I wanted to add more protein than the cheese offered.

LA SALADE SHARON

I LOVE AOC...I am so jealous. And that patio is lovely. Wonderful dinner.

Tonight--grilled chicken thighs with pineapple salsa
broccoli & cauliflower with cheese and hatch chilies
the above pictured salad--arugula with blueberries, goat cheese, and grilled peaches (recipe courtesy of Sharon, hence the name)

OMG - looks great! Yum!!!! Well done corky!!!

Email I sent to corky when she asked in a dif thread re: recipe.

"Grilled peach, blueberry, goat cheese & arugula salad (recipe in link)

https://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/g...arugula-salad/

Corky, this recipe is fabulous! I got rave reviews by friends when I made this for monthly get-together (pre C-19 days) & it's good the next day as well, even w/ dressing already on it.

The only 'tip' I would give is grill the peaches more in advance of serving the salad, as the peaches need to be at room temp when slicing & after grilling it takes a long while for them to cool down.

I also made a bit more quantity of the dressing than in the recipe. You could also use feta instead of the goat cheese; both work well. I like both goat & feta cheese. My friends preferred feta, so the time I made it for them I used feta.

If you added grilled chicken to this, it would make a nice entree salad. Or even w/o chicken it's a good entree or side salad."

BTW folks - it's blueberry/peach season in MI, so I anticipate making this salad a few times in the next couple of weeks

PS - I didn't know this thread existed. Time to check it out! Well check it out tomorrow. As I mentioned to corky when she gave me the heads up to check out the photo, I just worked 33 of 48 hours & have to be back at work in 7 hours. I'm exhausted. But I think next few days will be 'normal', so hopefully no take-out & cook something instead.

We were seated in the new "west" patio, the former parking lot. Not quite as nice as their original one, but they did a great job.

This photo was taken shortly after we sat down, to allay my MD daughter's concern about dining out in Los Angeles. All the table were full about half an hour later.


And my Christiaan’s G & T

well you are definitely well spaced. Does that mean the pretty other one with ivy covered fireplace isn't open?
I am glad to hear they are still drawing a crowd though!

Both patios are open. I guess I'm not an A lister, so we ended up in the new one; next time I'll invite obscure2k to join us . This one has a large potted manzanita tree in the middle. It was perfectly fine and we had great and attentive service.

Here is a picture from their Facebook page:

Yeah, if only you were an A-lister like me. Lol

Salad looks great. We�ve have a couple variations of something similar the last few weeks. One version is virtually identical just with chicken added. Other is going more of a caprese style salad and doing grilled peaches, mozzarella, tomatoes (and chicken for me, my wife usually goes sans chicken).

Hard to beat anything that includes grilled peaches

I had salmon over spinach salad with an avocado lime dressing.

Tandoori chicken on the bbq, with a bit of macadamia smoke, rice and salad.

Tonight it will be grilled Flatiron steak with a basil salsa, fork mashed Cornish earlies and a rocket salad.

That looks excellent, but one quibble - where's the dhal?

Steak cooked in a cast iron skillet with rosemary and garlic, a mixed salad on the side with chunky blue cheese dressing, and a couple of glasses of a very nice dolcetto d'Alba.

Tell me about macadamia smoke .....

Tonight's dinner is going to be ice cream, not because I have a bunch of ice cream in the freezer, but because a local non-profit is hosting an ice cream walk as a fundraiser.

Tonight - duck nachos and a salad. Still deciding on the cheese sauce. Usually use a brie but we have some odds and ends I want to use up. Thinking about using buttermilk and a roux with some combination of goat cheese, cream cheese, ricotta, mozzarella, blue.

Hard to screw up duck nachos - just have to be careful with the amount of blue I think.