Grilled Peaches

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If you like peaches and have never tried grilling them, then you are missing out on a simple, delicious treat!

Begin with 4 (more if you like) peaches and wash under cold water. Remove most of the peach “fuzz.” It’s okay if some is left on the peach. No need to remove the skin – it will get nice and soft in the grilling process.

Gather up some butter, cinnamon, chili powder, nutmeg, and some grated parmesan cheese.

Cut the peaches in half, and remove the pit. Lay the peaches on a plate. Add a bit of butter to the center of each peach. Then, as you like, add cinnamon to a few of the peaches, nutmeg to a few others, and chili powder to those remaining. I also like to add parmesan cheese, but not too much. It gives the peach the salty flavor, along with its natural sweetness.

Arrange the peaches on the grill cut side up. Use a low heat, about 300 – 350 degrees. Once they warm up a bit, poke each peach center so that the butter and spices get distributed into the peach.

They don’t take long to cook, approximately 15 minutes. Really you are just warming and softening them up.

Eat them right off the grill or add a scoop of vanilla ice cream to the warm peach – just like warmed peach pie alla mode. So good and so easy!

Modern Console

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The house that I live in had a lot of built-ins from the previous occupant. One of the built-ins was a double-sided wall bookshelf unit, with an oversized floor console.

One of the first things that I did was to remove the bookshelves, that made the room look much bigger. However, I never did anything about the oversized floor console other than paint it.

One day I was looking at a magazine and saw a modern console with legs. I was going to get rid of the old console, so I thought why not see if I could reconstruct this behemoth.

Before I could reconstruct, I needed to deconstruct – so out came the circular saw. I cut off 12″ from each end, and reduced the height by 5″ as well.

Once re-sectioned, I glued, nailed, and clamped it all back together.

I purchased the legs for $5.00 each at a local hardware store. They came with everything needed to easily attach them to the underside of the console.

I selected a charcole grey gloss paint for the new finish. I left the legs with the “1950’s blonde” look, but did put a light coat of varnish on them.

The smaller size and 1950’s style legs really gives the console a mid century modern look. Total cost for the transformation was $35.00.

So happy that I decided to recycle and reuse, rather than add to the local landfill!