Homemade Weekend

This weekend I guess we were just in the mood to make and bake things! Raleigh made his homemade granola that he hasn't made in a while, I made cookies (which I also haven't made in a while) and Raleigh made a lot of ice cream, too. The ice cream in the picture is "Heath Cafe", which is coffee ice cream with Heath chunks. He named it. :) Raleigh is actually really into making ice cream these days and is selling them even! He's sold about 7 pints so far and has another 5 pints ordered. He's having a good time with it. We had a good time baking this weekend.

My Favorite Salad..and soon to be yours, too!

This is my FAVORITE salad! It is so good. I slowly have "perfected" it. It's simple yet delicious and I wanted to share it with anyone who wants to try it. :) Here are the ingredients and directions:

Red or green leaf lettuce
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Carrots
Orange and Yellow Peppers
Roasted Pine Nuts
Grilled Chicken

Roast the pine nuts in a pan with a little bit of olive oil. Cut up all veggies and sprinkle with the pine nuts. Grill chicken with some seasoning (I use salt/pepper and lemon-pepper seasoning).

It's the best with some homemade ranch dressing but I also just do olive oil and vinegar dressing to cut back on calories of course. And if you are going to exclude anything, don't let it be the pine nuts! They are so good and bring out a very distinct and interesting flavor. :) Enjoy! Let me know if you try it and like it!