Woman and her BFF's

Woman who is most appreciative...

I am cheating a bit here but it is the only way I could share all these great suggestions with you. I  officially have the best BFF's...thank you one and all for your great suggestions. You made my day, you made my summer! So I am going to suggest that you skip right down to the comments and have a read...who knows you may just find your best summer recipe here, the one that will leave your guests begging for more!!


My guests were equally impressed last night, I did a little bit of this and a little bit of that and now have lots of ideas for my next soiree. I have a few trial runs to do and the first will be the grilled pizza!

Recipe here: 

http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1891931

If you are new to this post or have already commented and want to leave another suggestion,  please do. I will bring all of these to you in a future post. For now, the sun is beckoning and this girl is off the lounge chair with the book she received earlier in the week....


Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend!!

Woman on Verge...

Summer is officially here in our household. My son finished his last day of school yesterday. The kids are sleeping in, Mom (moi) is prancing around in her pj's...the cookbooks are splattered around the table and she is drawing a complete blank. This seems to be happening a lot lately...I hope I am not the only one.

Here is my dilemma...I am barbecued out. This is not a good sign considering it is July 8th!

I need...I need....something new. I need something fresh, I need colour, I need something light and I need it now. We have friends coming for dinner tonight and Mr. H is keen to rev up the BBQ again.

So, I thought of you, I know someone will point me in the right direction. Which salad would you prefer? Do you have a favourite dish that you like to throw on the grill? Do you have a tried and true? Do you want to share??? I'll be your best friend :):):):)

Here is what I have so far. 

Great tables...feeling summer,  feeling relaxed, 

feeling I would like to go back to Italy....

Capsicum, Tomato, Olive and Manchego Chopped Salad

(Manchego is a type of cheese..I did not know that)

Lamb's Lettuce, Radish, Blue Cheese and Sugared Pecan Salad

Caprese Salad

Sliced Tomatoes with Avocado, Red Onion and Parsley

Ice Cream Sundae

Ok, I am going off task here but look at that,

with a cherry on top. That makes me think of 

Banana Splits and thick marshmallow.....

You see...this is what it is like. I have done it again.

I may still be in my pj's when the guests arrive

at this rate....

But, YUM!

So, dear friends, I am open to suggestions. 

Is there a salad here that you would prefer?

Do you have a favourite dish for your BBQ?

Offer to be your BFF still on!

(Best Friend Forever)

On that note...I wish you the most

wonderful,  fabulous, restful,

creative, astonishing,

spectacular

weekend!!!

Jeanne  

(who is still in her pj's and is off for a coffee)

PS..

images and recipes can be found here.

I am happy to send along a recipe for one of the above...just drop me a line :)