Wednesday What Nots
I'm happy to report that so far my new schedule is working. It's been two days, and not a peep from Play-With-Me.
You may have forgotten that I'm a news junkie. Maybe the headlines - oil in the Gulf, Tennessee flooding, the Times Square bomb - have kept Play-With-Me's attention elsewhere.
Whatever. I'm just happy to have my writing time back.
Moving on, let's chat a minute about food.
I'm taking a little informal survey. Not a poll, just comment if you'd like.
What sort of food do you like in the summer?
I'm not talking about special food, or take-out, or anything that takes hours of prep time.
Summer is fun, hot, busy. No one wants to eat heavy meals. At least no one in my household.
What's your secret for keeping your family nutritiously fed?
And now, photos of the doggies to share:
You may have forgotten that I'm a news junkie. Maybe the headlines - oil in the Gulf, Tennessee flooding, the Times Square bomb - have kept Play-With-Me's attention elsewhere.
Whatever. I'm just happy to have my writing time back.
Moving on, let's chat a minute about food.
I'm taking a little informal survey. Not a poll, just comment if you'd like.
What sort of food do you like in the summer?
I'm not talking about special food, or take-out, or anything that takes hours of prep time.
Summer is fun, hot, busy. No one wants to eat heavy meals. At least no one in my household.
What's your secret for keeping your family nutritiously fed?
And now, photos of the doggies to share:
WOOF: "Is it treat time? Is it? Is it?"
ARF: "Hurry up. already. I have squirrels to chase."
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A NEW WHAT NOT
After you finish here at the Tiki Hut today,
go here:
http://elspeth-itsamystery.blogspot.com/2010/05/writers-journey.html
Elspeth tells it how it REALLY is.
Trust me ... you'll LOVE it!
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A NEW WHAT NOT
After you finish here at the Tiki Hut today,
go here:
http://elspeth-itsamystery.blogspot.com/2010/05/writers-journey.html
Elspeth tells it how it REALLY is.
Trust me ... you'll LOVE it!
Comments
So far salads, veggies, fruit. Light on the meat.
Stir fry. Paella!
Love the doggies photos.ARF reminds me of Zip, the dog from THE LAST OF THE DOG MEN.
Mason
Thoughts in Progress
Elspeth - One year I made pear preserves. Another year I tried ketchup. Bad decisions.
VR - Exactly. How is it something is so good in winter and not even appealing in summer?
Elana - Applesauce and strawberries. Nothing wrong with that!
Helen
Straight From Hel
Your dogs are adorable!
I don't switch menus since Florida isn't cold in the winter and I eat mostly veggies anyway.
I love vegetables, both grilled and then just tossed in a salad or out for a snack. I also love steaks, burgers and bring on the grilling! Oh yeah I love grilling!
Elizabeth
Mystery Writing is Murder
Laura - Ssshhhh...they have huge egos already :)
Angela - YUMMY! This is something new to me. I'm trying it. Thanks.
Jen - Uh-oh. I'm getting the "I told you so" look. I like your plain and simple food choices.
Jane - I'm worried about seafood, too.
Elizabeth - We love tomatoes almost any way, but especially homegrown ones straight from the vine. Everyone else loves watermelon except me. But I do love cantaloupe and honeydew.
Alex - Strawberries are pretty darn awesome. And, of course, the veggies.
In summer, though, I have access to real tomatoes. I like to make a pasta salad I call "faux potato salad" because I basically just substitute miniature shells pasta or macaroni for the potato in my favorite potato salad recipe.
We do a lot of snacking dinners in summer (again, with current veggies, plus tortilla chips and salsas or good bread made in to toast rounds), but we do that in winter too.
And Thai or Sichuan takeout is also good any time of year.
For the summer we like lots of salads and we start with fresh spinach from my garden. Had one tonight and it was great. Then I do lots of stir-fry with the peppers, onions and zucchini from my garden. When I run out of my own produce we have a neat farmer's market where I can get good, fresh veggies until time for my fall garden.
One of my readers tagged me with a question game with I'll pass your way if you'd like to play:
Tossing It Out.
I know you kind of like list things.
Lee
Maryann - The doggies are stinky. They need baths bad. Next week. Making do with wipes. All this talk about fresh veggies has really inspired me :)
Cassandra - Ahh, a fellow news junkie!