This will be my 100th post! (trumpet fare in background) I've put off posting because I figured if it is going to be the 100th one, I'd better have something important to say. And what could be more important than the choosing of my birthday dinner? Next Sunday I turn 29- and yes I am currently accepting monetary donations, chocolate, and gift cards for pedicures.
My birthday is usually an excuse for me to celebrate summer by cooking something scrumptious. BBQed kabobs or fish is popular, as well as strawberries by the ton. I spend a lot of time thinking about this. For Memorial Day weekend I tried my hand at some strawberry cupcakes with strawberry meringue frosting, thinking perhaps that it would be a test run for possible birthday dessert feasting. It would appear that I am not so good at meringuing anything. And also, I don't like meringue- not that that mattered, because it was all totally gloppy and weird tasting anyway. Oh Martha Stewart, how you have disappointed me.
Ok scratch meringue frosting. But today was the most exciting day of all because I bought an ICE CREAM MAKER!!!!!! EEEEEEE, I am squealing like a little girl just thinking about it. Ice cream, sorbet, frozen yogurt- it's all within my grasp! Tomorrow we are making ice cream with strawberries stolen from our landlord's yard. (Stolen strawberries being the tastiest). But I am already thinking ahead to flavors like mango-ginger, lemon-basil, cucumber- mint, and other hyphenated flavors that probably only belong in lotions and soaps. Don't tell Jay.
So now that I have an ice cream maker I could . . . make cornmeal blackberry cupcakes with vanilla ice cream scoops on top. Or a fresh ice cream cake roll. Cheesecake with ice cream on the side. Mango sorbet on top of ginger cupcakes. Oh the possibilities.
Definitely using an out-of-this world citrus marinade for beef and veggie kabobs. 100% chance of margaritas. Mmmmmm, how I love food.
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Post pics. For some weird reason I love to hear about other people making delicious food. CURTIS STONE, for one. He could make food whenever. Though I also enjoy the Pioneer Woman Blog's food posts. At the same time I secretly laugh at how ridiculous it is all the pictures she takes. But then ... bow howdy. The process is documented.
Then I NEVER try any of it myself. Sad. Maybe I'll think about that as a summer goal.
Yum! I love food too, except for maybe meringue. Wish I could be there for the party.
It's ABOUT TIME you posted a another blog! :) The food sounds yummy.
just waiting for the inspiration to strike, Mom.
Congratulations on your 100th post! I'm excited for you both for the post and the ice cream maker! I love mine!!! First flavor of the summer was velvet chocolate with peanut butter cups! MMmmmm, yummy! Happy Birthday to you, too!!!
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