Hello everyone! Well, it's been 3 weeks since I've written. The week after my last post, I left for the Chicago area with my girlfriend to see her daughters graduate from High School. We had a blast! The graduation was beautiful, the girls looked great. They wanted Outback Steakhouse for dinner afterwards, so everyone went. Then on Sunday, we went to Chicago. It was 99 degrees there that day! Way too hot for this East Coaster. We had lunch at Gino's East, deep dish pizza for all. It was excellent! We can't get anything like that here. The closest is Pizzeria Uno and it's not even close! We went to Navy Pier, rode the ferris wheel, walked around and basically enjoyed our day. We tried to go to the Sears Tower, but the lines were minimum 2 hours long. It was Memorial Day weekend and it seems EVERYONE visited Chicago that day. I had never seen Lake Michigan up close, it was beautiful. The closest I've seen it is from the sky flying into O'Hare.
So you're gonna like this one...................last night I wanted the broccoli and sausage dish I had made before. I couldn't remember where I found the recipe, so what did I do??? I looked for it on my Blog! OK, I had a senior moment there. But, I guess I'm allowed once in a while.......ONCE is the operative word here. Don't tell my husband, I'll never hear the end of it!!!
Anyway, it's too hot to cook, probably going to just grill some chicken later. I did buy some "middleneck" clams yesterday for steaming. They are about 1/3 larger than littlenecks. Still OK for steaming though. I just steam them with a little water, garlic, black pepper (there is enough salt), some fresh parsley. The seasonings and herbs give them a nice flavor. I'll melt some butter and have the Tabasco sauce ready (for me, that is) and it will be a nice afternoon snack. Oh, I forgot to tell you, we have planted fresh basil, parsley and rosemary this summer! We've been using it, nothing like fresh herbs!!! And, the kicker, I'm not paying through the nose for them at the grocery store!
It may be too hot to BBQ the chicken, if it is, I'll either bake it or do something on the stove. Not sure yet, waiting for the 98 degrees (in the sun), plus 70% humidity to start waning before I cook.
That's it for now folks! Sorry there is not a recipe today, but the clams count as one, right?????
Stay cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
