Crazy Days

I have neglected my blog terribly.  We've had so much going on that I just haven't had the time to think about posting anything.  Don't give up.  I am planning on updating the WinCo list within the next two weeks. Since my husband gets summers off, we try to cram visiting family in with our various home projects, so the Winco list may not be as consistent until August.  I did noticed, however, that Costco's almonds have increased to $3.65/lb in my location, but the pistachios are $4.99/lb which is $1.00/lb less that other places I've seen.  Good luck and happy summer.

Chilled Cantaloupe with Vanilla Ice Cream

Summertime.  When I think of summer, I think of ice cream.  I’m not an ice cream lover, but my husband is -- no doubt about it.  If there is ice cream in the freezer, he will eat it. I have never met anyone else who likes ice cream as much as he does, so in the summer I try to have it on hand more often, just to give him a treat. Through the years he’s been able to manage his ice cream portions, giving the kids a chance to have some too.  He says he prefers quantity over quality, but myself, I enjoy a good quality ice cream every now and then.   

When my husband and I were still dating, he had a roommate who literally cut a chilled cantaloupe in half, scooped out the seeds, and stuffed the middle with vanilla ice cream.  At first I thought that was a little strange, but after trying it, I really liked it.  It’s cool and refreshing and makes a great hot weather snack or dessert.  I can’t eat an entire half of a cantaloupe with three scoops of ice cream, but one scoop of ice cream with a slice or two of melon is more my size.

Fresh blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, or even marionberries are other great alternatives: simple and delicious.