Author Archives: cathyboettner

When we go to our favorite Greek/Italian recipe in town, you can pretty much count on my ordering a chicken souvlaki wrap with extra sauce and extra tomato. Now that we live even further out than before, I have come up with my own recipe. First gather your ingredients: fresh lemon, olive oil, cumin, garlicContinue reading “Great Grilling Recipe–Chicken (or Pork) Souvlaki”

I just remembered that I have a really cute table cloth with a major fifties vibe, and it is totally summery. I paired it with the pink and purple dahlias in small glass vases, a neat vintage covered casserole, Fiestaware serving pieces, Fiestaware turquoise dishes and aqua napkins. Really cute.

This is a very different look from what I normally do for the Memorial Day holiday weekend, but I needed to work with the colors of the flowers from the garden. I just love the verdigris frog and the ceramic fish (I got it at the Museum Center at 5ive Points in Cleveland, TN–I thinkContinue reading “Table Two from the Summer of Fun!”

If you have been following this blog for a while, you know that I love flowers and gardening. And what I love even more is flowers FROM the garden. My dahlias started blooming in earnest just in time for the Memorial Day weekend and I made a couple of arrangements with them. The first oneContinue reading “Floral Arrangements from the Garden!”

It is the start of the full-on grilling season. We are having pulled pork for Memorial Day, so I checked how much rub we had left–not enough. So I whipped up a batch of the one that I always make–I make an extra large batch so I have it on hand at all times. GatherContinue reading “Basic BBQ Rub”

My friend Liz asked me to figure out how to make a Lynchburg Lemonade years ago. Here is what I came up with (when I had less money and time): 1 part whiskey 1 part triple sec 2 parts sweet and sour mix 3 parts lemon-lime soda (I have since switched to Fresca) Combine allContinue reading “Drink for the Dock!”

Pineapple has been on sale at our Aldi for the past two weeks. I bought two more this week and plan to cube it up and soak it in Malibu Rum and Dark Rum, and serve it on skewers. Please pull us back to shore if you see us floating in the main channel! 2Continue reading “Boat Drinks on a Skewer”

We had pork tenderloin the other night and intentionally made extra so that we would have plenty to make Cuban sandwiches. Here’s how we make them: 1 lb. thinly sliced roasted pork–I prefer the loin or tenderloin for this purpose 1 lb. deli ham 16 slices cheese–Havarti, Gouda, or Emmenthaler Dill pickle slices (we useContinue reading “Cuban Sandwiches–a Family Favorite”

My college roommate and her husband visited us this weekend and we went out on a cocktail cruise on Saturday night. She suggested that we make French 75s to take along with us. We also brought some of the cheaty crostini, prosciutto, and cheese. We made a pitcher’s worth of them. Here are the proportionsContinue reading “Cocktail Cruise!”

I have been putting up patriotic bunting on my deck and dock for YEARS for the summer holidays, but somehow last year, people assumed that we were making a political statement and they assumed incorrectly. We were simply celebrating the holidays of the summer. So this year, I decided that we would put up colorfulContinue reading “Decorations for the SUMMER OF FUN!!”