“Grill it up” and a small giveaway
Hey everyone! Back to the grind, eh?? Hope your Monday is treating ya well so far 😀
I felt a little off yesterday after Saturday night’s shenanigans but I was so happy to make dinner with the pilot. We’ve started a habit of grilling on Sunday nights and it feels like such a great way to start the week 😉
We had sweet potato fries (seasoned with EVOO, sea salt, pepper, paprika and chili powder), veggie packs and baby bella mushrooms (with balsamic, sea salt, pepper and rosemary)
And the pilot plopped his organic grass-fed beef burgers in the middle. I almost cried happy tears when I saw that our Publix started carrying Greenwise meat because until now, I’ve had to get his carnivorous purchases out-of-town and freeze them. This makes life soooo much easier. He seasoned the burgers with jalapeno slices, worsteshechireshire sauce (does anyone else have difficulties with that word? I usually call it “worst” sauce), sea salt, pepper and stuffed them with pepper jack cheese.
He’s extra sweet about keeping his meat away from my veggies (TWSS?? Ahhhahaha). He uses separate spatulas everything! Whatta guy 😀
The finished product rocked my face off.
Zucchini, yellow squash, Campari tomatoes, asparagus
MUSHROOM! MUSHROOM!
Tater fries with Annie’s ketchup:
We even grilled some jalapenos in a foil pack:
And I ate allllll of them >:) You know I like my spicy.
After dinner, we went to get a tour of a kennel here that Viesa is going to stay at while the pilot and I drive to Oklahoma City. My aunt is going to watch Bella, but since Viesa wants to eat my aunt’s yorkie, we’re finding another place for her to stay since Megan (who is our Viesa-sitter) will be at school with me!! Lots of planning, but it’s all working out so far.
Tonight, I finally made some of this:
Summer Shape Up winners, your macaroons are in the dehydrator 😀
Mmmmm, macaroony goodness.
Speaking of macaroons…….
I just want to say thank you again for sticking with my bloggy post plastic surgery. It was a little weird getting everything switched over, and the Google reader disappearance, but now the bloggy’s in recovery mode. Special thanks to all of you who helped me get the word out about the re-subscribe issue <3 I hope you know how much I adore each and every one of you and thank you for making this such a FUN place to talk about food, fitness, mumbo jumbo and everything else. I started the blog on a whim -and because the pilot told me to “get a hobby”- and you guys have turned it into something so enjoyable and rewarding. Ok, mush part over.
Now, who wants some macaroons??
All you have to do is leave a comment and let me know if you’re a cake or ice cream person and what your favorite flavor is 😀
I love both dearly –chances are that if something falls into the “dessert” category, I’m a fan- but I’m definitely a cake person. My favorite homemade cake is flourless chocolate but a la box, I love FUNFETTI!!
******I’ll use a random number generator tonight at 9 EST to pick the macaroon winner, who can choose from blonde, chocolate, or almond butter-stuffed macaroons.
Aight, I’m out. I have some errands to run but I’ll see ya for lunch!
xoxo,
G$
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ice cream, all the way. and it has to be the green mint chocolate chip! it’s the best! thanks for the prizes!
I love cake! My mom makes a poppyseed cake which my dad and I always request for our birthdays 🙂 As for a box, the chocolate sour cream pound cake from Williams Sonoma is un-freaking-believable.
Our family has an OLD recipe for homemade chocolate cake with a rich chocolate buttercream frosting…mmmm…so moist!!
Ice cream…favorite flavor is cookien n creme. To be honest, I’ve never had an ice cream flavor I didn’t like!
i stay away from dairy these days, but when i ate it my favorite was cake batter ice cream from cold stone- perfect combo of cake AND ice cream!! now i like coconut milk ice cream and i’m waiting for a cake batter flavor to come out.
I’m definietely an ice cream girl, and my fav is probably cherry, yummers.
You can never go wrong with ice cream. Cakes, when not moist, can be a total bummer. ^^
Cake for sure!!! I love vanilla cake with cream cheese frosting…yum! Or ved velvet..oh the possibilities 🙂
Definitely ice cream!!! I usually go for oatmeal cookie yogurts, but recently Gina’s (Choosing Raw blog) banana softserve has really hit the spot!
Ice cream, especially soft serve!
my FAVORITE icecream flavor is homemade avocado and pineapple!!! fun color, and delicious, ESPECIALLY when made at home in your own icecream maker!!!
Totally an ice cream person.
My favorite is straight-up vanilla sprinkled with cinammon, or sometimes with a little nut butter.
But near where I live there is a fat-free fro-yo place with cheesecake flavored fro-yo that is only 25 cals per oz. – YUM!
I have been DYING for some of those macaroons!
I’m definitely a raw ice-cream gal. Raspberry sorbet or any kind of raw ice-cream with chunks of nuts and chocolate…ohhhh heaven baby!! 🙂
Thanks for the wonderful blog!
Casey
While I love both, if I had to pick one I’d choose cake! My favorite flavor is anything mushy — chocolate mousse, anything with mushy frosting inside, etc. I love mush cake!
Definitely a cake person! I love vanilla and chocolate cake!
im with you on the funfetti – but i love me some pinkberry froyo too!!
LOVE the new bloggy 🙂
Hi! I love your new blog design! (and thank goodness for those bloggers who let us know to re-add you to Google Reader!).
I LOVE ice cream! Especially mint-chocolate chip or hazelnut. 🙂
Dulce de leche ice cream for me!! 😀
I’m totally an ice cream girl – cookies & cream!!!
