HOT HOT HOT!

Summer is here! Wow, a scorcher today!
I am glad we BBQ'd a lot of different foods on Friday. There is no need to heat the oven and make the house any hotter than it needs to be today.
I made my famous hamburger recipe only I used ground turkey instead of beef. They were moister than if we just made them plain. We also made Lemon Herb chicken and Garlic Herb Chicken. These were extremely moist and tasty. We had the Chicken Saturday and Sunday and they were still moist! I cut up a Sweet Potato and broiled them in the toaster over with Rosemary and Olive Oil. We have some great toaster oven recipes. In summer, it makes a big difference in the temperature of the house.
Saturday was a beautiful day. We headed to the beach (Robert Moses State Park). We waited over half hour to get in to the parking lot. It was worth every minute. We had our relaxing 2.5 mile walk along the beach. Although, I did not use sunblock and got a slight sun burn!
Sunday was Pride Day in Huntington. Fortunately, we were able to find a spot along the parade route under some trees. It was so much cooler. After the parade, we set up a picnic with a group of friends at the Hecksher Park. There was food, entertainment and booths for vendors and various information. We had our cold tomato and cucumber salad, homemade guacamole and tortilla chips, ham sandwich and cinnamon coffee cakes I had made.
It was a lot of fun even in the heat of the day. The entertainment was various acts, the highlight was Maxine Nightingale singing some old time disco songs. That is my favorite type of music. I could tell by the clouds and heat of the day that we would be hit with some storms, so we started to head home for the day.
After we arrived home and at, we had some strong thunderstorms, and now we are in for a hot and steamy night ahead.
We are looking forward to more wonderful weather in the week ahead.