Up and Running!

I've been trying really hard to keep my blog updated daily, but with the summer, it has proven to be a little harder than I would like to admit. I seem to find other things to do other than sitting with my laptop typing out my thoughts and everyday life stuff. You know, the stuff that brings you here to read!!

Let's talk about some food items! We have been doing a lot of grilling lately. A lot of burgers and such. It has been nice. Quick and easy meals. I have moved on from my Rainbow Salad Mix and found that with a bit more effort, I'm able to make something just as delicious. I'm still using iceberg lettuce. I have to admit that I do like it a lot. I love Romaine, but I love iceberg more. Since I cannot find the Rainbow Salad Mix to save anyone's life, I will also admit that it kind of put me out. I was really upset about it for a very long time. I took a break...from salad. Yes, I just admitted a lot there. The last couple of times, I have picked up the iceberg lettuce, a bag of shredded red cabbage, a bag of sugar snap peas, a bag of mini sweet peppers, a pint of grape tomatoes and cucumbers from my sister's garden.

I am not going to spend a lot of time explaining the cabbage and sugar snap peas because these are readily available in the produce section compliments of Dole, I do believe. Rinse and use. Yesssssss. I am however going to talk up the mini sweet bell peppers. These. Are. Wicked. Awesome. I love them. It is a mixed bag of red, yellow and orange peppers. They are tasty and sweet and such a good compliment to the salad mix. I used half a bag for a batch of salad. They are really cute, too!!!  Guess what? Ty LOVED the orange pepper! I was pleased with that. The home-grown cukes are so delicious. I love fresh garden produce. I'm hoping that my parents' garden yields a bit of veggies for me this summer.

We tried a batch of sweet corn a week ago. Not that great. Kind of turns me off to sweet corn when it isn't very good because it is such an amount of effort to shuck corn in 100+ degree heat to have it taste like livestock feed. I'll try another stand soon. Guess what? Ty REFUSES to try sweet corn. Yes, I know he is a bit odd, but are you surprised??? He's MY child. Duh.

I found a great alternative to peanut butter. I was cruising the health market area at the grocery store and found that in addition to the Sunbutter, they have Wowbutter! It really does taste like peanut butter. It is made of soy and although I'm not a big fan of soy (not for taste, for other reasons), I can do this in small amounts to get my craving out of the way. It has been wonderful having "PB" and J sandwiches and "PB" and bananas for a snack! Ba da da da daaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I'm loving it!!!

SINGING it off for now, to all of you near and far and to those of you enjoying fresh produce these days, until next time...