"WE ARE HAVING PEOPLE OVER IN AN HOUR? AHHHHHHHHH!"
Good morning! Happy Saturday. We are excited as Hudson comes home from Scout camp today – been a long week without our eldest. This is my party of 5-10 go to meal. I can prep this meal in 20 minutes, and have it all ready for a 6:15 dinner even if I don’t do anything until 5 pm. I like speed.
You will need for the main course – a Santa Maria Trip-Tip from Trader Joes. They are the best. You can buy the biggest one they sell, about $18, and it will feed a ton as you slice it up into a myriad of pieces.
Marni is our salad “queen” and she does a killer salad. You can choose what you want here, but I am a big apples, bacon, cranberry, and shaved pecans in the salad guy. The dressing is below and it will make everything POP! It is a from my mom’s best friend who would come to Black Butte Ranch with us every summer. Her nickname was “Babe.”
The rest is self-explanatory – i.e., the potatoes and the asparagus. We have done everything from fruit for desert, smores over the fire, or a little gluten-free brownie square with some vanilla ice cream. Again, Trader Joe’s gluten free brownie mix is the bomb-diggity!
Have a great, great Saturday. Have some people over and they will sing your praises for this meal.
Babe’s Salad Dressing
6 TBL Olive Oil
3 TBL White Wine Vinegar
½ TSP Salt (dash pepper)
½ TSP Dry Mustard
1/16th TSP Nutmeg
½ TSP Dry Basil (use generous if you have fresh)
4 Garlic Cloves Crushed
Shake well! Serve
Garlic Rosemary Potatoes
3/4 Pound Red Potatoes
2 TBL Butter
2 TSP Lemon Juice
1 Garlic Clove Crushed
2 TSP Chop Rosemary
Cut potatoes into small wedges – about 7 cuts per
Put in 13 by 9 greased dish
Mix all together
Cook about 45-55 at 400 degrees
Don’t forget to stir at times
Roasted Asparagus
Pound and a half of asparagus
2 TSP Olive Oil
½ TSP Salt
¼ TSP Dried Thyme
¼ TSP Pepper
(You can add rosemary, or random Italian seasoning if you want)
Snap off ends – grease 13 by 9 dish
Mix and cook @ 400 for 20 minutes