I love your new blog layout, all the tabs and such. I can’t WAIT for your playlist section. I just started teaching spin and your playlists that you post are LIFESAVERS!
I’m a frozen yogurt girl. I can’t have butter or cream so that takes away most cakes and ice cream. So, I go for the alternativen – tart frozen yogurt. Yum!
Gosh, If I MUST choose… Cake… But I LOVE different kinds.. Never had a cake I didn’t like. Cheesecake, orange cream cake, strawberry cake, chocolate cake, etc.. 🙂
Gina, I lost you, but found you thanks to the other blogs pointing me in your direction! I love ice cream, I usually act like I am 5 and order a soft serve twist cone!
i’m so glad you’re back!! i missed a lot of you while i disappeared off the google reader planet 😉
Oh man. I love cake AND ice cream. But if forced to choose, I would go with cake. My fav is yellow cake with homemade chocolate fudge frosting. I also love any kind of cake with Funfetti frosting. Not the kind with sprinkles, but the old kind with weird candy pieces mixed in it. Mmm, its like crack.
what i love about cake is really only the icing! so i def prefer ice cream…cookie dough. mmmm! perfect summertime treat.
If my only choices were cake and ice cream I’d want them together and all melty and stirred together. Chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream. Yum. My mother says it’s impolite to mix it together like that in public, but at home it’s smushed together all the way.
that’s not impolite. it’s GENIUS!!! mmm mushy swirled ice cream and cake
ah! such a difficult decision! I’m going to have to say cake, because of the frosting! Sooo tasty 🙂 Love the new look of the blog!
I’m a cake person. A rich and moist carrot cake is my favorite!
I honestly woke up this morning thinking it was my birthday (it’s actually in January!) and dreaming of the cake I was going to make today for it….I think that answers the question!! My fav would be carrot cake (or any spice cake) with cream cheese frosting. Yum!
Ps. Loving the new blog and how easy it is both on the eyes and to navigate! Have a wonderful day 🙂
Holy yum post! I love anything chocolate. If I could have my cake and eat it too (no pun intended) I would have Chocolate caked covered with chocolate icing & sprinkles w/ a scoop of ice cream (vanilla). To choose just one? Like you, I would choose the chocolate flourless cake, it is the only cake I love without ice cream. And I would take cake over ice cream any day!
Ice cream, hands down! Fave flava flav is this strawberry fro yo from a place called Sweet Frogs, you would swear it had 2 tons of fresh strawberries in it bc it tastes soooooo good!!!
Definitely a cake person! I have an amazing recipe for a chocolate fudge cake that I almost never make, but when I do – it’s oh so worth it!
Chocolate cake with either vanilla or chocolate ice cream is my FAVORITE! And mushing it all together is a must! And the ice cream has to be all melty…oooooooh, I need to have some soon! 🙂
Your dinner? Perfection. Plain and simple!
I used to love Funfetti (best cake mix EVER!) but I’m a cheesecake kind of girl. Or tiramisu 🙂
I’m DEFINITELY an ice cream girl. Coffee Oreo from JP Licks here in Boston is insanely magical! Love the new format of the blog; easier to use, and looks great!
i am an ice cream person and i love blue bell ice cream! i recently got these mini ice cream sandwiches which are great because they’re great little snacks!
I love ice cream but i think red velvet cake takes the cake (haha).
have a great day!
carrot cake is my all time favorite!!! this is an awesome giveaway!
Oh my…cake definitely!!! And have you ever tried the cake that is only 100 calories??!! YUMMY!!!!
I love both! But ice cream takes longer to eat so I can savor the yumminess. My favorite is soft serve twist cones.
I’m an ice cream guy. Ben & Jerry’s Oatmeal Cookie Chunk is my favorite!
Last night I had blueberry granola frozen yogurt…total life changing event! I’m definitely an icecream girl!
I love both, but I really like chocolate cake because I feel like it can taste amazing even if its just made from a box.
Loveeee CAKE. Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting is my favorite!
I want some!!!! I am dreaming about these babies.
I am for sure a cake person – cupcakes especially. I love them all, but I’m loving Crumbs cupcakes – especially the apple stuffed ones and carrot cake 🙂
Woo-hoo! A chance to win macaroons! Yay!
I like BOTH cake and ice cream, but, if you make me choose, I’d take ice cream. My very favorite kind is Breyer’s fried ice cream flavor, which is cinnamon-caramel ice cream w/ crispies and caramel swirl throughout. Drool….
ohh my goodness i have been dying to try your marcoons! i am most definetly an icecream girl. mmmmm i love just about anything with chocolate, couldn’t really pick a fave, but i do love coffee cookies n’ cream,peanut butter, or just a plain chocolate and vanilla swirl =) thankyou so much Gina for this opportunity!
Those macaroons look extra delicious since I know they are coming my way 😀 I will exempt myself from this giveaway so someone else can get a chance to try the famous macaroons….but my favorite is actually ice cream cake! I alwaysss used to get that for my birthday cake!
Coffee flavored ice cream is what wins my heart!!!
Macaroons….. crossing my fingers for some!! 🙂
Both are super tasty and it varies with what I am craving. I love a slice of cake, no frosting, with a scoop of icecream on top.
Mac’s look TASTY, Gina!!!
Definitely ICE CREAM!!! My fave flavor would have to coffee or homemade peach ice cream.
However…I adore Funfetti! It is just about the only “store made” cake I will eat! I’ve I’lways joked that I’m going to have a layer of my wedding cake be funfetti!
The macaroons look delish!