Kathy’s Final 2025 Christmas Present Lunch

I’ve mentioned this in previous post but due to scheduling issues, it took nine months for me to give good friend, Kathy, her Christmas present of five free lunches but we final made it to the last one – I hope to do better next year.  At the suggestion of neighbor, Steve, I decided to make this outing more special than just driving to a local restaurant, so we picked the date and rode the pontoon boat down the lake to the Tellico Village Yacht Club.  Tellico Village is a large 5000 acre retirement community stretching several miles along the west side of Tellico Lake.

SIL, Pat also joined us for our lunch excursion and here we are starting out of our cove.

Cheesy Fish Quesadillas And A New Dock Ladder

I had been ordering fish from two different Alaskan seafood stores to see which I preferred and one of them kept sending cubed pollock which I had little use for (I would have liked filets but assume they all went to Long John Silvers and these were the leftovers) so I went with the other supplier, but I still had the pollock in the freezer.  

Eating Out More, Great Breakfast Leftovers, And RV Cleanout

My desire to cook seems to be waning and both of us have long since pasted the desire to clean up the kitchen so we have decided to eat more meals out and we started with a Sunday visit to the Dockside Grill at Tellico Marina which is less than a 10 minute drive from home.  After a 10am BLT for breakfast, we made it to the restaurant a little before 3pm to find just a small crowd, which was perfect.  This is the view of the main dining area and the harbor from our table with lots of boats going in and out to just look around.  

Basil Pesto Chicken Pasta & Mudpuppy Restaurant

I had some basil pesto in the freezer and leftover chicken in the fridge and decided Kevin’s recipe for Basil Pesto Chicken Pasta from his “Closet Cooking” blog would work well for them.  I made several changes to the recipe but the original can be found by clicking on the link.

Low Country Boil For Eight With No Heat And Birthday Desserts

Wende and crew came down to celebrate my birthday and we did it a day late so Cindy could join us. I had considered making jambalaya but changed to low county boil to take advantage of the last of the fresh corn for the season. I used the recipe below which is designed for eight diners with some leftovers. 

Country Fried Pork Loin With Bacon Gravy

I bought a whole pork loin on sale recently and couldn’t resist using part of it to make Country Fried Pork Loin With Bacon Gravy using the recipe from the “Recipe BY Me” blog.  I changed the cooking method a lot a shown in the recipe below.

Bacon Cheeseburger Sloppy Joes, RV Update, A Good Laugh

I saw this recipe for Bacon Cheeseburger Sloppy Joes  on Kevin’s “Closet Cooking” blog and decided it would work well for our Friday get-together.  I especially like that it is a one pan meal and know that I always like Kevin’s recipes.  Since the recipe only made four servings, I tripled it to get the recipe below.