Frolicking In The Ravine

Ah.....taking a hiatus from juicing.....and enjoying having company and all the perks that brings. I made shish kebobs for us on Thursday evening. Friday was pita pizzas with my favorite goat cheese, pepperjack cheese, salsa diablo along with a bit of pasta sauce (Bertolli's), sauteed mushrooms, fresh poblano pepper sliced on my mandoline, marinated artichoke hearts, yummy kalamata olives, fresh basil from our garden all topped with thinly sliced fresh onion. Had 1 1/2 of those along with 1/2 bottle of Sophia Coppola's blanc de blanc champagne. Twas delightful. And oh! The store had organic berries on sale....packets of raspberries for $1 each, and blackberries and strawberries...all organic all on sale. Bought tons.

Saturday evening we went out to one of my favorite restaurants for dinner. I had a salad nicoise that had some lovely asparagus spears, yummy sheep's feta, thinly sliced cucumber ribbons, artichoke heart, olives, yummy grilled salmon, cherry tomato....on a bed of arugula with a balsamic vinaigrette. It was wonderful.
For appetizers we had salmon toasts (with a fancy name) and bay scallop ceviche. Along with 2 glasses of a Spanish champagne, and a lovely black forest mousse cake that was light and delicious for dessert. I wasn't going to eat it all....but it was so light and yummy I just did. After dinner we walked around downtown and I felt like I was in this very open loving space and the evening was just wonderful. Felt very connected with humanity....with everyone out there...and there were some awesome drummers on the mall....the kind that stir my soul and bring tears to my eyes...as I remember......I remember......

Sunday we had a yummy brunch...I made scrambled eggs with parmesiano reggiano cheese grated in, some wonderful oat scones with currants and orange zest.....we had a little bowl of berries each....raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and strawberries. And bagels and cream cheese and lox. I didn't have the bagels etc. but did enjoy the eggs, scones and berries.

Then we went for a nice long bike ride, and came back later in the afternoon to put up a trellis for our grape vine...and dinner is pesto with salad from these wonderful lettuces we got at the Farmer's Market on Saturday, with a truly yummy rhubarb custard pie that I made last night from my mother's recipe, with some Hagan Das Vanilla Bean ice cream.

And tomorrow it's back to juice feasting. But I love food...and this has been a most delightful, delicious weekend of food.....and such wonderful food and company it's been! So while I do despair of the couple of pounds that have come back to join me, I don't regret it one bit. It's been grand! And also also also...fresh cherries!!!!

Yum!