Wednesday, June 1, 2011

recipe for a looong weekend

friday evening

saturday morning
  • vinyasa yoga class

saturday afternoon


  • visits to garden centers to gather veggies to plant in garden

  • then once back at home plant lettuce, tomatoes, peppers & zucchini.  some of our garden is in the shade so I was on the hunt for vegetables that do well in partial shade – lettuce being one of them.  other semi-shade-tolerate veggies?  beans, peas, root veggies like potatoes and carrots, brussels sprouts, kale, spinach and herbs.

saturday evening
  • fire up the grill (steak for craig, veggies for me)
    • grill-top veggie packets: cube potatoes, red bell peppers and any other veggies you like.  (i added green onion and whole garlic cloves to ours.)  sprinkle with salt & pepper.  season with fresh herbs & spices.  drizzle with olive oil.  place in a foil packet.  cook over medium heat on covered grill for 20-30 min or until potatoes are tender.  
olive & craig

  • craig set up a table and chairs in our back yard and we enjoyed dinner al fresco while olive played in the yard.  simply fabulous.

sunday morning
  • walk in doylestown with olive.  even at 9am it was HOT!

  • back home for breakfast and to get ready to head over to my parents' for memorial day weekend fun

sunday afternoon
  • chillin’ outside and visiting with family while olive played with her buddies, colby & duncan

sunday evening
  • meet with cate & chad for drinks in lambertville (they’re just 3 weeks from their wedding so there was a lot of excitement in the air)
    • if you find yourself in lambertville, nj and go to libations for drinks, order a “tight dress” – a delicious vodka & champagne cocktail

monday morning
  • low key morning – prepped some sides for our memorial day dinner

    • quinoa with sautéed red onions, mushrooms & fresh thyme
    • red cabbage & carrot slaw with sesame dressing

 monday afternoon
  • head over to erin & brian’s for lunch and swimming (and delicious drinks)

    • spiked arnold palmer: 1 shot sweet tea vodka over ice, topped with lemonade.  they were honestly a little too good.

monday evening
  • back to mom & dad’s for casual outdoor dinner
    • homemade turkey burgers with mom’s basil & pinenut pesto
    • two salads – quinoa and slaw (that hannah and i made earlier)
    • fresh greens (from our garden)
    • sweet cherries

lovely long weekend.  how was your weekend?

6 comments:

  1. ah sounds lovely! we didn't have a long weekend in france, but tomorrow is a holiday! I am running a 1/2 marathon! weee for fitness!

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  2. what a fun long weekend- love all the green in your photos- spring/summer is really here! :)

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  3. wowzah sounds like a great weekend!! our basil is finally growing :) o happy day! xoxo jillian:: enter to win a leigh viner print!

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  4. sounds delightful! loving that spiked arnold palmer...must try soon :)

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  5. looks and sounds like the perfect weekend!

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