Remoulade sauce for Shrimp po boy sandwiches

I made shrimp po-boy sandwiches the other day and, I have to say, this sauce put them right over the top! I took several online recipes and tweaked them to create this remoulade sauce. It would go well with many kinds of seafood including breaded shrimp, clams, crab cakes and it was sooooo yummy on the shrimp po-boy (that I completely forgot to take a photo of...)


Remoulade sauce

1 cup mayonnaise

juice of ½ lemon (I used ReaLemon)

2 Tbsp. pickle relish (I used sweet but you can use dill - your choice)

1-2 tsp. dijon mustard

1-2 tsp. worcestershire sauce

1 tsp. garlic powder

½ tsp. paprika (sweet, not smoked)

I would have added a smidge of horseradish but I didn't have any

Mix all ingredients together then taste - add a bit more mayo if you like.  Refrigerate until you are ready to serve.  

To make the shrimp po-boys I air fried popcorn breaded shrimp in the air fryer for about 10 minutes at 400 degrees (I think).  I just eye ball it and when it looks crispy and nice, I am done.  Do be sure to shake it around once or twice during the cooking time to get it evenly crisped up.  We lightly toasted buttered hoagie buns.  Served with lettuce and tomato slices.  Also served cole slaw, tater tots, and air fried breaded okra.  (Used frozen breaded okra and did the same - about 8-10 minutes at 400 degrees I think - until it tasted right.  This stuff never did brown up, but it did crisp up and was quite good.)

Sold!

Jackson sold two horses in July.  He was quite pleased with the whole process - a good reward for his hard work.  The horses he sold were Gus and Jim.  Here are some of the photos he took of them for their sale flyers.  (You may remember the day he was doing the photo shoot of Gus and Jim.)

Jim

taking some new photos of Gus...

Here are a couple of those...

You may remember that Gus is a young stallion.  He is a Cremello and a very interesting looking horse.  But Jackson determined he wanted to go a different direction with the bloodlines so put him up for sale.  He ended up delivering Gus to the buyer (for a transport fee) - meeting her halfway in Topeka, KS.  This was him coming home after that long day (my view from the pool).  :) 

Just a 'view from my pool' video that includes Jackson's return from delivering Gus.  :D

But the man who bought Jim drove up here from south Missouri.  He has a huge ranch and uses a lot of horses each year working his cattle.  He appreciated the work Jackson has done and the bloodlines he is focusing on - I think there is good potential that he will be a repeat customer.  

Jackson hears the man arrive...

Jim wasn't too sure about that horse trailer (it was definitely unique).

Giving Jim a chance to check it all out...

 

Sold!  

He may not look it, but he is feeling good.  :) 

Officially scratching Jim's name off the chart.  :D

How do you celebrate your second horse sold in 48 hours?  
Take a ride on the first horse you ever owned... Shadow.  

Maverick in July

I am so far behind on this blog that I am lumping all of the 'Maverick in July' photos into one huge post.  :)  We so enjoy getting to spend time with Maverick and watching him grow.  Just looking back now (late August) at these photos of him from July, I realize how very quickly he is growing.  It is all going quite fast!  :) 

he still loves to look at books

Lucky boy that Uncle Jonathan will pull him around in the wagon.  :) 

Maverick was playing with his bristle blocks and decided his Dad really needed to taste one.  :)  Yup, this is Jackson's kid alright!  

Happy day is eating blueberries with your uncle!

Maverick was concentrating so hard on using the fork - and clearly getting a little aggravated.  :)  He would put food on the fork then take it off with his hands - but it was a good first step!  

Who does Maverick see?  :)

GranGran! 

"Grandma... GranGran is wearing my hat again..."

"I think I need to check this out a bit..."

"It's okay, GranGran.  I've decided you can wear it."  :D 

We pulled this old table and chairs out of the basement.  It belonged to Jackson and Jonathan when they were little guys.  It cleaned up just fine!  Maverick loves it.  

"Hey Dad, you are pretty good at this game!" 

I've created several sensory bins for Maverick to play with this year.  I can't wait to see how he grows with the bins.  For starters there is a lot of scooping and transferring.  And one happy detail is that his absolute favorite tool for any of the bins (or for anything else, actually) is that blue kitty litter scooper.  :D  He carries that everywhere!  ha!  

note - the kitty litter scooper was purchased new - NOT used. :) 

working hard with that tongue out...

"Dad has his tool and I have mine... ready to work!"

Headed down to the barn to see what Dad and Uncle Jonathan were up to...

Using the broken handle of the pail like a straw... but nothing was coming out of it.  :) 

What a sweet face! 

"Hey!  Uncle Jonathan!!"

"Let's get this rig going, Grandma!!"

"I'll just have to pull, I guess..."

OR, get distracted and play in the sandbox again.  :)

This little space by the front door fits him 'just right'.

checking out the horses with Dad

This is another activity that he really loves.  A simple game of putting straws in a bottle.  He is quite good at this - good dexterity and hand/eye coordination.  

Plus, the boy just loves straws.  :)

:D

"GranGran, Dad and Uncle Jonathan are playing with my toy cars and won't let me in!!"   :D

Jackson and Jonathan were DEFINITELY having more fun with those toy cars!!

Maverick engrossed in the straw/bottle game again.  He loves this activity!

And he always attempts to drink, too.  :D 

All that hard work needs a reward - a yummy smoothie does the trick!

GranGran looks like he is waiting patiently for a sip... :D  hahahaha!

Okay, these photos cracked me up!  Maverick looks like a real bubba home from work after a hard day.  :D 

Grabbing that remote control...

Whew!  Hard day at the office!

There is just nothing better than a box to play in.

Another fun game - drop a popsicle stick down the paper towel tube on the wall.  Sometimes we have the popcorn container underneath to catch them.  Plus, he likes putting the popsicle sticks in the popcorn container - or taking them out again.  Either way.  :) 

Maverick was eating a snack when GranGran walked in.  Maverick started clicking, which is his way to call a horse.  Then he pointed at GranGran's belt buckle - which has a horse on it (of course).  :) 

"Gee, GranGran... I'm tired of sitting here.  Why can't we just go outside??"

"The weather looks fine out there... "

Oh... this is why.  There was a crop duster spraying several neighbors fields - all around us.  Grandma Laura put the kibosh on playing outside while that was going on.  It was way too close and I didn't want Maverick out there in the fertilizer spray residue.  But we were still able to watch from the front and back doors a bit.  Maverick thought seeing the airplane was pretty cool!

you can (just) see the fertilizer spray coming out behind the plane in this photo

Here is an album with even more photos...  :)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/williscreekranch/albums/72157719754734743

 And here are a couple videos from July with Maverick.