Relax, chat, and sip some iced tea!!

[Andi of Longmeadow Farm]

Come and relax in the Diabetic Forum! We are all about relaxing, chatting, and having an iced tea on the front porch! Let us know what you are cooking up on your next picnic, and share those delights!

So.....it's hot in the Northern Hemisphere, and a time when you take solace under a shade tree, porch, or pool. What is your healthy, (diabetic) picnic, or grilled food that is your "go-to" recipe? What would you like to make this month to stay cooled off"?

Here are some I have found and loved!!

Greek Pita Sandwich With Italian Dressing, #298530 by Pneuma


Open-Face Vegetable Sandwiches, Diabetic, #281581 by Annacia







If you have already played a tag game then you know how this works. If this is your first venture into the fun of recipe tagging let me tell you that it's easy, fun. All you do is find a recipe that you would like to make. Remember we are looking for healthy and healthy is very dependent upon individual needs and diet. You'll have until the end of the month to report back to us here in this thread. Thats all!

To tag please follow this format:
TAGGING FORM:
I want to remind everyone of the requested tagging form. Please include all on the following info when tagging and reporting.
Tagging:
Recipe-#xxxxxx #xxxxxx by Chef X's
(remember to add the recipe number a second time)
Reporting In:
Tagged
Recipe-#xxxxxx #xxxxxx by Chef X

Tagging will begin on July 1st and go through July 31st! The thread will remain open for a few days after that to give everyone a chance to wrap up their reviewing and completion reports. You are welcome to tag as many recipes as you can complete in the allotted time frame of this event.

Chat strongly encouraged

[Andi of Longmeadow Farm]

Andi
Baked Beets by Sugar Pea!
Ultra-Easy Chilled Cucumber Soup, #237389 by Jedley
Easy Deviled Eggs by GrandmaIsCooking
Peach and Mint Iced Tea by Dicentra
Chunky Blue Cheese Salad Dressing by Luby Luby Luby
Zucchini Bread by Joy1996


elmotoo
Ecuadorean Corn and Purple Potato Salad #416119 by loof
Frozen Raspberry Mousse #481327 by Boomette
Cold Indian Split Pea Soup #394566 by Sccuddlers
Dilled White Bean and Grape Tomato Salad #428248 by NurseJaney
Cold Cucumber Soup #155
Lavender Lemonade Tea - Hot or Iced #131597 by BecR
Blushing Rose Lemonade #187377 by Cynna
Herbal Lemon-Cucumber Water #462428 also by BecR
Strawberry Thyme Butter #122398 by lauralie41

FloridaNative
Three-Citrus Iced Green Tea (Art Smith) #340229 by ratherbeswimmin' #37779
Baked Seasoned Salmon #207872 by Sydney Mike

mama smurf
Shrimp Caesar Salad by rickoholic83
Perfect Pasta Salad: #27221 by Mrs. Jaye
Greek Tomato Salad #26076 by Sue Lau

Mia
Nif's Spaghetti With Mushrooms and Shrimp for Two #364753 by Nif
Spinach & Roquefort Salad #169739 by Susie D
Low Calorie Lemonade #6916 by Lauralie41


Paula
Fajitas - Arrachera - Grilled Skirt Steak by Mama's Kitchen (Hope)

pammyowl
Healthy Cucumber-Tomato Salad #28662 by Malriah
Boursin Stuffed Chicken Breasts With Raspberry Sauce, #50528 by HeatherFeather
Corn on the Cob in Husk for the Firepit.
Peach Custard Pie #166659 by ratherbeswimmin'
Rhubarb Lemonade #479013 by Mommy2two

Sharon123
Avocado "bacon" Sandwich!, #436785


Susie D
Honey Mustard Dressing #45529 by Audrey M
Quick Spicy Garden Mix Pickles (Refrigerator Method) #252952 by Sue Lau
The Realtor's Low Fat Thousand Island Dressing #403056 by Realtor by day, Chef by night
Pork and Vegetable Kabobs, #58397 by Mamie37
Roasted Eggplant (Aubergine) and Red Pepper #126688 by Phil Franco

Lauralie41
Yogurt Parfait by MizzNezz

[Andi of Longmeadow Farm]

HELLO!! Welcome to relaxation!!

Mia,
Paula,
and Andi!

[pammyowl]

I'm in! One question though. There were so many great sounding recipes in the My 3 Chefs game and the garden party one, can I use some of them?

I'll tag Healthy Cucumber-Tomato Salad Recipe# 28662 chef # Malriah
My # is 1706426

[Mia in Germany]

Good morning
It's anything but hot in my freckle of the world, but I'm all for relaxation!!

Pam, you can tag anything you want as long as it will make you relax

[pammyowl]

Mia, your freckle of the world? Love it! I am going to steal that saying, okay?

[Mia in Germany]

Do it

[PaulaG]

Good mornoing all! Not sipping iced tea but will soon enough. It has been so blistering around these parts and still no rain to speak of. Saturday DH and I ran out side and danced in the back yard while it sprinkled. That was the first rain in I can't tell you when.

[Mia in Germany]

Hi Paula
I'm definitely dreaming of some more warmth here, but what you tell about your place sounds horrible Wish I could send you some of our rain!
Try to stay cool!

[PaulaG]

Thank you Mia. The desert isn't horrible and does hold a certain beauty. I have lived in many parts of the country and have decided that the good is there is you only look. The last couple of years have been unusual. We are entering the monsoon season and hope to have some rain in the next few weeks. Fingers crossed.

[Mia in Germany]

Glad to hear I'm praying for you to get rain during monsoon season. Actually I didn't mean that the desert is horrible - I've watched the movie The Living Desert as a kid and was totally fascinated. I just imagine that suffering from drought must be quite horrible. Maybe it's just because my DH already starts suffering when the temperature surpasses 77 degrees F

[Elmotoo]

Ahhhhh....just this morning I made iced tea....put 8t REALLY FABULOUS green spring oolong loose tea in a 2Q pitcher, added 8c boiling water, let stand until cooled/steeped & stuck it in the fridge. The top has a strainer so I left the tea in. And I can just add more hot water to re-steep!

[PaulaG]

Mia, I understand. Your DH would have a terrible time here. The temps so far in June have been in the upper 90's and low 100's. Early July is our monsoon and then the temps start cooling off some.

Bethie, I'm making sun tea. I have the tea bags in the pitcher filled with filtered water. In a couple of hours a freshly pitcher of brewed tea will be ready to enjoy over ice.

[Andi of Longmeadow Farm]

Sorry you all....with no power (we have a stand alone generator) we've been up a creek, thank goodness for the generator. It's hit well into the 100''s since last Friday, and the storm has left 1 million people (in Maryland) without power. My son and DIL are camping at our house....and have had to cool the horses off with a hose.

Looks like we are relaxing, chatting, and sipping the iced tea Bethie mentioned. I think I might have some of that tea in the cupboard, so I might make some today

Paula, so sorry to hear of the rain situation. that really sucks, and I hope you get more the a little shower in the next weeks.

Mia, you mean it's not hot there? I'm amazed! I'm glad it stays cooler for your DH, and I pray a nice summer for you!

Well off to clean stalls, cut grass, and .....and...and.....be back later, have a great day!

[PaulaG]

Andi, I have heard about the power outage. That is awful! Hope you back up and running soon.