a weekend of not-so-good eating habits...

[Veronica]

Hey that's my frappicino store! Frappicino right before climbing Sierra Road - it hit the spot that day.

V.

[jobob]

Hee hee, when my eyes roved over the cold drink section and saw the frappucinos, I thought of you!

I opted for some Odwalla mango-juice thingy, in an attempt at eating healthy.

Maybe someday we'll tack Sierra Road to that trip since we pass right by it. yeah right.

[uk elephant]

I must admit I splashed out a bit this week-end too. I found fresh locally produced rhubarb in the market on Saturday and just HAD to get some. Mmmmm....rhubarb pie with custard. I ate two huge slices on Sunday night.

I tend to pig out most Sundays though. This week-end was nothing unusual. BF and I sleep in Sunday morning, then get up just in time for "CountryFile" on BBC1. Countryfile and a fry-up is just the best way to start a Sunday. Proper bacon from the butchers, fried eggs, sauteed mushrooms, toasted crumpets. Occasionally I even make fresh scones or pancakes to top it off.

Then Sunday night always includes cake of some sort. I love baking and have decided that I need more practice. And BF and friends all agree that I need more practice too . They all volunteer to test the product. So I bake most week-ends.

But at least it's all fresh and home made and that's healthy, right?

[DrBee]

But at least it's all fresh and home made and that's healthy, right?

Sure - if it's homemade it must be healthy. Like the homeade ice cream I like to make with the new Cuisinart ice cream maker I got for Christmas. It's calcium - right? No preservatives. Yeah - that's it.

[Brandi]

ok Friday night-chili relleno (homemade) to celebrate cinco de mayo. Oatmeal sat morning- not bad. Sat afternoon went to a group of friends open house for arts and crafts (high end stuff) had several little pastry thingy's, pickled garlic, humus, candy coated almonds, homemade ginger ale with champaigne (a couple of those). Came home had nothing for dinner. Sunday? Oh sunday was good- the local market had a sale on king crab legs. So our neighbors and our family bought a bunch and had that for dinner. With a ton of butter, corn on the cob potatoes. It was funny cause there was a salad. Nobody touched it! And that is not like us. But we all enjoyed the crab so much I think we didn't want to ruin it or something. Then for dessert we had a chocolate sheet cake I made from scratch that afternoon. It was a light sheet cake. (yea right)

[Brandi]

Sure - if it's homemade it must be healthy. Like the homeade ice cream I like to make with the new Cuisinart ice cream maker I got for Christmas. It's calcium - right? No preservatives. Yeah - that's it.

We just got one of those for my husbands birthday! The lemon sorbet is sooooooo good. And so is the ice cream. But it leaves a bit of a waxy feeling in your mouth. I need to find a recipe that is a little less fatty. Maybe it's the brand milk you use? Any tips? Or do you just follow the book?

[DrBee]

I've been using the recipes in the book. I usually make the chocolate ice cream - just the basic recipe, not the fancy one with the eggs. I know what you mean about the film in your mouth. I find the chocolate doesn't do that like the vanilla. I've made mint chocolate chip with that recipe that has had varied results. I'll have to try the lemon sorbet when we get back from our trip - that sounds yummy!

[Duck on Wheels]

Saturday was Farm Market Day here. Not much fresh stuff yet, but I did find spring garlic. So what to do with a bunch of spring garlic? Stopped at the fish store on the way home, and the grocery store next to it. Here's what I made:

Sautee diced spring garlic and carrots in butter or olive oil.
Add a splash of white wine (I had one of those mini bottles from the plane)
Toss in a pound of mussels and steam til open, remove from heat.
Remove mussels from pot.
Add a few good dollops of sour cream to broth, + a good fistful of peeled fresh prawns, and one diced monkfish filet. Simmer til the fish is cooked.
Add the mussels back, more white wine if sauce is too thick by now, also a few herbs if you have some handy.
Enjoy with garlic bread, or rice, or pasta.

MMmmmmmm! Doesn't have to be "junk" food to be sinful, or fast food to be quick.
And I have one bowlful left for tonight still.