After eleven days in Italy, its back to healthier eating. Tonight it's salad with tuna mixed in.

Dear grandson called and wanted to go for lunch.
Then he called asked if his best friend could go as well.

Delightful! Had a blast! They could pass for twins!

They wanted Italian, so we went to Joe's Italian.
Grandson had spaghetti, friend had cheese pizza and I had a side order of two meatballs with marinara sauce. DELICIOUS!

Told them we'd to it again before summer is over.

Ellen, I didn't know you were in Italy!!! Do tell!!!!

A gorgeous day today, but a hot, humid heat wave is coming in tomorrow till Tuesday. Ugghhh.

We had BLT's with some potato chips :)

I mixed some Cool Whip and chopped fresh strawberries and put them between graham wafer crackers and stuck in the freezer to set the whipped cream. So good!!!!

This post was edited by jasdip on Fri, Jun 27, 14 at 17:37

It rained all day and it was cold - only 8úC!! I made a pot of turkey soup with some stock and turkey I had frozen. It was good.

Grilled rib steaks, roasted potatoes with bacon and onions, steamed cauliflower with cheese sauce.

Casey, I saw this morning on Canada AM that you were in for a cold day!!!

We are having fried shrimp, corn on the cob and roasted squash & zucchini. I have been craving fried shrimp for about a week now. So I picked up a couple of boxes today.

Met some friends for lunch. We had planned on going to the movie, The Fault in Our Stars, which was suppose to be showing at 12:25 so lunch was at 11:15. I got back from my walk with Georgy at 10:15 so didn't have time for breakfast. Lunch was Panera's Asian Chicken Salad. Dinner will be my usual oatmeal, apple and walnut breakfast. When we got to the movie theater, the ticket girl said they showed the movie at 11:05 and the next showing was 6:45. Boo Hiss!! We're going tomorrow night to see it.

Turkey, melted cheddar cheese and spiralized zucchini in a wrap.

Ellendi: Oh, but wasn't it fun eating the decadent food!!! Salad with tuna is a nice light meal.

Glenda: How nice it is that he still wants to spend time with you. All the selections sounded good.

Jasdip: I don't do well with hot/humid. I think I'll add bacon to my July grocery list. I keep seeing the commercial with Reddi Whip and fresh strawberries. Will have to do that soon. (Monkey see/Monkey do)

Casey: Whether it's hot or cold out, I'd take some of your soup. I'll share some hot and humid with you.

Angelaid: What a great meal!! You can cook for me anytime. I like my steak med rare.

Orchid: I've never tried fried shrimp. Do you coat it?

Georgysmom: Too bad about the movie. Your chicken salad sounds interesting. Wish we had a Panera's nearby. Nothing wrong with eating your skipped breakfast tonight.

Fun2bhere: Your sandwich sounds good. A novel way to add a vegetable by using zucchini.

Shirley

94 and 100% humidity, so weeded, trimmed bushes, mowed, edged and blowed after work. Late Happy Hour. Easy corn & salad. Ice Cream later.

As long you asked... (Jasdip) we left for Italy on June 15 for an eleven day trip. We took a Trafalgar tour. First stop was Rome, then Florence and Venice. I liked Vence the best.

Lots and lots of walking. The great part of the tour was not waiting on all those long lines. I wanted to see all the touristy things and this tour covered it all. The Vatican, Sistine Chapel, Pisa , art in Florence, Murano glass in Venice etc. We ate gelato every day, once it was lunch and another time dinner!

This was a special trip for my 60th.

We ate lots of pasta and pizza. One day I just asked for a salad and I got a mixed salad with tuna so I decide to duplicate it tonight.

OldFixer: That sounds like a lot of work for as hot as it was. Better eat more ice cream to cool down.

Ellendi: Sounds like a very nice tour vacation. I'm glad you got to go.

Shirley

I baked two big ten inch cherry pies this morning and fixed green beans to take to Terri's. Cheryl and I got there at noon, we ate and then Cheryl helped her price things. I did not do much, entertained the baby when I could. He is so big, probably weighs 22 pounds by now and is 6 months old. We left around five and got home. The other kids came and Kevin grilled burgers and things. I made baked beans on the stove top and fix a box of mac and cheese. We also had applesauce, cottage cheese, broccoli salad and one of the cherry pies I baked this morning. So now everyone just left and I am tired. Going to bed soon.

Sue

A burrito without the tortilla. I like to heat refried beans and then toss lettuce, tomatoes, leftover veggies, shredded cheese and hot sauce on top. And lemonade over lots of ice.

Gadgets-Yes it is usually coated with bread crumbs or panko. I bought it pre-breaded and my DS fried it up with the french fries.

Shirley, shrimp would be my choice for a pasta with cream based sauce! Yum!

I'll bet that evrryone has their own recipe for fried shrimp. Mine is extremely basic. I beat an egg with a little bit of milk....just with a fork. Then I stir up a mixture of equal parts flour, corn meal, and panko seasoned with S & P, Old Bay seasoning.

Cleaned, dry shrimp gets dipped in the egg and then the flour, then fried in oil. I usually do it in a frying pan, rather than a deep fryer, turning the shrimp after just a couple of minutes.

ANYway, I made some stuffed zucchini (rice, onions, black beans, chopped bell and jalapeno peppers, cheese) to go with the grilled chicken.

It was delish, but I want fried shrimp now!

A nearby mountain-top winery has a music and wine gathering every third Friday through the summer. Two different groups of friends of ours went there this evening. We brought cold cucumber yogurt soup and homemade banana bread. Others in our groups brought roast chicken and romaine lettuce for making caesar salad\, fresh vegetables and homemade dip, some really good wild rice and vegetables dish. There was also strawberry poundcake, birthday cake, and cupcakes.
There was also a food cart there that was selling soft tacos.

There are usually a few people who post about similar meals, but I'm not seeing that happen tonight!

Dinner here was grilled fish, loaded baked potatoes, and a big salad. We're having some beautiful warm sunny weather here!!!

I made my kickin shrimp fettuccine for dinner, as usual it was yummy.

I made Vietnamese chicken pho. Our Jungle Jim's has great ethnic food sections, so I got the rice noodles, Chinese five spice powder, fish sauce, and sesame oil I needed. I got fresh ginger, mint cilantro and bean sprouts in the produce section to round it out. It's a bit of chopping, but fun to make and delicious!

tgif nite out...went to local chicken place for the bbq ribs..little pricey, but enough leftover for lunch today...