Nibbles of Tidbits, a Food Blog

It’s the simple things in life, like when and where — Enjoy it All Summer Long (and always).

Snapshots of Summer in America — Thanks (again and again) to those who paved the way.

We grew these Grapes (above) and will report more about ’em later.

Free to cut or sledgehammer a Watermelon, if we so choose.

Pink Lemonade near the pool.

Sipping Whiskey out of the bottle, not thinking about tomorrow — Okay, it was Pina Coladas.

Singing sweet home USA all summer long…

Corn on the Cob with Oil, Butter, Garlic and Herbs wrapped in foil.

Potato Salad with never too much Mayo — The only way to have it (or none is fine too).

Celebrate America Cupcakes anytime.

Pasta Salad — Add a lot of Italian Dressing.  If unsure, add more.  Better more, than less.

Star Spangled Cupcake.

Water Balloons ready for a fight — Unfortunately had to put away the camera for it.

Maggie (below) ready to catch BBQ area leftovers.

Oh, how we thought those days would never end…

We appreciate Summer days, grilled Chicken and having fun — All should happen often.

The pictured Chicken is reported to rival my family’s special recipe.

Providing IDEAS — Summer Salads with Strawberries and Cashews.

Strawberry Lemonade.

Homemade Hummus with Pita Bread.

Swimming.

A Water Balloon Fight — Enlarge the above photos for a better view.

The aforementioned Chicken this day was prepared with a Dry Rub by our friend David.

And then a Mop Sauce that’s applied to the Chicken while grilling.

He’s been making the recipe years and got it out of a BBQ cookbook to be linked here soon.

Food Tents help keep the bugs off.

The kids loved the Oreo Cheesecake Lollipops that were handed out this day.

Any Cookies will do.

My contribution was a Chocolate Cake with a Cream Cheese Frosting and Raspberries.

Some of the best memories are made during Summer Pool Parties or near the ocean.

It’s a doctored up Red Velvet Cake from a mix — I added a box of Chocolate Pudding Mix, Vanilla Extract and Orange Juice in place of Water.  And the Glaze was made with Pineapple Juice and Powdered Sugar.  I hope it tastes good, since it’s on its way to a 4th of July Pool Party.  We’ll report back.  Happy 4th to YOU and God Bless America.

UPDATE:  By the time the Cake was cut, I was busy swimming in the pool in my dress, HA.  I’m told it was good, but unfortunately didn’t get a photo of its beautiful color.