What’s cookin’

The floors need mopping, the carpet needs vacuuming, the budget needs balancing, the errands need running, the Mama-daughter dresses are still on the machine, and we’re going out of town on Thursday.  But.  But!  I can justify this!!  Inspiration has hit and I’m treating my little family to a summery feast tonight:  cucumber-watermelon gazpacho and a Dr. Pepper pork roast.

While out to dinner with visiting family this weekend, I was inspired by Sermet (his cooking has been inspiring me since college) to tweak my own cucumber-watermelon gazpacho recipe.  I think this one at Epicurious is a great place to start since I’ve got everything but the celery.  Think I might sub celery seed and see what happens…

And I’ve got a random can of Dr. Pepper.  Hmm.  We never buy soda, so I’m not sure how this ended up in my fridge, but it’s going to be superb on the Boston Butt I found on sale at Publix this morning.  I’m going to try and make this work with my roast.

We’ll see how I fare…  Happy Tuesday!