This weekend was a glorious one for sure, filled with great food and amazing friends. And even a little bit of sunshine on Saturday, a rarity of late here in Massachusetts!
I got to spend part of it helping some wonderful friends move out of their little house which I've grown to love over the last year they've lived there. They graciously let me crash there for a few months last summer while I was in between homes and I immediately fell in love with their huge front porch, adorable kitchen, and how much FUN they had in that place. It was sad to say goodbye, but at least it was only to the house, not to them! We kicked off our celebratory weekend with my first grilling session of the season. Mostly I just held the umbrella for my grill mate when it started pouring mid grill, but still. . . We were rewarded with some delicious steak and veggies! topped off with some daiquiris and Trader Joe's berry crumble pie with french vanilla ice cream. Talk about delicious!
Not to be outdone, some girlfriends in Boston traipsed over to my place Sunday upon my arrival back in Btown for some stir fry and girl talk (my fav!). We threw together this amazing mango chicken stir fry that was such a treat. Check out the recipe here if you are in the mood for a summer fresh stir fry (note:: because we all love it so much, we added about double the amount of ginger, and it was to DIE for). The recipes a great start, but we definitely added the herbs and spices to our taste. And using different kinds of mango really ratcheted up the complexity of the dish. It's definitely a keeper!
One of my favorite things is getting in the kitchen and experimenting with recipes with lots of wine and goods friends to chat with. Do weekends get any better than this? Next up we're thinking of having some fun with fish. yumm!
so many beautiful friends in one weekend. I'm so blessed!
yummm I love mango in stir fry. I just made one tonight with chicken and we put mandarin oranges and sunflower seeds in it. so good!
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