Tomato Sandwiches! Pure Simplicity!

Oh my sweet goodness, just take a look at this completely, utterly BEAUTIFUL, perfect tomato! Talk about a simple blessing! It is these kinds of little things that just get me so excited and JAZZED.
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The FIRST thing that I do with our tomatoes is SIMPLY slice, sprinkle with salt and pepper and EAT one JUST AS IT IS! Savor it, taste the sweetness and savory-ness that blend in a fresh tomato! So what else can you SIMPLY do with a fresh 'mater? Toast some great white (yea, white) bread, slop on some Miracle Whip (not mayonnaise, because M.W. is more sweet and tangy), and then layer on super thick slices of the tomatoes . . . don't forget your salt and pepper to taste. SHEER BLISS! Look at this:
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Or one can always fix up a traditional BLT (Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato) sandwich -- cook up some extra thick smoked bacon, add some crisp lettuce, layer on some Miracle Whip on two toasted pieces of white bread

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Well, this is making me hungry and so I'm just going to go out on the deck and enjoy a beautiful summer afternoon on the acreage! Pin It

A Simple Egg Salad Sandwich ~ ~ And Superb!

I was in the mood for a simple egg salad sandwich lately. So W.D. and I whipped up the following recipe, which both of us agreed is as good as any recipe can get. There are hundreds of recipes for egg salad that are published and/or handed down through families. Who knows where the original recipe came from in order to give tribute to, since there are so many recipes that are each so similar, except for a little of this and a little of that. You can easily jazz up egg salad with avocados, bacon, curry powder, sweet pickle relish, or pimento stuffed green olives (which is how W.D. made his 1/2 of the batch!). It is a basic recipe that can become very creative, unique, and still delicious! I put fresh chives in this recipe because I have an overflow of chives in the garden, as well as lettuce that needs to be used up right away.

This may not be gourmet, but we eat very simply here on the acreage quite a bit . . . even more so than eating fancy and fussy meals due to the small amount of time we have to cook while juggling our jobs.

If you like egg salad, you'll enjoy this!


Old Fashioned Egg Salad Sandwich ~ ~ And Superb!
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9 jumbo eggs
1/2 - 1 cup diced celery, I use the leaves too!
1/2 medium sweet onion, finely diced (Vidalia or Maui)
3 jumbo/collosal pimento-stuffed green olives, diced (optional)
6 long stems of fresh chives, finely diced (or dill or tarragon)
1/2 - 3/4 cups of mayonnaise (we use Miracle Whip)
1 Tbsp. Dijon mustard
1/4 tsp. paprika
Freshly cracked salt and pepper to taste.
Fresh white bread (I like Pepperidge Farm Buttermilk bread)
Lettuce leaves (variety of your choice)

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Gently place eggs in a medium pot.

Fill with water.
Bring to a boil.
Boil for 10 minutes only.
One by one, crack eggs and run (individually) under cold running water while peeling off the shell.
Cool eggs in sealed container or plastic bag in frig.
Chop/dice all eggs, celery, onion, chives, and green olives. Blend.
Gently mix in mayonnaise, mustard, paprika, salt and pepper.
Serve with lettuce on very fresh, soft white bread for a sandwich or on a bed of lettuce for a salad.

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4th of July Boating Out On The Lake!

HAPPY 4th of JULY!

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!!!!!!

. Cruising along on the lake on a gorgeous afternoon, with the Stars and Stripes waving!

Getting ready to put the boat in at a beautiful state park.

W.D. driving carefully on a glassy surface lake.

A shot of this peaceful lake.

'Hanging 10' over side of the boat during our cruise.

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In our family, we spend The 4th of July on the lake cruising around in our boat. Sometimes we'll ski or tube, but most of the time, we just chill with a picnic lunch and icy cold beverages. We turn on some tunes and crank up the volume and just let our cares go by. This holiday was perfect weather in the low 80's (I can't remember the last time we celebrated the 4th with this low temperature!).

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If fireworks are going off on the lake that we're boating on, we'll watch the show, but lately W.D. and I are just as happy to stay home, watch some baseball, and then end the night with popping some popcorn and watching our favorite Boston Pops celebration and fireworks on the tube.

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Hope you all have a wonderful holiday. And may God bless this awesome America that we are so blessed to live in.

An absolutely perfect, beautiful 'Carolina blue' sky!!!
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