It’s always nice to start a month with a day off! We don’t always have holidays off together, so we wanted to make sure we actually did something with our bonus time. Now that we have the canopy tent, we love to find occasions to use it, so we made plans to head to the beach for the day. I made White Cheddar-Chive Pimiento Cheese from this month’s Sweet as Pie list for our picnic lunch.
Sharp white Cheddar cheese, mayonnaise, diced pimiento, chives, Dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, red pepper, and black pepper.
Phillip won’t eat pimiento cheese, so I got to enjoy this one all by myself. It was a nice variation on traditional pimiento cheese and was neither too sharp nor too pimiento-y. I really liked it and enjoyed the leftovers all week. I happened to eat mine with pita chips, but it would have made a nice sandwich or been good on crackers. Anyway, enough about pimiento cheese.
We made it to the beach and got the tent set up. We took Watson of course and he loved all of the extra attention he got from the holiday beach-goers.
That evening we had plans for dinner with our friends the Khalils and the Senfields. Grilled hamburgers, fresh corn, and homemade peach ice cream (Phillip’s request) made it a truly all-American day. We capped the evening off by heading downtown to watch the area’s many fireworks shows. Amber had even planned ahead and brought us all our own sparklers. 
It was a great day with great people!
