corn salad

Cold and refreshing.  Frozen corn, one English cucumber, 1/2 sweet onion, one red bell pepper, 1/2 jalapeño, dressed lighly in red wine vinegar.

beans

I had some cranberry beans in my cupboard that needed to be made, and what better time than 4th of July weekend?  I cut up some bacon and let it cook, added about 8(!) cups of soaked beans, water, a generous squeeze of ketchup, a generous squeeze of mustard, about a cup of brown sugar, some whole peppercorns, a can of green chilis, and some cayenne pepper.  Let it hang out on the stove for a few hours, and enjoyed with a vengeance.

roast chicken with plum bbq sauce

Oh yes. Chicken stuffed with a lime and a head of garlic, seasoned lightly and roasted. I cannot begin to say how delicious this chicken is just by itself. Sauce made of 4 plums, 1/4 sweet onion, 1 habañero pepper, 1 can tomato paste, 1 heaping teaspoon mustard powder, blackstrap molasses, red wine vinegar, and a sprinkling of cayenne pepper. Oh and ketchup. I hadn’t meant to include ketchup in the sauce, as I wanted it to be from scratch, but then there was an…incident…with the molasses. Anyway, the sauce was saved by Heinz and turned out hot, sweet, and delicious.

Here’s this guy right out of the oven.

And here it is with the sauce!

bean burrito and eggs

A while ago I made a whole bunch of little bean burritos and froze them.  Today, strapped for lunch ideas, I grabbed one out of the freezer, scrambled some eggs while the burrito was warming in the microwave, and enjoyed my lunch topped with some hot sauce.

pizza

First pizza of the summer! The crust was a little thicker than I’d like, but it was still tasty.

pickled radishes

Recipe from here and it’s the easiest thing in the world.

i forgot to post this

This was my first attempt at the cake mentioned in this post from a couple of weeks ago. It was delicious. Delicious, I tell you!

lazy

Carry out from the Chinese place across the street.  Shrimp with garlic sauce, rice, spring roll.  Hmm, that looks tasty…I think I know where I’m getting dinner tonight!

ribs

Pork spare ribs with dry rub. Homemade BBQ sauce. Hurrah for summer!

the breakfast of champions

Buttermilk cupcakes, adapted from a recipe at Smitten Kitchen. Topped with strawberries. And then hastily devoured.