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Baby back ribs for my dad’s birthday/Father’s day tomorrow. Trying Anova’s rec for 155F for 18 hours.

Rigatoni with cilantro pesto and toasted pepeitas

Getting pesto in the freezer. Arugula Basil and tried Cilantro with lime, garlic, roasted pepitas and avocado oil. Tasty, but I might add a little jalapeño next time.

Happy 85th to my mom’s cousin Peggy. White almond cake with vanilla buttercream.

I used white.

Yeah, I agree. It's not the easiest to scrape out. Strawberry Ice Cream this one

Strawberry ice cream using the strawberries that we got at the farm. Used Serious Eats recipe. It’s really good and strawberry-y for sure. I think these berries were so sweet, I could have used less sugar.

Smash burgers with homemade burger sauce, charred Vidalia onions, brioche bun. Schweid & Sons makes some great burgers. Cornmeal cake with whipped cream and strawberries we got from a farm in the next town over. They are so tasty!

Tomatoes are doing OK (except for two plants 🤷‍♀️), and I’m trying to keep the bed from being a litter box 🙄. The potatoes are growing like crazy. I found the teeniest friend on them this morning ☺️

Pizza night! Pesto, Castelvetrano olives, artichoke hearts, fresh mozzarella, pine nuts and arugula with lemon dressing Pepperoni, Vidalia onion and mushrooms Tried Ooni's quick pizza dough, not bad. Mine usually takes 3-4 days, but this was good.

Dunno yet. We do a lot of meze, charcuterie type meals, so probably with cheese and such. And my mother is a fiend for anything pickled or garlicky, so I’m sure they won’t last.

Picked and pickled the garlic scapes this morning.

Thanks! The building in the photo is actually a detached garage. The pool house is cool looking, but the design is iffy, especially when it’s the middle of summer. The sun sets right in that opening, and it’s miserable. We are looking into some kind of screening maybe. Pardon the mess, still getting it set up.

Caprese in the pool house, pool got opened yesterday.

Toasted coconut pound cake for the mama.

I haven’t made these in years, but I found some really nice sun dried tomatoes at the Buford Hwy Farmers market. These are soaked in vinegar with sliced garlic, herbs, parm, olive oil and capers. Really good with goat cheese or burrata and grilled bread.

Tried a pasta dish from Gordon Ramsey. I looked for something to do with a leek, mixed mushrooms and some tarragon. Found a pasta recipe, used up a bag of pappardelle. Pretty tasty with the tarragon.

Mushroom tart. Shiitakes, creminis, shallot, garlic, crème fraiche and Gruyère on puff pastry. With a salad and Chardonnay.

Romaine “wedge” with bacon, crispy shallots and Campari tomatoes

Yeah, they just tasted like chicken coating.

Made a salad and ranch dressing, then fried some enoki mushrooms like I fry chicken. Didn’t taste any different 🤷‍♀️

They are headed to my aunt’s later, so I have to bake us some more 😊

Finally used the salted caramel chips from Trader Joe’s in some brown butter oatmeal and pecan cookies. Pretty tasty.

So exciting that our garlic is all happy! And my mom got her potatoes planted next to it. Behind a little because I’ve been down with my back bothering me. Hopefully can get more done soon.

Alter Bridge, Tremonti and Mammoth WVH. And sometimes my mother's stuff (Eagles, Bob Seger, ELO) if she's in there. But, I'm usually the one cooking.