Look at this table! How pretty, right? My mother-in-law Judy is a photographer and food stylist and has cabinets full of cool dishware that she also uses for entertaining, like this Fourth of July BBQ. Although Judy did most of the cooking (including a terrific steak that was marinated in guess what--Kraft Catalina dressing!) we contributed a few dishes, like watermelon salad and twice-baked potatoes. The rain, which poured on and off all day as it does in South Florida, broke just in time for us to sit outside around the pool and eat shrimp cocktail and later on, watch fireworks over the Intracoastal waterway.
Fourth of July menu:
Shrimp cocktail
Guacamole and chips
Hanger steak
Corn on the cob with lime-chile butter
Watermelon-feta salad
Twice-baked potatoes
Cookies and strawberry sorbet
Twice-baked potatoes with cheddar and green onions
A very very tweaked version of this Bon Appetit recipe, which called for the potatoes to be filled with goat cheese and chives. We already had a block of sharp white cheddar on hand, and I thought sour cream and green onions would go nicely.
(Serves 6-8 people)
5 comments:
How did you ever come up with watermelon-feta salad? What a phenomenal idea! I'm definitely going to give that one a try :)
thanks! I can't remember where I originally found the idea, but it's a really wonderful and easy recipe.
MMm, steak in Catalina sounds pretty good! That reminds me of my family's famous taco salad, which particularly offends my boyfriend: just ground beef with taco seasonings, iceberg lettuce, shredded "mexican" cheese, tomatoes, scallions, and crushed Doritos, tossed affectionately in Catalina dressing. He says it's "not food" but I think it's heaven.
Heaven must be missin' tacos...
Heaven must be filled with Catalina dressing. Love the taco salad recipe.
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