Happy Saturday!!
Today was a busy day, but fabulous. The weather could not have been better. Hot weather and South Texas and late May goes hand-in-hand. But, this past week has been fabulous. A gift. It was a little warmer today - high of 86 with low humidity. I was hoping it would be a tad cooler for the Ironman Texas athletes today.
My husband and I had the honor of keeping two of our precious grandbabies for 8 months a couple of years ago. Both of their parents are in the military and were deployed at the same time. They were both babies - 1 1/2 and 4 years old. I was so scared at first, but it turned out to be one of the best parts of my life. Not a day goes by that I don't miss those precious babies! While they were here, I totally splurged and bought myself a fabulous (really nice) spin bike to do indoor cycling. I love, love spin classes at our local YMCA and had been attending classes several times a week for years. I knew all of the spin instructors. Any class they could throw at me, I felt confident that I could keep up - even the dreaded "race day". Well, when the babies were here, I could not seem to get me and them dressed and us all out of the door and make a spin class. And, that is why I bought the spin bike.
Lately, I have gotten back into doing spin at home. I am falling back in love with spin again! I did an hour ride this morning while watching Food Network (ha ha). I have managed to spin 3 times this past week. Watching the Ironman athletes riding around on their road bikes gave me an little inspiration this morning to try a little harder :)
Frozen Orange Pecan Salad
Because I worked out so hard, I made a fattening salad for today... It is another "sweet" one (aka - not a real salad...). But, I burned calories like crazy spinning and working in my garden today (and I didn't eat much of the salad).
I must say, licking the bowl was delightful!!
And, isn't this old blue bowl the best?! It is another one of my flea market finds. Love the deep narrow bottom - makes mixing things easy :)
All of the goodness spooned into a glass loaf pan. I got this glass loaf pan years and years ago.
When I was right out of high school, I started working at a bank in England, Arkansas. We would give away promotional gifts for new accounts. I got a set of glass bakeware when I opened a savings account. I have faithfully used them for almost 30 years!
Ready to eat - after freezing for 8 hours.
Delicious-ness on my cute new Anthropologie plate.
Frozen Orange-Pecan Salad
1 8 oz. package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup orange juice
1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted (350 degree oven for 6 minutes)
1 8oz. can crushed pineapple, drained
1/2 cup chopped pitted dates
1/2 teaspoon grated orange rind
1 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup sugar
Beat cream cheese and orange juice at medium speed with mixer until fluffy. Stir in pecans, and next 3 ingredients. Beat whipping cream and sugar at high speed until soft peaks form. Fold sweetened whipped cream into cream cheese mixture.
Spoon into a buttered 9 x 5-inch loaf pan. Cover and freeze 8 hours. Unmold onto serving platter.
A Little Gardening on a Pretty Day
Some of my tomatoes have a tomato disease... But these are doing great! Isn't the color fabulous?
Baby eggplant - can't wait to make eggplant parmesan!
Cucumbers are coming along - I see sweet pickle relish in my future.
Tomatoes, Eggplant, Zucchini
A little harvesting today. The squirrels keep digging up my potatoes!! So, I dug these today from one of the beds in the garden. I planted beans and okra where these were today.
Aren't the carrots beautiful? This is my best crop of carrots ever!! I can't wait to munch on some. And, bake some with the new potatoes. I got to share some with my friends, Paula and Eli who rode their bikes over to visit today. Food tastes better when you share it.
I hope your Saturday has been a good one!
Until tomorrow,
~ Joeby
No comments:
Post a Comment