were even better this morning - cold)
>>
>>
>>
>> Yours?
>>
>
> So you got your spiralizer? Was this your first outing with it? Did you
> love it? hehehehe

Yes I've had it a few days now and love it)

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"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:53:22 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I turned zucchini into faux spaghetti.
>>
>> Garlic, bacon and sun dried tomatoes sautéed in butter. Added zucchini
>> and
>> parmesan cheese and cook through gently.
>>
>> Simple but delicious Leftovers were even better this morning - cold)
>>
> My DIL did that and said it was delicious too. Both she and I just
> have the Julienne peeler though, so I don't know if she ever did it
> again (feeding 4 is a lot of work for that little thing). I was
> thinking about getting her the one in between the peeler and the
> spiralizer to see how that goes. Her place is way too small to be
> able to store the spiralizer and still have it anywhere handy enough
> to use.

It doesn't take a lot of space and the advert seems to make it look bigger.

>
>> Yours?
>
> Thick pork chops (boneless, off the loin) with a sherry, sour cream
> gravy and mushroom gravy, baked sweet potato and a mixture of baby
> yellow & green patty pan squash + baby zucchini that had been sautéed
> in butter.

Well, hold the sweet potato and the rest sounds delicious)

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On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:53:02 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2014-07-25 10:05 AM, Gary wrote:
>
>>> We were running a little late. I picked up some corn at the local stand,
>>> stared the gas grill and threw the corn in, then went inside and made a
>>> dry rub of salt, pepper, chili powder, cumin and dried parsley and
>>> applied it to some small chicken breasts. I took them out and threw
>>> them on the grill while my wife made a Greek salad. We ate on the patio
>>> on a beautiful summer night.
>>
>> Any flies or mosquitoes out there? This is why I don't eat outside.
>> I prefer to time my meals with a good tv show or movie.
>
>No problems with mosquitoes on the patio so far this year, though this
>had been the worst year for mosquitoes in a very long time. I have had
>more skeeter bites in the yard this year than I have in at least 10
>years combined, and going into the woods is even worse. This is the
>first year in many that I have been regularly applying repellant. That
>started off because of ticks. I never knew what a tick was until about
>10 years ago. Now I am in the habit of tick checks every time I come
>home because I was finding 3-4 of them on me every time I took the dog
>for a walk. I want to go to the vet and get some of that stuff you put
>on the back of the dog's neck and use it on myself.
>
>Flies are not usually a problem until August. We eat outside almost
>every night from May through to September.

We have a little 10' x 10' screened gazebo. If it's particularly buggy
outside, we'll spray a bit of raid in it, zip up the screens, and wait
for a bit. It will then be lovely for eating dinner and sitting the
rest of the evening.

Doris

On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:53:22 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

>
>
>I turned zucchini into faux spaghetti.
>
>Garlic, bacon and sun dried tomatoes sautéed in butter. Added zucchini and
>parmesan cheese and cook through gently.
>
>Simple but delicious Leftovers were even better this morning - cold)
>
>Yours?

I made zuchetti also, only with meat balls. It was wonderful.

https://flic.kr/p/ocf4pn

https://flic.kr/p/ocdYvN

koko

"koko" > wrote in message
news
> On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:53:22 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>I turned zucchini into faux spaghetti.
>>
>>Garlic, bacon and sun dried tomatoes sautéed in butter. Added zucchini
>>and
>>parmesan cheese and cook through gently.
>>
>>Simple but delicious Leftovers were even better this morning - cold)
>>
>>Yours?
>
> I made zuchetti also, only with meat balls. It was wonderful.
>
> https://flic.kr/p/ocf4pn

That look really good

>
> https://flic.kr/p/ocdYvN

Zucchetti!!! What I good word I shall use it myself)


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koko > wrote:
>
>I made zuchetti.
>https://flic.kr/p/ocdYvN

I don't think I'd like that texture for cooked zucchini (probably cook
up too limp), I think it work much better that way dressed in a cold
salad/slaw. I picked my first zuch harvest this year, not the
greatest gardening year, too wet. I'm going to crinkle cut into coins
and stir fry with baby green beans, with a spicy garlicy oriental
sauce to accompany fried pork chops - veggies will deglaze the chops
pan. I really only offered up this picture as an opportunity to
display untreated veggies, I use no chemicals so there are always some
with evidence of critters/insects... when you see all those perfect
unblemished "organic" veggies displayed at market be well assured they
are NOT organic, no way. I'll just pare away those bits like eyeing a
spud... these are organic as it gets yet still not due to run off from
higher ground:
http://i57.tinypic.com/m93dkw.jpg

On 7/27/2014 5:28 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "koko" > wrote in message
> news
>> On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:53:22 +0100, "Ophelia"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I turned zucchini into faux spaghetti.
>>>
>>> Garlic, bacon and sun dried tomatoes sautéed in butter. Added
>>> zucchini and
>>> parmesan cheese and cook through gently.
>>>
>>> Simple but delicious Leftovers were even better this morning -
>>> cold)
>>>
>>> Yours?
>>
>> I made zuchetti also, only with meat balls. It was wonderful.
>>
>> https://flic.kr/p/ocf4pn
>
> That look really good
>
>>
>> https://flic.kr/p/ocdYvN
>
> Zucchetti!!! What I good word I shall use it myself)
>
>
Yep, it's a great word. I gather you're enjoying your spiralizer!

