MENU FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 26, 2010

We’ve had a fair amount of rain this week – severalbig storms – so we are just beginning to see patches of green.  Still wouldn’t want to light a match in theback yard, however...

We had some great food last week.  The fish was wonderful, as was the flanksteak and the grilled chicken.  I alsothrew in a cold jellied consommé to help combat the heat.  With just a mere squeeze of lemon – this isso refreshing.  I think, however, thestar of the week was the cantaloupe salad.Fast and easy to prepare it was alive with flavors and happy fruitjuices.  Just a bit of tamari gave it areal zing.  We’ll surely do this again!

These past few months I’ve been reviewing mycollection of cookbooks yet again.  Ihave added quite a few titles to the book list which do not yet show on theBook Codes – so I  will try and get thisupdated in the next few weeks. Going through these books and magazines again islike renewing old friendships – wonderful recipes we have cooked and enjoyed.  And every time I go through them I find allsorts of new things that I hadn’t considered before.  Sometimes this is due to new skills we haveacquired, some for new ingredients that are not available and some just lookgood this time around. It is certainly a labor of love. It is also great fun tothink back and remember that 20 years ago we wouldn’t have had the skills orequipment to do some things.  Or that 20years ago we wouldn’t have dreamed of eating whatever – a dish we now so enjoy.Cooking is an ongoing education!

Mon. AM             Grilled Burgers

Mon. PM              Grilled Chicken with White BBQSauce Served Cold

                             Cantaloupe, Celery, Radish & MintSalad

                             Tomatoes with Fresh Mozzarella

Tues.                    Pork Tonnato

                             Tomatoes Stuffed with Rice Salad

                             Local Bi Colored Corn

(This dish both got changed and moved, it is a cold scallop salad with tomatoes and deviled eggs and got served on Sunday. The weather cause lots of changes this week, but we did get some rain).

Weds.                             Bay Scallops Nicoise SFCB

                             Steamed Rice

                             Green Beans Vinaigrette CC II

Thurs.                  Cold Cantaloupe Soup with Jalapeño and Orange SPHTES

Hangar Steak Fajitas with Onions, Peppers, Avocados,Red Onions,

And Sour Cream FW 2003 113

                             FreshCorn Grilled with Chive Lime Butter BA8/05 73

Fri. AM                Cold Cuts

Fri. PM                 Warner’s Wings

                             Lobster Salad with Avocado, Mango andBaby Red Potatoes  BA 7/98 72

                             String Beans Vinaigrette

(Please note that the sausage, both the smoked chorizo and the French garlic, is home grown).

Sat.                       Chorizo Kabobs with Pepper Sauce PB 349

                             German Potato Salad LCFTHI

                             Basque Tossed Salad MOAC

Sun.                      Grilled NewOrleans Shrimp GM 7/03 104

                             Orzo Feta and Tomato Salad with MarjoramVinaigrette BA 6/03 66

                             Sliced Tomatoes

Cookie of the Week #26 AppleButter Cookies