Baking on the mind.

This photo (which I took about two months ago in Grantsburg during a bread making class) is how I am feeling today. I want to bake, but just can't get past looking at the empty bowls and supplies I have in the kitchen. I know my baking results will be fruitful (pun fully intended).

I've got baking on the brain. I know it is because we bought a crate of strawberries (8-1 pint packages) over the weekend and I am thinking about pie, jam, bread...etc. One of my tasks for the evening is to prioritize that baking list. I refuse to let them go to waste.

On the top of my list is a strawberry rhubarb pie. I can use all market bought fruits! (Well, I don't know that rhubarb is technically a fruit; we got it recently at the Minneapolis Farmers' Market. Need to find a market here that is equally as awesome!)

Tonight we're making a strawberry almond salad. It's a simple, yet delicious salad.

Here's my recipe:

- Bag of spinach or spring greens (no iceberg lettuce allowed)

- 1.5 cups (~1 package) of fresh strawberries, halved

- Caramelized almonds

- 1/2 red onion, chopped

- Gorgonzola cheese

- Balsamic dressing (olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper)

30 Days of Creativity - Day 12: Lego Magic

Just because you have a busy day doesn't mean you can't take a few minutes to do something creative. Cue my day.

Yesterday we picked up this little Lego dude. We wanted to get the Zombie, but we got the magician instead. Oh well. There are plenty of creative things that we can do with him... In this shot he's asking for the rain to stop coming down on the weekends. No more water Saturdays through Sundays. Gotta it?

Other than magician photography it was a very busy day. Started off with a trip to the Green City Market. Sad to admit that my hesitancy to buy immediately before first checking out all the vendors did not pay off. I left before making any purchases on various veggies as to avoid getting bathed in the rain. Bummer. Next week I'll be back (I hope) with the sunshine.

Happy to see the U.S. tie in the game against England in their debut World Cup game. Sad that their only goal was a complete gift. The only way to celebrate that fortunate / unfortunate "victory" was with ribs at Ribfest. And naturally, more rain.