As it turned out, most of the kids didn't make it, but Lydia and the two oldest grandkids DID! We played croquet in between rain showers. I won - but only because we didn't have enough balls and I had to partner with my husband, who is very good at croquet.
I always lose, you see.
But the food was a winner: Chicken Panini and a salad. Now that's easy.
I cooked chicken breasts on my grill pan.
Then I made some secret sauce. But I'll tell you what was in it.
Remember that apricot brandy I made last Fall? Remember that I couldn't bear to throw out the brandy-infused apricots? So I froze them. Those apricots were the base for yesterday's sauce, after I put them through the food processor:
Then I simply added mayonnaise and Dijon mustard and stirred well:
I bought some flat bread for the sandwiches, added cheese, onion slices, and lettuce, then grilled them in my waffle iron:
Even better (or just as good, anyway) were the Alfajores for dessert. These Peruvian cookies are made with lots of cornstarch, so they're a little weird. The filling is caramelized sweetened condensed milk. The recipe was in the newspaper last weekend and I thought they sounded good.
They were. Easy to eat a lot of those things.
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