Memorial Day Burger Cook-Off

For Memorial Day we held our 2nd Annual Burger Contest. My dad's burgers won, you can find the recipe below.

Bob's Grecian Burger, Two Ways
With aoili sauce:

1 c Greek yogurt
1/2 lemon squeezed for juice
1/4 red onion chopped fine
1 t sugar
mint and parsley leaves, chopped fine

Mix together, refrigerate

Mint Pesto sauce:

Mint and parsley
Minced garlic
Finely chopped red onion
Walnuts
Lemon juice
Olive oil

Chop together in a small chopper, streaming in olive oil until thick.

Grill burgers with salt and pepper.   Dress the burgers with goat cheese and either the pesto or the aoili sauce.

I love this picture of our little beggar. He loved the burgers just as much as we did!

The day was beautiful for sitting outside, relaxing, and enjoying some good ole burgers.

Pleasant Green Tour

Last semester Eric went to this beautiful historic home as part of one of his classes. Enjoy the pictures.

First Day of Summer

Today is the first day of Summer, so I created a list of things to do before the Fall. Perfect things to do with the warm and sunny Summer weather!

Summer Fun

A list of things to do before September 22 (the first day of Fall):

1. Go to a baseball game

2. Take a boat ride

3. Visit a farm

4. Visit the zoo

5. Make homemade ice cream

6. Go swimming

7. Pick my own berries