{"id":2814995,"date":"2011-06-07T13:11:16","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T18:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/?p=2814995"},"modified":"2011-06-07T13:49:36","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T18:49:36","slug":"jasons-40th-birthday-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2011\/06\/jasons-40th-birthday-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason&#8217;s 40th birthday dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2814996\" title=\"Max &amp; Jason\" src=\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Max-Jason-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Max-Jason-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Max-Jason-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>My step-son, Jason Hammond, turned 40 on June 3rd. Here he is with my grandson Maxwell. To celebrate we had dinner al fresco [on our deck]. I marinated chicken and Yianni grilled it. [<a title=\"Grilled Lemon Chicken\" href=\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/2011\/05\/barefoot-contessa-grilled-lemon-chicken\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s the recipe<\/a>.] To go with the chicken, I also made a few really easy, healthy summer salads that you can make too.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2814998\" title=\"Fresh Fruit salad\" src=\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Fruit-salad-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Fruit-salad-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Fruit-salad-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>I started with a fresh fruit salad of strawberries, blueberries, grapes and pineapple.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2815000\" title=\"Cole Slaw\" src=\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/1-Cole-Slaw-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/1-Cole-Slaw-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/1-Cole-Slaw-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>I also made cole slaw with green and red cabbage, radishes, carrots, pumpkin seeds and dried cranberries. I love this new <a title=\"Marzetti\u00ae Simply Dressed\u00ae Salad Dressings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marzetti.com\/products\/marzetti\/product.php?bc=45&amp;cid=\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Simply Dressed&#8221;<\/a> cole slaw dressing and I recommend<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2815001\" title=\"Marzetti's &quot;Simply Dressed&quot; cole slaw dressing\" src=\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2-Cole-Slaw-dressing-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2-Cole-Slaw-dressing-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2-Cole-Slaw-dressing-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>you try it. It has simple, natural ingredients, is very light and has great flavor.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, no BBQ at my house is complete without my potato salad. [<a title=\"Potato salad how-to video\" href=\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/2010\/06\/potato-salad\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s my how-to video<\/a>.]<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2815005\" title=\"Potato salad\" src=\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Potato-salad-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Potato-salad-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Potato-salad-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>My potato salad ingredients are red skin potatoes, red onion or scallions, hard boiled eggs, radishes and celery. I make the dressing with Hellman&#8217;s mayonnaise, mustard, and sour cream.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Jason&#8217;s wife Erin bought an incredible peanut butter cup birthday cake from the <a title=\"Bakery Shoppe\" href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-market.com\/bakery.php\" target=\"_blank\">bakery shoppe<\/a> at Holiday market. Unfortunately, I took the photo of it a little late!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2815011\" title=\"Birthday cake remains\" src=\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Birthday-cake-remains-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Birthday-cake-remains-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Birthday-cake-remains-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>As you can see, we all really enjoyed it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Entertainment for the evening was provided by my grandson, Benjamin, who wanted to grab my camera each time I tried to take his photo.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2815015\" title=\"Ben \" src=\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Ben-3-767x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Ben-3-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Ben-3-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Ben-3.jpg 1893w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>It was a beautiful summer night and we all enjoyed ourselves. Happy birthday Jason!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My step-son, Jason Hammond, turned 40 on June 3rd. Here he is with my grandson Maxwell. To celebrate we had dinner al fresco [on our deck]. I marinated chicken and Yianni grilled it. [Here&#8217;s the recipe.] To go with the chicken, I also made a few really easy, healthy summer salads that you can make &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2011\/06\/jasons-40th-birthday-dinner\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jason&#8217;s 40th birthday dinner<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151,17],"tags":[128,165],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jason&#039;s 40th birthday dinner  - Kitoula&#039;s Greek Food Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2011\/06\/jasons-40th-birthday-dinner\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kitoula\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2011\/06\/jasons-40th-birthday-dinner\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2011\/06\/jasons-40th-birthday-dinner\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kitoula\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/#\/schema\/person\/610affd2867fead5d767dc93895afcdf\"},\"headline\":\"Jason&#8217;s 40th birthday dinner\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-07T18:11:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-06-07T18:49:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2011\/06\/jasons-40th-birthday-dinner\/\"},\"wordCount\":237,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/#\/schema\/person\/610affd2867fead5d767dc93895afcdf\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2011\/06\/jasons-40th-birthday-dinner\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Max-Jason-1024x768.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"chicken\",\"salads\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Grilling\",\"Potato salad\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2011\/06\/jasons-40th-birthday-dinner\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2011\/06\/jasons-40th-birthday-dinner\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2011\/06\/jasons-40th-birthday-dinner\/\",\"name\":\"Jason's 40th birthday dinner - Kitoula&#039;s Greek Food Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2011\/06\/jasons-40th-birthday-dinner\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2011\/06\/jasons-40th-birthday-dinner\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Max-Jason-1024x768.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-07T18:11:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-06-07T18:49:36+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2011\/06\/jasons-40th-birthday-dinner\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2011\/06\/jasons-40th-birthday-dinner\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2011\/06\/jasons-40th-birthday-dinner\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Max-Jason-1024x768.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Max-Jason-1024x768.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2011\/06\/jasons-40th-birthday-dinner\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Jason&#8217;s 40th birthday dinner\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/\",\"name\":\"Kitoula's Greek Food Journal\",\"description\":\"I&#039;m Greek. 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