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Summertime Dinners fresh from the garden

I was thrilled to walk out into my garden and find one red ripe tomato ready to be plucked and right next to it my dark green basil was almost yelling at me to pick some of its dark green leaves…so how could I ignore that? I made a mini caprese salad…fresh mozzarella, overlapping thick slices of my tomato, sprinkled with fresh basil, drizzled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar and salt and pepper…OOOH it is truly the best thing on a hot summer day!!
I also made a quick spinach salad with raspberries, cantaloupe and slivered almonds. Brianna’s poppy seed dressing is out go to favorite dressing of all time!

These are Frozen sweet potato fries or yam fries baked in the oven for 15 min! Crunchy when you let them sit for a minute or two.

Gotta have Sweet Baby Rays BBQ sauce slathered on my tender moist grilled chicken. Best BBQ sauce evvah!

My new brightly colored napkins and napkin rings from Pier One. Napkin rings are on sale .99 ea!!! Don’t you love all that fat sparkly goodness!

The rattan or bamboo chargers are from Ikea…only 3.99 ea!

 

Ahhhh summertime meals aren’t they the best!!

Bon Appetite everyone!!

Karin 🙂

Linking to

Foodie Friday, I’m Lovin it, Friday Favorites, between naps on the porch,

Weekend Potluck, Stone Gable

 

Karins Kottage

Welcome to Karins Kottage! There is always something fun going on! You would think after becoming an empty nester couple that our nest would be very quiet and empty but our Kottage nest is usually more full than what we started out with! You might find me hosting a birthday party or graduation party and a baby shower on the same weekend or a big outdoor get together with 25 of our friends and family in the backyard or maybe I might be in the kitchen trying out a new recipe for my hubby and I to grill on the BBQ for a quiet night for the two of us. I am passionate about entertaining and setting a beautiful table! I may or may not have an addiction to cloth napkins and fun salad plates oh and goblets too! I think I will always have a home decorating DIY project in the works as long as my hubby is on board with me haha. We have painted A LOT in the 6 homes we have owned in the 35 years that we have been married as well as re-done multiple pieces of furniture, added wall and ceiling treatments, replaced lights, bathroom fixtures and even tiled floors! I have sewn what seems like a million window treatments for our home as well as for family, made slipcovers, and duvets and even a formal dress or two!

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