🎵Summertime….and the living is easy BUSY🎵
All of this stuff is happening around Chez Badass, all at the same time. The weather has been hot and super sunny, the garden is going gangbusters, the grandkids are here, nature is calling, the wild berries are ripening, AND I am undergoing some long awaited renovations (of my 2nd bathroom and my entryway). Whew!
What’s a gal to do, with all this mayhem happening ALL at the same time? Turn to the pantry (or in this case, her daughter’s pantry 😉), that’s what to do!
I had some long-suffering frozen shrimp thawing in the fridge and we combined that with a jar of sauce, some frozen mango chunks, chopped onions, and these babies:
So that’s it for me, for this month! Please join my co-host Donna (she lost the golf game but won at dinner!) and me in sharing what’s been on your plate lately!
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Rock on,
The WB
Looks good and how nice to have your own beans to eat.
It’s wonderful! I have beans in the freezer, beans that I have pickled, beans that I have given away, and still have fresh to eat every day 😁. Thank you 💕
Invented dishes from the contents of freezer, fridge and pantry are often the best!
This one turned out great! Thanks, Sheree 💕
Those beans are a thing of beauty.
They certainly are! Thanks, Bernadette 💕
What a great outcome Deb, looks delicious.
It was wonderful! Thanks, Debbie 💕
That looks wonderful. A delicious jarred sauce is a thing of beauty.
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I’ve been disappointed before so my expectations were low. But this one was truly great. Thanks, Rivergirl 💕
I like mango, I like curry, I like shrimp, I like beans. Sounds and looks like a winner to me.
Winner, winner, shrimp dinner! Thanks, Ally 💕
Looks good! I use a canned enchilada sauce and it’s wonderful. Sometimes they surprise you (and sometimes they don’t).
My experience has been mostly they don’t or it’s an unpleasant surprise. Thanks, Kate 💕
Mine too but every once in a while…
Hi Debs – I do make that sort of dish occasionally … but usually don’t have the garden veg around – but make do with good quality other ones. Looks good though – my August ones will be food x 4 or 5! Cheers Hilary
Thanks, Hilary 💕
Winner! Winner! I have no aversion to pre-made sauces. Anything that makes meal prep easier. I used a jarred VH sweet Thai chili sauce on a noodle bowl this week – orzo noodles, Italian sausage, carrots, kale. Delish. I preserved 6 qts of beans this week awa 5 pts of mustard beans. I need to pick the kale this morning. Love fresh garden produce.
Fresh from the garden is the best! Sounds like you have quite the garden. Thanks, Mona 💕
That looks so yummy! I picked up a couple of jars (cuz you can’t buy a single jar of anything at Costco) of Yai’s Thai Yellow Coconut Curry sauce the other day and it was pretty darn good. I don’t know if I can find the sauce you used in the U.S. but I’m going to look. As far as I’m concerned, tasty and easy is a clear winner!
That it IS, Janis! Thank you 💕
Hi, Deb – That dish looks awesome. Like other readers, I am all for tasty and easy — especially in summertime when the living is busy! 😀
It IS busy! She says, whilst drinking wine, eating popcorn, and chatting with Joanne on our balcony overlooking the Pacific 😉. Thanks, Donna 💕
Deb, my kind of meal – quick, easy to assemble and tasty.
Mine too! Thanks, Suzanne 💕
Looks delish! 😋😋
It was! Especially since I had skipped lunch 😁. Thanks, Natalie 💕
Looks good! – Marty
Thanks, Marty 💕
I love how you life changed after the move. Family, good food and lots of interesting places to hike with Bowser. You’re living the good life.
Thank you, Jean 💕 Trying to do what I can, while I still can!
Looks good, but those beans are the stars of the show… I’d be eating them straight from the garden.
Oh, that is happening too!!!! Thanks, Jo 💕
Looks delish, Deb! Sorry but nothing special from me as this is serious moving week. Catch as catch can meals – you know the drill! Coming next: trying to fit essentials into a too-small kitchen. The worst bit! But I’ve already got some Jamaican recipes & the library has a great book ready for me to pick up… so prep those taste buds for a report next time!
Looking forward to it, Del! Good luck with your move, and thanks for taking the time to comment 💕
Thanks, Deb & you’re welcome!
Hey Deb! It does look tasty…and I am NOT above making dinner with a little “help” now and then. While I don’t mind cooking for the most part, if there is more important and/or fun, exciting things to do I have no problem using the jar. Especially when you add a few fresh things in there. I think we all need to do “no stress cooking” when and if it is the best thing to do! ~Kathy
Absolutely, Kathy! Thanks 💕
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Summer is all about highlighting the garden produce and that’s what you’ve done. I think I’d take a copy of that recipe seems I have beans galore
I hope you love it as much as we did! Thanks, Bernie 💕
Spectacular culinary creation!
How do you get all those colours to stay so vibrant? and those beans from your garden? I am so envious!
Yes! From my garden. They get even greener when cooked! Thanks, Ju-Lyn 💕
Amazing! I envy your garden to table. Greener when cooked? My experience with fruit & veg is that they fade with the heat – wow!