Day Two: Mostly an Incredibly Exciting and Intersting Post about a Tasty Salad

The "Solid Mess"

It was a good weekend; a very long weekend filled mostly with helping my sister and her husband de-clutter, organize, clean, rearrange, and paint, shopping for my trip next weekend, and shopping for my groceries this week.  I finally arrived at home - tired, with a full heart and an empty stomach.  I was ready to make some dinner.  As I am going on a little trip next weekend with my sister, Sherri and our friend, Andrea, I've decided to keep it healthy until I go so I can splurge on delicious food and treats while on the trip.  That being said, I decided on a tasty salad.  After I made a solid mess, which I am quite good at, the tasty salad turned out to be very tasty, indeed!

The "Tasty Salad"

Salmon, spinach, gouda, red onion, pecans, avocados, and a homemade yogurt-honey-lemon dressing. I am still not entirely sure about the salad dressing.  I think it might have to grow on me.  I have a favorite dressing that I often make (honey-mustard-ginger.  Mmm...) and it is so good that all new creations must be compared to it.  I love making homemade salad dressings.  I only wish I did it more often.  Drinking a beer makes me crave Mexican food and drinking wine makes me crave pizza.  I guess it isn't a surprise that the more I drink, the less I cook.  Thankfully, there are plenty of homemade meals in my immediate, 30 day future.

Interestingly, I didn't crave alcohol much this weekend.  I was around it, thought about it, passed by it at the store, but I didn't really crave it.  Being that I spent most of the weekend at my sister's, helping with the house, I wasn't in a situation that really warranted drinking.  Under normal circumstances, however, that's what I would have been doing.  I certainly wouldn't have gotten drunk, by any means, but being in and out of the sun, carrying boxes and moving furniture around, etc. - an ice cold beer would have really hit the spot.  It was nice to spend time with the boys and not have to wake up the next day wishing I hadn't been drinking around them and, if I had been buzzed, wondering if it showed.  It was really, really nice.

So far, I think I'm off to a good start.