Welcome to Full Plate Thursday, 647 and our week for the Top Ten Features from last weeks party. We will be celebrating the 4th of July this coming week so the cottage is all a buzz. We are planning our annual 4th of July cook-out and celebration, looking forward to spending time with friends and family! I sure am excited to see you today and can't wait to see what you will be sharing with us. Come on in the party and enjoy yourself, we saved you a place at the table.  Each week, we share the features on our special board on Pinterest and some of your post I share on my  Whats For Dinner Next Week .  Thanks so much for coming to the party today and enjoy your 4th of July!

We love being in the great outdoors and grilling a nice steak. Our grilled balsamic sirloin with BBQ sauce recipe is one of our favorites. We make up the sauce and brush it all over the steak and let it marinate for a while. Then we put it on a hot grill and enjoy a ice cold glass of tea while it is cooking. When it is just the right internal temperature for our liking then it is on the platter with a side of the sauce. This steak is delicious and has an amazing balsamic flavor. We love the sauce and use it with many other cuts of meat, including chicken.

Summer is in full swing here and I just love making meal plans around the outdoor grill and fresh garden vegetables. We have had a fantastic garden harvest so we have lots of fresh veggies to use on our meal plan. We have had high temperatures that usually don't come until later in the year, which keeps us in doors under the cool air in the afternoon, but come evening we are back out and grilling is one of our favorite ways to prepare summer meals.

  Welcome to Full Plate Thursday, and the "summer heat"! Come on back to the cool screen porch. We have some ice cold  Peach Fizz  waiting for you. We are presenting some great features from some very talented bloggers today and hope that you will stop by and visit with them.  Each week, we share the features on our special board on Pinterest and some of your post I share on my  Whats For Dinner Next Week  .Thanks so much for coming to the party today and we can't wait to see what yo will be sharing with us. Come on in and enjoy yourself, we have saved you a place at the table!

Our recipe for antipasti salad is a very delicious blend of great ingredients and seasons. This salad recipe has been in our family for a very long time and depending on what is  in the refrigerator the recipe may change from time to time. This is a great salad to have in the refrigerator on a hot summers day and is great served as a lunch or supper meal. We  have taken this salad to many a pot luck dinner or picnic and it is always a hit.

  What a fun time of the year to honor the Dad's in our life. It is always a fun time to honor the amazing Dad's that help to make everyday life so special! We have been having a bumper harvest from our garden this year. We have had some wonderful rain that has really made the difference in our production. We are going to be doing a little canning very soon as the harvest increases.    I am trying to be budget conscious right now, as some products are  just priced out of reach. The farmers meat markets are a great source for fresh chickens and other meat products. Our very best wishes to all the wonderful Dad's, who give so much everyday to the well being of their families, you are the greatest,   we honor you today!  

  Welcome to a Fathers Day Edition of Full Plate Thursday, 645! I am so excited to see you and hope you are planning some kind of special celebration for the Dad in your life. The Dad in your life maybe your very own Dad, a friend, or maybe the father of your own children. We all know some great Dad's out there and I sure hope all of you have a very special Fathers Day!  Each week, we share the features on our special board on Pinterest and some of your post I share on my  Whats For Dinner Next Week,  Thanks so much for coming to the party today and we can't wait to see what yo will be sharing with us. Come on in and enjoy yourself, we have saved you a place at the table!

  From the garden to the table this Roasted Vegetable Ziti Bake is a recipe worth putting on a meal plan. This ziti bake is absolutely delicious and will have your friends and family coming back for seconds. The fresh garden vegetables are roasted, then mixed with pasta and marinara then layered with a blend of cheeses. Next it is into the oven and baked to perfection. We are on our screen porch overlooking the vegetable garden and enjoying it today as a main dish although it is a great side. It has recently been a big hit at a covered dish dinner, and particularly with my husband! 

Good morning everyone, I have come out on the screen porch early, before it gets to hot. It is a great space to sit with my morning coffee, looking out over the garden and making some awesome meal plans that are making me hungry. I have been going through some of my summer recipes and can't wait to make some of them in the next week. We are so excited  to be harvesting green beans, they are delicious and  I am sure will find their way onto a meal plan this week. Meal plans help me in so many ways of staying organized giving me more time to spend with family and friends like you!

I am so happy to see you here today and to share this awesome party with all of you! We have been so busy in our yard and gardens for the past week. We had our first green bean harvest this past week, oh my those green beans were delicious. It is really good to sit down for a little bit and enjoy all the wonderful links that you will be bringing to the party today.  Each week, we share the features on our special board on Pinterest and some of your post I share on my  Whats For Dinner Next Week  meal plan.  Thanks so much for coming to the party today, we have saved you a seat and can't wait to see what you are sharing.

We are Tex-Mex lovers here at the cottage and we love our tacos. The filling for these taco's is just delicious and takes no time to have them on the table. A great time saving recipe for any occasion to feed a few or a large group.  Our Salsa Chicken Taco recipe is so versatile that we have used the filling with other tortillas and lettuce wrap. The filling recipe freezes well for up to 3 months, a great recipe to have on hand for that busy day.

  Hello everyone, June is a perfect time of the year to plan some awesome meals and really get into the swing of summer. We were at the Farmers Market earlier this week and they are just loaded with fresh fruits and vegetables, my taste buds were having so much fun! Our garden is doing really well now and we will be picking green beans this weekend. They are going to  be delicious with one of my favorite recipes. I am enjoying my screen porch this morning and sipping on a little sweet tea, of course!

  Welcome to Full Plate Thursday, 643 and a big welcome to June! A fun month not to hot, not to cool, great weather and everything is green and lush from the spring rains. We enjoyed the Memorial Day Weekend and the unofficial opening of summer here at the lake and lots of folks were here enjoy it. We did have a great party here at Full Plate last Thursday and it sure is good to see you here today. Each week, we share the features on our special board on Pinterest and some of your post I share on my  Whats For Dinner Next Week . Thanks so much for coming to the party today, we have saved you a seat and can't wait to see what you are sharing.