Summer love

Summer love in this case is summer food. Now that summer has finally arrived here in Germany, it is time to change the meal plan and stop thinking about casseroles and hot ovens.

And start thinking about lovely things like icebox pies.

That is the peanut butter pie from the Tale of the Whale restaurant at the Outer Banks in NC (also known as "Heaven on Earth"). Whipped cream, peanut butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, all in a chocolote crumb crust.

Calories?  never hear of them......

In the summer one can grill, too.  Fortunately I have a husband who loves to grill and who loves his gas grill.  I found a recipe for  Garlic Balsamico Pork Chops.

First they marinate, as above.  And this is how they look when they are done:

That recipe is definitely to be added to the family recipe book.

And the fun continues:

That's going to be dinner tonight..... at least the first course.

What else is going on? Work, work, work.  We have survived the Tour de France, now the Olympics are upon us, to be followed directly by the Vuelta a Espana.  Whew.

No vacation for us this summer.  Norbert's firm has so much work that he doesn't see clear to taking more than a day off, maybe.  On the other hand, it is much better that the firm has work than that it doesn't, right?

And we still LOVE our new kitchen. It is not only gorgeous but totally practical, what more could you ask?

Susan