Jill

On Sun, 27 Jul 2014 10:28:13 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

>
>
>"koko" > wrote in message
>news
>> On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:53:22 +0100, "Ophelia"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I turned zucchini into faux spaghetti.
>>>
>>>Garlic, bacon and sun dried tomatoes sautéed in butter. Added zucchini
>>>and
>>>parmesan cheese and cook through gently.
>>>
>>>Simple but delicious Leftovers were even better this morning - cold)
>>>
>>>Yours?
>>
>> I made zuchetti also, only with meat balls. It was wonderful.
>>
>> https://flic.kr/p/ocf4pn
>
>That look really good
>
>>
>> https://flic.kr/p/ocdYvN
>
>Zucchetti!!! What I good word I shall use it myself)

Thanks Ophelia, it turned out pretty good. I gave the zucchini a quick
saute in some butter then topped with the meat balls and sauce.

koko

On Sun, 27 Jul 2014 11:12:02 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 7/27/2014 5:28 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "koko" > wrote in message
>> news
>>> On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:53:22 +0100, "Ophelia"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I turned zucchini into faux spaghetti.
>>>>
>>>> Garlic, bacon and sun dried tomatoes sautéed in butter. Added
>>>> zucchini and
>>>> parmesan cheese and cook through gently.
>>>>
>>>> Simple but delicious Leftovers were even better this morning -
>>>> cold)
>>>>
>>>> Yours?
>>>
>>> I made zuchetti also, only with meat balls. It was wonderful.
>>>
>>> https://flic.kr/p/ocf4pn
>>
>> That look really good
>>
>>>
>>> https://flic.kr/p/ocdYvN
>>
>> Zucchetti!!! What I good word I shall use it myself)
>>
>>
>Yep, it's a great word. I gather you're enjoying your spiralizer!
>
>Jill

Yes Jill, it's fun and makes some interesting spaghetti. ;-)

koko

"jmcquown" wrote in message ...

On 7/25/2014 11:28 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 7/25/2014 9:26 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 7/25/2014 8:44 AM, l not -l wrote:
>>> On 25-Jul-2014, "Ophelia" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yours?
>>> Green beans from my sister's garden, sauteed with sliced onion, in a
>>> bit of
>>> bacon fat, Roasted rack of lamb (seasoned with rosemary, thyme and
>>> garlic).
>>> Steamed new potatoes tossed with a little butter, salt and pepper.
>>>
>> That sounds lovely!
>>
>> I had leftovers from the freezer. Nothing to write about.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I had the leftover liver and onions from the night before. Surprisingly
> good. I usually don't like leftovers.
>
My parents loved liver and onions. It was one thing they didn't ask us
kids to eat. I don't remember ever having to taste that dish... I think
they assumed we wouldn't like it. (I don't remember what my brothers
and I ate when mom cooked liver and onions.)

To this day I've never attempted to cook calf or beef liver.

