Drinks!

Summer is sneaking up on us, and that means that a lot of my food concerns move to delicious cool drinks. There comes a certain point when it's hot that I'm not interested in food. Really I would be ok if I could consume all of my food in milkshake/smoothie/lemonade form.

Sometimes I want thirst quenchers: like this raspberry lemonade that I whipped up the first warm weekend a week or two ago. All I did was muddle a few raspberries into some lemonade that I had whipped up (half a lemon and sugar to taste) for Mia and myself.

Then I want meals in drink form. My new favorite thing is an orange Julius. I had only known about these because I think in a childhood book "Where's Julius" they drank them. Mia suggested last summer when I was hungry, thirsty and hot that I make one. I immediately thought it sounded disgusting and didn't believe her. Blend yogurt and orange juice? nothing about that seemed like a good idea. But I guess it sounded good enough for me to try. I was proven delightfully wrong! It's delicious! I blend totally by eye orange juice, yogurt, sugar and vanilla together, I love it!

there has been food

I don't want you all to think that our vow to have a better culinary February (and subsequent months) went unfulfilled. We simply have been remiss in our blawging.

so I think that this will be a post of many pictures and some words of explanation, but no in detail description of the meals.

Hot and Sour soup and Hunan Beef with Cumin
These were both recipes that I had been wanting to try for a long time. I had Yotom and Alex over for dinner one night and we three made this dinner, it was ridiculously delicious.

Happy St. Patricks Day!
Even though the cake is green it was orange flavored.

Easter!
Alyssa and I had Pizza for Easter!! one was brie and pecans, another had mushrooms and artichoke hearts, and the third had asparagus, leeks, and asiago.

ok that's all I have the patience for