Last Friday, I attended my first real "event" since the lockdown. It was my daughter's end-of-year soccer party, held in the backyard of her coach's house. Guests were instructed to bring the sides, and so I made a summery quinoa salad — essentially the "stuffing" of these stuffed peppers.
It was well-received, but what stole the show was a tray of sliders, the recipe for which I immediately began tracking down. (You'd expect nothing less, right?) Turns out it's a recipe from the King's Hawaiian website, made with turkey instead of ham and without the mayo.
I left the party dreaming about those sliders and upon returning home immediately found the recipe online. It's incredibly simple. In sum: assemble the sliders, make a simple sauce from pantry ingredients, pour the sauce over top; then pop in the oven.
I have yet to make the sliders, but this experience reminded me of a similar scenario several years ago in which I was introduced to Trader Joe's 3-ingredient lentil salad (pictured above), which blew my mind then and continues to every time I dump those three magical ingredients into a bowl. I have similar feelings every time I make these 4-ingredient balsamic-roasted mini peppers.
Why are these simple recipes often the most crowd-pleasing? The most show-stopping? Why do we ever make anything else? (If I'm being honest, as I continue dreaming about those sliders, I find myself thinking about how I could complicate them by maybe making the rolls from scratch or turning them into veggie sliders with roasted red peppers and eggplant and perhaps some pickled onions... will I ever learn? But doesn't that sound delicious? I'll keep you posted.)
Friends, I'm wishing you all a Happy Fourth 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 In this post you'll find a few of my favorite dips, salads, and sides as well as a few seasonal desserts and a favorite, festive drink, too 🎉🎉🎉🎉
| Recipes for July Fourth Weekend |
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