Showing posts with label strawberry ice box cake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strawberry ice box cake. Show all posts

Friday, April 6, 2012

The Friday Five

1. What I'm Reading: The Mockingjay

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I finished The Hunger Games and Girl on Fire.  I have yet to see the movie; Mom and  I may go today.  The first book was very enjoyable, but the further I get into the series, the less interested I become.  I feel no real attachment to any of the characters and am much more into the political aspects of the book than the relationships.

Although, I do think it is a great series for young adults because Katniss is a great role model (especially compared to the heroine of another wildly popular, made into movie, science fiction young adult series) and it raises the question of how much government control is too much.

2. What I'm Watching: Shahs of Sunset

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Bless you, Bravo, for this wonderful gift.  I am in awe of the cast; they are amazing, ridiculous, hilarious, and downright entertaining.  Reeza's one-liners kill me!

3. What I'm Eating: Asparagus.
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It's no secret I'm obsessed.  Since it's in-season and has been on sale, I've been eating absurd quantities.

4.  What I'm Listening To: NPR podcast: Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me

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It's very entertaining and the perfect length for weekday runs (between 45-50 minutes).  A humorous way to fit the news into my week.

5.  What I'm Pinning spending countless hours online scouring: cars

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It's official that my car is totaled, so I'm currently car shopping.  This is the only kind of shopping I don't enjoy.  *Sigh.  


Bonus: What I'm Contributing to Easter Dinner:
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strawberry ice box cake (I'm attempting to make it more Paleo friendly by using full-fat coconut milk in the place of heavy cream and agave instead of confectioners sugar)

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white wine sangria with apples, blackberries, and hopefully peaches, if I can find some

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hummus (My aunt fell in love with it when she tried it at Zeus, so I'm hoping she likes mine just as much.)

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guacamole deviled eggs (A healthier alternative to traditional deviled eggs, which are always made with the broken paquing losers.)


Your turn.  What are you reading, eating, watching, listening to, searching the Internet for, and making for Easter? GO.