Simple but Tasty

We are leaving tomorrow morning for South Carolina.  We have a 6:00 AM flight.  We need to be at the airport at 5:00 AM which means we need to leave home at 4:15 AM.  UGH!!  I think that means we need to get up at 3;15 AM.  The things I will do to get free tickets!  That was the only way we could go for 25,000 miles each, but what the heck, we're retired.  We will go to bed tonight at around 8:00 PM.  If there was ever a night when we needed a simple but tasty dinner it was tonight.  Here was what I came up with.

A simple salad of fresh greens, with home-grown tomatoes and toasted pumpkin seeds, dressed with garlic vinaigrette, parsley new potatoes and grilled filet mignon.  The entire menu took less than 20 minutes to prepare and another twenty minutes to cook.  The result was restaurant quality.  You don't always need to spend hours on prep to have a result that is delicious and beautiful.  I think everyone who reads this post can come up with a similar meal, so I won't bother to post recipes. 

I am really excited to get to the low country.  We will get to see our son and daughter-in -law, as well as our beautiful two and a half year old grandson Shane. We will also get to have some of the best fresh seafood in  the country.  I plan to eat fish and shrimp and maybe even some May River oysters. I promise I will take some pictures and Blog about all of the great seafood.  This is just a quick trip and I will be back on line shortly.