Jun 06 2014
It was a busy day today. When the grandson came this morning
about 7:15 I was up and we were going fishing for crappies. We drove through MD’s
for our breakfast, an egg and sausage McMuffin. We went to a manmade lake just
north of here. After an hour or so and no bites we headed home. It was not worth
the trek up 50 steps and back down for this old man!
I went to the grocery and bought the turkey burgers and
other stuff. I found some new tomatoes that looked good, Tasti-lee brand. They
are vine ripened and supposed to contain up to 50% more lycopene.
They did taste a little better than standard hot house but
still not like home grown. They may get better if you let set a few days.
After lunch I put some bacon on the Traeger for the
sandwiches. I had two lawn chairs and a table to paint and finished them. For
the panzanella I used Giada de Laurentiis’s recipe for Artichoke hearts and
Tomato panzanella. You can find it at food network. I toasted the bread chunks
on the flip side of grill grates, almost too hot, just about burned the bread.
I grilled the artichoke hearts for a few minutes too and made up the salad
except for the dressing of olive oil and white balsamic vinegar; I added it
just before serving.
Giada used whole wheat bread; all I could find on the day old
rack were some hard rolls. Her dressing was 2/3 cup olive oil and ¼ cup white
wine vinegar. I used 1/3 cup olive oil and ¼ cup white balsamic vinegar. I had
20 fresh basil leaves I sliced thin.
When the daughter in law got here from work I seasoned the
turkey burgers with McCormick’s Montreal Chicken seasoning and did on my Weber
gas grill on grill grates. I did them 5 minutes on a side then added some baby
Swiss cheese and some bacon to me and the wife’s. After the cheese was melted I
added the buns to heat for a minute then served.
Tasted great and we all liked the salad which will be better
yet with garden tomatoes!
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