Sylvia's Scenario

For Father's Day this year, we barbecued a pot roast in honor of my dad.  This was one of his summer specialties and one that was always my favorite.  He didn't have the recipe written down so I've been trying to figure out how to make the pot roast taste the way he made it.   He made his own barbecue sauce and then just let the pot roast slowly cook on the rotisserie barbecue all day.  It was a great way to spend a summer day in the backyard with a wonderful meal at the end of it all.  Here's a photo of one of those barbecues in 1989 with my dad holding Nick.  You can see the rotisserie turkey on the table which was another one of his specialities.   My dad passed away in 1993 but we would often have barbecues in his memory like we did in 2014 on his birthday during  Memorial Day  when we lived in Idaho.  I've been trying to duplicate his barbecued pot roast recipe and I finally came up with a sauce recipe that tast...

We had a lovely low-key Mother's Day this year due to our "stay-at-home" orders in our state for the coronavirus.  Thankfully, it was 86 degrees so we could sit outside and enjoy the warm evening.  Lauren came over and I marinated a pork tenderloin with my  teriyaki  marinade and then made this new Asian cabbage salad recipe. We all loved this recipe, especially the ginger peanut dressing. I got it from a blog called Well Plated by Erin  who blogs on healthy, wholesome, from-scratch recipes, the type of recipes I'm always eager to try out. I also loved this recipe because it is so colorful and full of all kinds of healthy vegetables. I'm trying to make recipes to keep our immune system strong so that includes eating lots of vegetables and this recipe certainly fits that category.  This could actually be a main dish salad by simply adding some grilled chicken breast to it.  I think I will try that next time.  It would also be good...

I will admit, this was a different kind of Easter but not necessarily food-wise.  We ate REAL good this year.  The sad part was not being able to share it with other's and partake in this wonderful time of year with my family.  I made my  Easter Bread  and divided it into two smaller loaves so I could take one over to Lauren, so I did get to share some of it, although I didn't get to see the shear joy on her face from eating it. That is probably my favorite part of cooking - watching other people eat it. Since we are all encouraged to wear masks now, we have three N95 masks that Bruce had in his car for when he visits construction sites.  I told Lauren I would bring one over to her on Saturday so I also decided to take her over a loaf of Easter bread while I was at it.  She was much appreciative and it was good to see each other.  We met outside her apartment building and then I waited while she took the bread up into her apartment.  The...