What's wrong with this picture?

Besides having a face made out of food, of course.  Have you ever seen strawberries so huge and clementine's so small?  The strawberries are some of the best I've had in years.  (Oh, tiny little fraise de bois--our week together those many years ago was so good, but why do you live overseas?)  Get thee to a Costco and buy some of these gigantically good berries now!  And the asparagus was so yummy, too.  I ate it all and didn't share.  I can't wait for summer produce and gardens and fruit stands.  Yum!

 

Cupcake Birthday Party

Yeah, yeah, yeah.  I know it's been a few weeks since her actual birthday, but at least we did throw her a party. Ella had her friends over for a cupcake decorating and eating party.  They made frogs, sleeping kids, worms in dirt and general fancy pants cupcakes with sprinkles.  Of course, when you're nine, no party would be complete without some free for all, use as much candy and frosting as possible, decorating and eating in there, too.

For me, the most entertaining part of the party was the gifts.  It seems Ella had made a point of how much she loved and wanted Zhu Zhu pets, and that's pretty much all she got.  She's perfectly happy with it.  So is Claire.

Dinner--His and Hers

Andrew made his own dinner tonight, and I made mine.

His--Disgusting hot dogs and tater tots.

Mine--A disgusting amount of asparagus.

And never the two shall meet (not even photographically).

Getting my Greens

My good friends have a blog called Herbivore Meals, all about eating a plant based diet. They're both sugar-free vegans, and try to post helpful information for those who are interested in eating the same way or just moving toward a healthier diet. I love my veggies, and I can give up meat, but oh the sugar! Just don't ask me to say good bye to my best friends, Little Debbie and Ben & Jerry! We've been in a strong relationship of mutual support for years, and I just couldn't walk away from that.

Melissa posted a few weeks ago about Main Dish Salads as a great way to get greens into your diet. I love the concept, I completely agree, and I believe it's the perfect way to add some healthy elements to my diet. I immediately thought up this tasty main dish salad. The only thing that's missing is the Diet Pepsi. I just wasn't sure it would work well as a dressing (not quite the right consistency), so decided to have that on the side.



And now comes the really entertaining part. BRYN ATE IT! She told me it looked good, so I told her to have at it. She ate broccoli with whipped cream and Swiss Cake Rolls with spinach. Apparently Melissa really was right!