My goodness gracious sakes alive it's hot out there!
You could fry an egg on the sidewalk. At first I gave the Egg ala Sidewalk a thought, I'd fry up an egg or two out on the tarmac ... but then I decided that what I really had a hankering for was pasta maybe with a seafood twist ... mmmm! Since I didn't have a recipe, I thought what in the hootin' and hollerin' would my dear friend Bea do? She'd improvise, of course! So this is me improvising...
1. I cooked up a big pot of Rotini
2. Created a pasta sauce: A little butter, fresh garlic clove (or two), finely chopped onion, a little flour, salt & pepper, vino, 1/2 cream and milk
While that stuff is all cookin' there on the stove,
I quickly chopped up some fake crab to add to the sauce. That'll make it seafood-y, I thought to myself.
Next, I threw a green salad together:
1. Romaine lettuce
2. Carrots, thinly sliced
3. Cucumber chunks
4. Tomato chunks
5. Kalamata olives (whole ~ it's more fun to find a pit!)
6. Feta, small chunks
7. Hellmann's Salad Spritzers (Balsamic Breeze)
I jest about burnt the sauce, because I was making the salad, but I caught it just in time. Phew! Everyone gobbled it down, and I didn't get one complaint. In fact, the whole lot wanted seconds.
A perfect summer supper, gingham tablecloth to boot.
Sorry 'bout the southern accent in this post, it's so hot out there, I've acquired the accent!
xOx
Bessie
