Or Just Enjoying Life
July 4, 2020
Just enjoying the free time away from the daily COVID19 headlines and trying to do pleasurable things instead. It being a beautiful July Saturday afternoon, I decided to make some salads to go with BBQ steaks for supper, washed down with copious amounts of Sangria and then later on curl up with my husband to watch a movie on Netflix or perhaps Crave or HBO. No matter we intend to watch a movie together later on tonight. Doing things that we enjoy doing without the virus being in our faces 24/7.
I do realize that it's the American's Independence Day and so I'd like to wish them Happy 4th of July! And perhaps if their government is as stingy on celebrations this year as ours was, they might appreciate some of these following links, to help them celebrate. Canadians don't be shy, you can also avail yourselves of the ideas and recipes etc and appropriate them for your own uses just by changing things up a bit (like eliminating the blue components and just using red & white you can use them for the next Canada Day coming up especially if it's going to be as spartan as this one was, where the governments did their utmost to drain the fun out of it altogether), or change the colours to reflect the holiday maybe. Otherwise just enjoy them as they are and pretend to be American, or just because they taste good or are fun activities to do, so for the sake of doing or trying. In any case, I hope some of these links will provide many hours of amusement if not out right fun or enjoyment, because gawd only knows, we all need some. So enjoy the following recipes, activities, crafts, etc....
How do fireworks work? For the curious minds who'd like to know the answer to that question
30 Patriotic 4th of July Crafts Your Family Will Love Canadians don't be afraid to appropriate the ones you like.
12 Fun Fourth of July Activities That Will Make You Feel Extra Patriotic Most of these ideas can be used by anyone anytime and not just on national holidays. So here's some ideas for everyone to get out there and enjoy the nice weather while we can.
10 Fireworks Safety Tips to Guarantee a Safe, Injury-Free Celebration at Home If the sad sack Canadian government officials don't want to provide public fireworks displays maybe we can provide our own next year and if we do here's some safety tips to remember.
75 Quick Summer Dinner Ideas for Easier Weeknights These are good for any hot summer's night and not just weeknights.
33 Easy 4th of July Appetizers to Start Your Backyard Bbq off Right Fellow Canadians remember: appropriate, appropriate, appropriate.
39 Red, White, and Blue Desserts to Celebrate 4th of July in the Sweetest Possible Way These can be red, white & red too. Just eliminate the blue components and replace with red substitutes if need be. Or they can be red, green & gold for Christmas, or maybe orange, black & green for Halloween. Appropriate and change it up to suit your needs and imaginations.
30 Festive 4th of July Cupcakes to Celebrate America's Birthday in Style Just change the colour of the cupcake's dough, icing or decorations to suit your own purposes.
24 Easy, No-Bake Summer Desserts to Make This Weekend No bake summer anythings are my favourites. I hate turning the oven on and making the house even hotter, so I try to avoid it all costs usually.
59 Easy 4th of July Recipes Your Family Will Devour These are good anytime during the summer.
Independence Day eclipse over US 'second of three chilling signs of coming end times' Not to cast a shadow on the fun and celebrations, but..... Maybe this is something of interest to some of you, like maybe actually seeing the eclipse itself.
79 Summer Side Dishes For Park Picnics and Backyard Barbecues For all of us, no matter which side of the border we live on!
30 Creative Ideas For Summer Holidays And Events Remember even if you're having a backyard BBQ for several people you still have to socially distance (though I think the range is lower than 2 meters now).
These 20 Party Games Will Be A Hit With Kids, Tweens, and Adults It's time to get the party started and good times going!
47 4th of July Appetizer Recipes That Will Make You Feel Truly Independent During this time of pandemic we pretty much have to be truly independent and rely on ourselves for pretty much everything.
39 Grilled Fish Recipes We Love For the fishermen looking for new ways to cook their catch, or just for fish lovers, who'd like to cook their fish on the BBQ.
24 Ice Cream and Sorbet Recipes Worth a Double Scoop I have an electric ice cream churn, and so I'm always on the look out for ice cream, sorbet & frozen yogurt recipes. Like as if we need any of that stuff.
28 Summer Pizza Recipes We Can’t Get Enough Of I just made two the other night, using pizza sauce, sliced pepperoni, mushrooms, chicken, mozzarella, onions, peppers, & bacon for toppings. Sometimes I use Montreal smoked meat as a topping, or cold cuts like ham, mortedella, sometimes sliced sausages of any type, but especially chorizo or italian, and maybe sliced black olives or whatever we have in the fridge that strikes my fancy to put on them at the time. But always with mozzarella, pizza sauce, mushrooms, onions & peppers.
52 BBQ Sides That Are Better Than the Main Event I don't know - going by the cover picture of a pot of beans there.... I'd be hard pressed to say that those are better than the main event. We grew up having baked beans every frigging Saturday night and then again on Sunday morning when I was a kid. I hated beans but I had to sit there and eat them all or else I was allowed down from the table in time to watch the Bugs Bunny show. That's the only way they got me to eat them.
Our 43 Best Summer Fruit Crisp, Crumble, and Cobbler Recipes That involves turning the oven on though...
Chili-Honey-Garlic Shrimp Kebabs Are the 4th of July App Your Family Picnic Needs There's 34 recipes here and not just those yummy sounding kebabs.
Hope you enjoy some of the recipes, and other ideas found in this post. Just remember follow the social distancing and other pandemic rules meant to keep us safe and stop the virus from spreading, while having fun!
