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[ness]

Summertime! Cleaned the bird poop off the table and set up this delicious lunch. Sweatin’ and swattin’ and swattin’ and sweatin’. Back inside we went!

[Quillback]

4 hours ago, ness said:

 

I don’t know if this would work with fish, but we really like this shrimp taco recipe  

Shrimp Tacos

Ingredients
Marinade
1/4 cup canola oil
1/2 teaspoon chipotle powder
1 teaspoon ancho chili powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon salt

Sauce
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon Trappey’s Red Devil hot sauce
1/4 teaspoon chipotle powder

Salsa
1 mango, diced
2 teaspoons minced jalapeno
1 tablespoon minced red onion
Juice of 1/2 lime
Sugar if needed

1 pound peeled, deveined shrimp
6 medium-sized flour tortillas

Directions
1. Combine the marinade ingredients. Marinade shrimp for 1/2 hour at room temperature.
2. Combine sauce ingredients and set aside.
3. Briefly heat flour tortillas on grill to warm and slightly char.
4. Remove shrimp from marinade. Grill shrimp until just cooked through.

 

 

Thanks, this and the one Randy posted both look pretty darn good.  Maybe a fish and shrimp taco would work too.  

[ness]

A first for me yesterday: a bridal shower. Yippee!

Step daughter is getting married this fall and had her shower here at the house yesterday . I was tasked with making a couple brunch casseroles and taking pictures. I made a pretty simple with canned crescent role base, then egg, sausage, hash browns and cheese from the missus’ collection. This is good stuff

The other was a request from the bride to be: Joanna Gaines eggs Benedict casserole. This one is more involved but very worth it because it’s delicious. Torn English muffins, heavy cream, 18 eggs, deli ham, butter. Topped with a bit of hollandaise (8 more eggs) and served with more sauce on the side. This was really outstanding. I got busy and didn’t get a picture.  I can link a recipe if anyone cares. 

The get-together was a lot of fun for the girls. Champagne, Prosecco, mimosas and wine were flowing. I spent time taking pictures and attending to the two grandmothers. Lots of chiefs, so Kathy and I settled into our roles as Indians to preserve our sanity. I knew we were in for it when the first girl showed up an hour beforehand and started rendering opinions on how things should be set up. Her poor husband I kept thinking. 

And they were loud! 30 women can make a lotta noise!

Kinda bummed and kinda glad there weren’t leftovers. Wished we’d had a little left but glad we didn’t have a bunch. 

[BilletHead]

Good job, I hope you had the tunes cranked up on the headset. I bet that was needed also. 

[ness]

11 minutes ago, BilletHead said:

Good job, I hope you had the tunes cranked up on the headset. I bet that was needed also. 

Those are shooting ear muffs😀

[BilletHead]

23 minutes ago, ness said:

Those are shooting ear muffs😀

Still not enough for a bunch of hens cackling. 

[rps]

Tomato tart for the side tonight.

 

[ness]

Top down: Extra virgin olive oil, Parmesan cheese, parsley and basil from the garden, V’s frozen cheese raviolis, Jasper’s marinara. Making the most of what we had. 
 

[rps]

Stuffed peppers from my patio garden and pan roasted squash.

 

[ness]

Did you ever have something that just took you into a new food direction? We ate at an Austrian restaurant in KC. Excellent schnitzel, lingonberry sauce, red cabbage and an interesting mustardy potato salad.

We’ve had all this before, and the first post in this thread has a jaegershnitzel and red cabbage. But this was something we haven’t had in a long time  delicious!

But this dessert! Double-dang!! Slightly sweet, sorta savory. Kinda like cream cheese but different. Thin, crispy strudel pastry. That’s lightly flavored whipped cream on top. I can’t stop thinking about it! 🤪