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Roy's Hawaiian - Baltimore Restaurant Week

 This week is Baltimore's Restaurant Week.  All the participating restaurants have pre fixe menus that include an appetizer, entree and dessert for $30...pretty good deal especially for the higher end restaurants.  We have two reservations this week - one at Roy's Hawaiian, and Asian Fusion seafood place and then tomorrow night we are going to Flemings, a Baltimore steakhouse. 

Roy's was absolutely incredible.  I had a Pacific Blue Marlin called Kajiki and it was just amazing.  I am not a fish person and this fish was phenomenal.  It was a white fish and very mild.  It was served with this green "jade" sauce with some stir fry vegetables and rice. 

Tomorrow night we'll wait and see if Flemings is just as yummy!

delicious roasted red pepper cream sauce

tonight i made roasted red pepper cream sauce.  it took awhile, but it was worth it.  we had it with some fresh tortellini.  it was fabulous.  here is the recipe:

1.  roast 3 red peppers.  they roast better if you quarter them.  let the peppers cool in a bag and then take the skin off.
2.  chop up the red peppers and cook with 3 TB EVOO, 2 TB chopped garlic and 1/4 c fresh basil.  let this simmer for 10 minutes - it should smell delish.
3.  take this concoction and process it in the food processor until it is good and blended.
4.  return it to the skillet and stir in 2 c of half/half and a 1/4 c of romano.
5.  add in 4 TB butter.  melt butter and simmer for about 5 min.

serve over tortellini, ravioli or any type of pasta.  it was way good.  sorry, it was gone before i thought to take a pic.

green thumb that hopefully will turn red soon

inspired by my parents tomato plants, tony and i decided to start up a couple of our own.  we have been watering faithfully and have several tomatoes but they are all still green.  hopefully in a couple more weeks we'll have some tasty red ones for our salads and sauces :)

the boat parade

while we were waiting for the fireworks...lots of boats passed by on the Potomac on their way to the show.  here are a couple that we thought were interesting...

We had front row seats!

4th of July in DC

For the 4th of July, Tony and I went down to DC to watch the fireworks from Bolling Air Force base.  There was hardly anyone there!  Here are some pics we took of the show.  It was fabulous - although the weather wasn't cooperating.  We got rained on a couple of times - but it was worth it!

calla lily in bloom

a colleague and friend of ours bought us some calla lily bulbs as a housewarming gift.  they are blooming and beautiful! 

4th of July

in honor of our independence we bought and hung a flag. 

dog sitting

this week we are dogsitting my brother-in-law's boxer, sammy.  i think that once you have two dogs, adding more isn't that big of a deal.  but it is a big difference to have a 70-80 lb boxer bounding around - compared to newman and riley she definitely is a little bigger.  but she is really sweet.  here a a few pics of her, newman and riley clowing around.