Let's heat up the grill.

After an awesome Saturday and Sunday (drive)

We all agreed to stay home and B-B-Q

What's the menu? 

Dr Pepper BBQ ribs, grilled portabella mushrooms.

Pat handled the grill. And so, YUMM

 

Inside were the makings of Irish Nachos.
1st the potatoes

 

Then on went the cheese and Salsa

For dessert, Strawberry Shortcake.

Think Lemons

One of the shows my boyfriend and I watch

all the time is. Diner's Dive-ins and Drives.

The food just looks so YUMM!

One of the stops has a baked lemonade pork chops on the menu.

Dinner last night was that dish.

The pork chops baked for an hour. 

And the house was starting to smell really good by then. 

I fixed Asparagus for the side.

A Little Indian

Tonight the kids will get a taste of Indian Food.

I grilled chicken breasts on the indoor grill with 

Tandoori Spice

On the side a mild curry rice

 

Until Next Time...

Fort Collins Feast

Hey all. This dinner has to be shared.

Last night Pat and I attending the

3rd Annual Feast of Fort Collins Dinner.

It was held at 'Fish'

There were more than 50 people in attendance for this fun event.

The food? Well, in my opinion it was awesome!

Bread with lemon herb butter

goat cheese & spinach tart 
with sundried tomato compote

Caesar Salad

wild alaskan salmon
herb and lemon cous cous, 
shrimp bisque sauce & roasted asparagus 

the famous fish pound cake with orange & berry sauce

Until Next Time...

Mother's Day suprize

I had a surprise dinner for Mother's Day.

My children and my boyfriend took

me to Enzio's in Old Town Fort Collins

Again if you just look up, you see the beauty of where we ate.

The appetizers was bread with an olive oil and vinegar dipping sauce.

It was too good and gone before I got a picture

My 14 year old and I shared Scampi .
Shrimp, garlic, shallots, white wine, parsley, tomato, buccatini pasta

My 16 year old had the house soup and ceasar salad

Whole Foods Inspiration!

I came across a recipe on the Whole Foods Website that just 

looked too good. So, what did I do?

Fixed it for dinner.

Cheesy Lazagna, Italian Bread, and a Almond/Chocolate/Banana Smoothie

MMmmm Cheese

Parmesan, Mozzarella, Ricotta

 Until Next Time...

Eating Local

Tonight was eating out night.

And we ate local

All meat pizza and BBQ Chicken w/pineapple.

 For Dessert

Cupcakes!

YUMM

 Until Next Time...

That's a lot a pasta

Spaghetti and garlic cheese bread

Yummm

Until next time...

It is American

Dinner tonight? 

A wonderful 8 layer melt

with 2 different cheeses, sour krout, yummy sauce, 

turkey patty, mustard, and a light rye bread.

What better item to be a side that potato chips.

and coca cola

It all started with a few ingredients

For dessert: cookie dough ice cream

 Until next time...

So Savory

French Onion Soup is tonight's

dinner. Kicked up a notch, of course.

I added portabella mushrooms and sun dried tomatoes.

Service with French Bread 

toasted and covered with gruyere cheese

Until next time...

Pineapple? Where?

Tonight was new. Smoked sausage with Pineapple.

Where is the pineapple? In the sausage.

I cooked it with sweet onions.

The side was lemon couscous.

 Until Next time...

Soups On

Tonight the dinner was a request.

I asked a certain 16 year old what she would like.

'Hamburger Soup'

So, in goes the onions, potatoes, carrots, hamburger

and broth.

Needless to say, 

there is no more

Until Next Time...

It's Peanut Butter Bacon Time

It's amazing what 4 simple ingredients can create

Bacon, Bananas, Peanut Butter, and Sweet Bread

Put them all together and you have a 

scrumptious sandwich

 Until Next Time...