Its a good day to eat!

Summer is here, kids are home from school, and there will be plenty of opportunities to have friends and family over for meals, picnics and barbecues this season. This blog has been designed to help you make the best meals possible and dazzle your compadres. I, Becky Thompson, Brooke Shorey, Jim Raab and Alexis Jaeger will be contributing at least one recipe a week on a rotating basis. The only requirements I ask of all the contributors are that 1) They are simple to make with ingredients from around the house, and 2) They have made this recipe themselves and can attest to its delectableness.

Each of us will bring our own unique personal pilosophies, flavors and textures to the well, plate. Some of us believe that saturated fats are what our bodies really need for health. Other believe that lean or no fat foods are the only way to go. Whatever the case, you can be sure that we all agree that bringing our love for food to the blog will bring joy to your table!

True, this is a "club", but also true, anyone can "join". All you have to do to join is try our recipes for yourself -and let us know what you think! And be sure to click on the button on the right to follow us and get sent a notification when there is a new update.

For our first recipe to kick off, we will start with one of my favorite recipes: Grilled Salmon ala Gregarious.

8oz of *wild, not farmed raised, salmon per person eating. Heat grill to at least 500 degrees. Using olive oil, oil both sides with a brush. On the meat side, sprinkle liberal amouts of garlic, basil and tarragon. Spritz copious amoints of fresh lemon all over. Then for the Gregarious part, sprinkle generous amounts of brown sugar from tip to toe of each portion. Grill skin side down for 8-10 minutes. You will know it is done when you stick a fork in, and the meat crinkles.

Serve with grilled yellow and green zuchini, and follow with fresh +organic peaches, and voila! Bon Apetit!

* Why Wild Caught over farm raised? With farm raised, food is going into the salmon that was never intended to including its own feces, food for color enhancement, etc. Wild salmon are living on the food God created for them to eat, so you know you are getting the best quality from the bottom of the food chain on up.

+ Organic. Please, by all means, eat organic fruits and vegetables whenever you can. There are is an avalanche of evidence of pesticides being linked to a host of problems in adults and in kids,
including possibly birth defects, brain damage, ADHD in kids, etc. Eat what God gave us as God intended, and you will be safer, and your tastebuds will thank you too!

Feel free to comment away! And again, welcome!