Summer Solstice

Of course it's important to stay hydrated when it's hot out. To celebrate the longest day of the year I uncorked a bottle of Summer Solstice from Turtle Run Winery (Corydon, IN). Quite tasty and refreshing on this long, humid day.

This is the peapod and seafood stirfry I did. Garden onions satueed with garlic, add the seafood medly mix from Trader Joes (a frozen bag of raw shrimp, bay scallops, and rings of calamari), toss in peapods and add a bit of stir-fry sauce and voila! Super yummy.

And here's the Thai salad Phil made for himself yesterday... he spoke highly of this, and it looks and sounds really great. He compared it to nachos... every bite is different from the previous. One bite is lime-cucumber, the next bite is chicken-sesame-celery, etc. Looks like a great summer meal!

Yam Gai

4 inches of cucumber

2 skinless chicken breasts

3 small celery stalks (finely sliced)

3 Scallions thickly sliced

2 tablespoons Thai fish sauce

2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice

3 red or small green chilies thinly sliced

1 tablespoon fresh mint finely chopped

2 tablespoons sesame seeds

2 tablespoons sesame oil

cut the cucumber in half and scrape out the seeds, cut crosswise and then cut each piece into matchsticks

poach the chicken breasts then shred then add all the ingredients and mix. Mix all liquid ingredients prior to adding into the bowl.