Memorial Day Menu

It's almost Memorial Day Weekend!

Traditionally, celebrated in memoriam of the fallen soldiers in our Armed Forces, more unofficially the start of the summer season.


What better way to celebrate than with my All American Cookout menu.  It's filled with different options to create a wonderful meal the whole family would love.

Hope you enjoy your weekend and make some memories to look back upon!

All American Cookout Menu

Main Course:

    Southwestern Chicken Salad

    Hawaiian Chicken Kabobs

Side Dishes:

    Grilled Greek Potato Salad

    Grilled Asparagas

Drinks:

    Orange Iced Tea

Dessert:

    Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

Southwestern Chicken Salad

Hawaiian Chicken Kabobs

Grilled Greek Potato Salad

Grilled Asparagus

Orange Iced Tea

Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

Vermont Cheddar Popcorn

I'm in love with popcorn!

Popcorn has always been one of my favorite snacks.  I mean what's not to love??  It's light, fluffy texture, and it's tasty goodness.  It even smells like Disneyland to me!!  Can't get much better than that!


So I pop it often as a snack.  We like to watch movies and eat popcorn.  But to tell you the truth I like it whenever...even cold!  I think it runs in the family, I've seen them all eating their share of popcorn too!


This is a quick, simple recipe.  But don't let that surprise you, it oh soooo good!


Vermont Cheddar Popcorn combines your favorite popcorn with the cheesy goodness of  cheddar.  The cheddar I used is from King Arthur Flour and it called Vermont Cheese Powder.  You can find it here.  If you recall, this is the same cheese I used to make my stovetop Macaroni and Cheese.  This product is excellent.  Make sure to pick so up.  There are so many uses for it!  This recipe is super simple to assemble, and the flavor?  Outstanding!

Let's make popcorn!

Vermont Cheddar Popcorn

6 cups of popped popcorn

3-4 T of melted butter

2 T. Vermont Cheese Powder (or more to taste)

Drizzle the melted butter over the popcorn, mixing to distribute evenly.  Sprinkle with cheese powder and mix well.  Serve!

Southern Sundays

Happy Southern Sundays!

Summer is coming fast and the Memorial Day weekend is just around the corner.  Although this seems to be the unofficial start of summer, I think it's already started where I live.  The weather here is already hot, promising a scorcher of a summer, I think!  It's time to clean up the old grill and get to some outdoor cooking.


I love eating "alfresco".  Most summers that is where you'll find us.  Outside, enjoying the sunshine, long evenings, and food food.  I've already strung up some beautiful mercury glass outdoor lights I picked up the other day.  They provide a beautiful glow at night, just right for setting the mood for a outdoor dinner experience.  You can see my lights here.  Oh!  I just saw a beautiful monarch butterfly near my new flowers. Gold and black...just gorgeous.  Which reminds me that's another thing I do this time of year...planting.  My love of flowers comes from my mom.  Container gardening is such fun and easily decorates around our dining table...it brings a splash of color and freshness to the area.  What do you do to prepare for a season of outdoor living??

So, on to Southern Sundays!  Last week we had some excellent recipes that you all shared!  I'm overwhelmed by the creativity, and surely am gaining weight from all this!  The most popular recipes are being featured here today.  A great round of applause for these wonderful dishes and to their creators!  Excellent cooking!


Check out these wonderful dishes, and stop by and say hello to the artist behind the dish!

Mimosa Cupcakes

by Marguerite of Cajun Delights

Cheddar Bacon Ranch Grilled Cheese Sandwich

by Alyssa of What's Cooking Love?

Danish Cherry Cheesecake

by Lisa of Flour Me With Love

I'm Hungry now!

So let's party...

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