Tastes of summer

I've never liked summer. Aside from 4th of July (BBQ) and my B-day (presents and cake) I loothed the entire season. I was always so hot and miserable in the heat of Southern California. I was too embarassed to wear a swim suit in public or in my own yard. Fun summer activities like going to the park or the beach or even lounging around in a blow up pool sounded like torture. What a difference a year makes! I am acutally looking forward to the summer! I am craving picnics at the park, walks on the beach, bike rides, swimming, everything! Yesterday I spent the afternoon in my swimsuit in the back yard reading and lounging. I put the blow up pool up and by the end of the afternoon the water was so warm I decided to lay down in the water and chill with the kiddos. It was so much fun!

The foods of summer are also sounding very appealing! I found these darling popscile molds at Ross yesterday for $7.49!!!
I decided to put my yummy greek yogurt smoothie into the pop molds and it turned out delish!!!

Healthy Strawberry Pops!

A bag of frozen strawberries (Pop inthe microwave for 1 minute to soften)

8 oz of greek yogurt
6-8 oz of liquid. I usually use oj but since I was out, I used pink lemonade.

Blend until smooth and put in molds. Here is our finished product!

Yummy!

As you have already seen I have been on a big grilled veggie kick and today will be no exception! I got some maranade at Fresh and Easy on clearance for $0.30! so I will be maranading chicken and veggies in that and I will fire up the grill again tonight! It is so easy to eat healthy when it tastes as good as this stuff does! I also saw on Food netword about grilling salad?? Thought I might give that a try too. Seems I can eat veggies upon veggies without filling up the pouch too much so thats nice!

I hope you are all having a great weekend!