Grilled shrimp and grilled fennel over orzo with lemon, basil and olive oil.

Fancy mac 'n cheese would be cacio e pepe. This looks like mac 'n cheese with fried chicken. :D

Speaking of ice cream, I've recently discovered Tillamook. I've enjoyed their cheese but had never tried the ice cream. My goodness, that is outstanding ice cream for a non super premium brand. So far, I've had vanilla, strawberry and today we bought Malted Moo Shake (vanilla malt flavor with chocolate chunks). Tonights dessert. So delicious and creamy.

I’ve been eating the Tillamook ice cream for 7 years or so. They had some sort of berry flavor, maybe Huckleberry, that was my favorite. I haven’t had any lately, I think they have to fight for freezer space at retailers. Dreyers and Breyers are always featured on alternate weeks.

i get their medium cheddar bricks for our child - I’ve definitely seen their ice cream and butter at Safeway (Albertsons).

yay for the ice cream - I can’t recall if I’ve had it! I first saw the name around 2013 on the Wise Sons menu.

:D No fried chicken--baked chicken. :) And, minimal cheese, other than on the chicken. :D

Breyers and Dreyers are decent ice creams. Tillamook is a whole different level. I was at Albertson's yesterday. They had 10-12 different flavors. Marionberry pie was one of them. I was tempted.

I was in line for a cashier today at Ralph's...the line to wait conveniently runs right in front of the ice cream case. :eek:
On an impulse I bought a pint of KROGER brand Brown Butter Bourbon Truffle ice cream (on sale $1.99). Don't laugh...it is really, really good. I would absolutely buy it again. Big chunks of truffles and super creamy with lots of brown butter carmely stuff. I am very impressed. Private Selections brand. You're welcome.

I've had it and it is good. As a matter of fact, I think Kroger vanilla/vanilla bean/French vanilla are decent too and find them comparable to Dreyer's or Breyer's.

I eat a lot of ice cream. When I was a kid, my uncle worked for Beatrice Foods (Meadow Gold), selling ice cream. He would always bring it to us when he was in town (he supplied my other uncle's grocery store a block away). A day seldom goes by that I don't have a dish, an ice cream novelty or some other dessert a la mode.

My dad used to have a bowl of ice cream every night before bed. I too love ice cream....love it. but I can easily pack on the pounds so only once or twice a week.
It is good, isn't it? And they had some really yummy flavors to pick from .....vanilla would have been good with the big package of strawberries that I bought. Good to know about that one.

A guilty pleasure (don't judge :D) :

Beef Lil' Smokies encased in canned crescent roll dough.

Cheeseburger sliders on roll-ppang
grilled salmon in foil
grilled carrots in foil
bruschetta with heirlooms
oven-baked fries

no idea if I’ll have ice cream or fruit for dessert...

Salad
grilled corn on the cob rolled in toasted panko
grilled salmon with an herb lemon sauce
grilled scallions
Trying not to go have more of that yummy ice cream i bought today.

That is some light and airy ice cream when you have to store it _under_ a shelf!

David

Here in South Florida, Dreyer's=Edy's

One of the Better Store Brands is Publix when it comes to Ice Cream in tubs. But I like the Edy's brand as well as Haagan Daaz especially the Chocolate Chip varieties like Vanilla, Chocolate and Mint Chocolate.

But I prefer the Novelties like Cones, Cookies, and Toffee Bars no matter the brand.

Smokey pigs in a blanket! Sounds yummy.