It's been a sluggish morning time today...can't blame the weather. I didn't slumber good terminal night. Throughout our travels, I've had nights when I prevarication awake for hours...not every night, but some nights. I've looked for a blueprint to this, but actually tin discovery none. Who knows? Fortunately, I don't conduct maintain whatsoever house to hold upward today, in addition to so I tin afford to motion slowly.
As I write this, Mike is downward playing volleyball. It was ever his intention to play volleyball since we've arrived inwards the park. Today is the outset time. As for me, I haven't taken role inwards whatsoever grouping activities, except to stroll downward to the Farmer's Market on Tuesdays for some strawberries. We were talking close this lack of motivation late in addition to nosotros came to a determination that I've shared amongst some of you: We needed a opor-garai from our vacation. Our trip has been wonderful, but we've been on the become almost daily since leaving dwelling terminal September. It's been a dainty break to hold upward hither doing almost cipher at all...aside from coming together upward amongst adept friends in addition to drinking wine. Nobody volition bill us of existence likewise active.
Speaking of the Farmer's Market...you mightiness conduct maintain noticed that yesterday was Tuesday, in addition to so I high-tailed it downward to the marketplace to selection upward some strawberries. Just conduct maintain a aspect at these beauties.
After the terminal batch, I had a powerful yen for some strawberry shortcake (because, you lot know, we're dieting in addition to everything), in addition to so I was wishing I'd picked upward some other basket. And so yesterday, I righted this terrible wrong.
For us to conduct maintain strawberry shortcake, I conduct maintain to cutting the seeds off Mike's berries. It actually isn't that hard, peculiarly amongst these dainty large berries. I simply cutting the tip off, which makes them variety of cube shaped, in addition to and so I shave the sides off. The centers become into a bowl for Mike. The tips in addition to sides become into a bowl for me. And, of course, I swallow a fair amount of raw berries equally I'm doing this. It's of import to run on your forcefulness up, you lot know.
Now here's where the (ahem) superiority of Oregon berries actually shows itself. (And I've said fourth dimension in addition to ane time to a greater extent than that nosotros Oregonians are real snooty close our Oregon berries, so this shouldn't surprise you.) The centers of Oregon berries are red. The centers of California berries tend to hold upward white, in addition to so they're non equally pretty when I cutting the sides off of them.
Once I've done that, I simply add together a footling saccharide in addition to allow them macerate for a yoke of hours. These berries are real sweet, in addition to so they didn't require much sugar. Then, when we're ready for dessert, I brand the footling shortcakes off the Bisquick box. This fourth dimension around, I made shortcakes for two. The Bisquick recipe makes half dozen shortcakes, in addition to so I wanted to cutting it into a tertiary of the regular recipe. It was a footling tricky, so I'll part amongst you lot the measurements I came upward with.
Bisquick Shortcakes for Two
2/3 loving cup addition 1 1/2 tablespoons Bisquick Baking Mix
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon butter (melted)
2 1/2 tablespoons milk
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Mix ingredients until dough forms.
3. Divide inwards one-half (approximately) in addition to drib past times large spoonfuls onto a baking canvass lined amongst parchment.
4. Bake until golden brown, 10-12 minutes.
5. Apply heaping pile of prepared strawberries. Add an enormous dollop of whipped cream (strawberries should stay visible). Devour amongst wild abandon.
Ooooooooh...aaaaaaaaaaahhh. Yes, it was delicious. But don't mean value we're non sticking to our diet. We had this carte du jour particular from the Cooking Light Diet, in addition to so it's all good. These are the Chicken Verde Enchiladas.
Now I've moved eastward a little, in addition to I'm closing inwards on a complete for this one.
The relaxation of the twenty-four threescore minutes menstruation is expected to hold upward equally position dorsum equally it has been thence far. I'll exit for a walk, in addition to I'll in all likelihood practice some to a greater extent than stitching. Otherwise...nothing...oh yes, except for kitty snuggling. That's on the agenda every day.