Jill

~~~~~~~
I love calf's liver with either onions or bacon (preferably onions). Beef
liver can be too tough or strong-tasting, so I stick with calf's liver.

MaryL

On 7/27/2014 11:58 AM, MaryL wrote:
>
>
> "jmcquown" wrote in message ...
>
> On 7/25/2014 11:28 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> On 7/25/2014 9:26 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 7/25/2014 8:44 AM, l not -l wrote:
>>>> On 25-Jul-2014, "Ophelia" > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yours?
>>>> Green beans from my sister's garden, sauteed with sliced onion, in a
>>>> bit of
>>>> bacon fat, Roasted rack of lamb (seasoned with rosemary, thyme and
>>>> garlic).
>>>> Steamed new potatoes tossed with a little butter, salt and pepper.
>>>>
>>> That sounds lovely!
>>>
>>> I had leftovers from the freezer. Nothing to write about.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> I had the leftover liver and onions from the night before. Surprisingly
>> good. I usually don't like leftovers.
>>
> My parents loved liver and onions. It was one thing they didn't ask us
> kids to eat. I don't remember ever having to taste that dish... I think
> they assumed we wouldn't like it. (I don't remember what my brothers
> and I ate when mom cooked liver and onions.)
>
> To this day I've never attempted to cook calf or beef liver.
>
> Jill
>
> ~~~~~~~
> I love calf's liver with either onions or bacon (preferably onions).
> Beef liver can be too tough or strong-tasting, so I stick with calf's
> liver.
>
> MaryL
>


Calves liver for me. I'm lucky that they sell it frozen in my grocery
store. Each slice is individually packaged in cryo. MOF, I think I'll
put some on my shopping list for tomorrow.

--
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On Sun, 27 Jul 2014 11:58:22 -0500, "MaryL"
> wrote:

> I love calf's liver with either onions or bacon (preferably onions). Beef
> liver can be too tough or strong-tasting, so I stick with calf's liver.

Agree. Beef can be tough and strong tasting. Calf's liver is the one
thing I require cooked in bacon fat, so I fry the bacon first and then
the onions and finally cook the liver in rendered bacon fat. Mashed
potatoes are another "must have" with it for me.

--
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"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 7/27/2014 5:28 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "koko" > wrote in message
>> news
>>> On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:53:22 +0100, "Ophelia"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I turned zucchini into faux spaghetti.
>>>>
>>>> Garlic, bacon and sun dried tomatoes sautéed in butter. Added
>>>> zucchini and
>>>> parmesan cheese and cook through gently.
>>>>
>>>> Simple but delicious Leftovers were even better this morning -
>>>> cold)
>>>>
>>>> Yours?
>>>
>>> I made zuchetti also, only with meat balls. It was wonderful.
>>>
>>> https://flic.kr/p/ocf4pn
>>
>> That look really good
>>
>>>
>>> https://flic.kr/p/ocdYvN
>>
>> Zucchetti!!! What I good word I shall use it myself)
>>
>>
> Yep, it's a great word. I gather you're enjoying your spiralizer!

I am indeed

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"koko" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 27 Jul 2014 10:28:13 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"koko" > wrote in message
>>news
>>> On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:53:22 +0100, "Ophelia"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I turned zucchini into faux spaghetti.
>>>>
>>>>Garlic, bacon and sun dried tomatoes sautéed in butter. Added zucchini
>>>>and
>>>>parmesan cheese and cook through gently.
>>>>
>>>>Simple but delicious Leftovers were even better this morning -
>>>>cold)
>>>>
>>>>Yours?
>>>
>>> I made zuchetti also, only with meat balls. It was wonderful.
>>>
>>> https://flic.kr/p/ocf4pn
>>
>>That look really good
>>
>>>
>>> https://flic.kr/p/ocdYvN
>>
>>Zucchetti!!! What I good word I shall use it myself)
>
> Thanks Ophelia, it turned out pretty good. I gave the zucchini a quick
> saute in some butter then topped with the meat balls and sauce.

I do that too and it is delicious) The last one I cooked a little garlic
with sun dried toms, a little bacon and parmesan. Next time I will leave
out the bacon I think.

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On Sun, 27 Jul 2014 20:21:39 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

>
>
>"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
>> On 7/27/2014 5:28 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "koko" > wrote in message
>>> news >>>> On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:53:22 +0100, "Ophelia"
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I turned zucchini into faux spaghetti.
>>>>>
>>>>> Garlic, bacon and sun dried tomatoes sautéed in butter. Added
>>>>> zucchini and
>>>>> parmesan cheese and cook through gently.
>>>>>
>>>>> Simple but delicious Leftovers were even better this morning -
>>>>> cold)
>>>>>
>>>>> Yours?
>>>>
>>>> I made zuchetti also, only with meat balls. It was wonderful.
>>>>
>>>> https://flic.kr/p/ocf4pn
>>>
>>> That look really good
>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://flic.kr/p/ocdYvN
>>>
>>> Zucchetti!!! What I good word I shall use it myself)
>>>
>>>
>> Yep, it's a great word. I gather you're enjoying your spiralizer!
>
>I am indeed

I like Spiralator better... Spiralizer sounds like a virus. LOL

I meet friends for dinner on Fridays at a food court, and have the usual China Panda stuff- Beijing Beef, Chicken with string beans etc.

On 7/25/2014 9:05 AM, Gary wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> We were running a little late. I picked up some corn at the local stand,
>> stared the gas grill and threw the corn in, then went inside and made a
>> dry rub of salt, pepper, chili powder, cumin and dried parsley and
>> applied it to some small chicken breasts. I took them out and threw
>> them on the grill while my wife made a Greek salad. We ate on the patio
>> on a beautiful summer night.
>
> Any flies or mosquitoes out there? This is why I don't eat outside.
> I prefer to time my meals with a good tv show or movie.

I drove to a farm and picked up fresh Yukon Gold potatoes, green
beans, tomatoes, pickling cukes, peppers and sweet corn. Near home I
stopped for a rotisserie chicken. Cut the corn off the cob and fried
it in butter while steaming the green beans, which were also served
with butter. While the vegetables for that meal were cooking, I was
also grilling potatoes, peppers, onions and carrots for the following
evening's meal...but they turned out so tasty, we sneaked ourselves a
portion of them with the chicken, beans, and sweet corn.

We ate outside in our umbrella/screen house.

Easy tip: repel flying insects with an electric fan. They can't
maneuver in the breeze, and you don't have to apply insect repellent.
I keep a couple of fans on standby whenever we entertain outdoors in
the summer.