Food and Family
Posted: September 6, 2010 Filed under: Breakfast, Delish Dinners, Mid-Day Yummies | Tags: bbq lunch, fall foods, fruit, salad, smoothie, watermelon 26 Comments »I hope you all had fun labor day weekends! Mine was full of food and family…just like it’s supposed to be, right?
Today I woke up, and ate breakfast, which is kind of unusual. Usually it takes me a couple of hours and some exercise to work up an appetite.
Spinach, banana, ½ peach, blueberries, water, almond milk
I drank this while reading my latest Rachel Ray magazine – which Evan is featured in!! I screamed aloud when I saw his face. Pretty dang cool.
Then I lesson planned for the week, worked out, then went to a bbq at my in-law’s best friend’s house.
This was my plate. However, I didn’t eat the bratwurst (just wasn’t feeling it), and had about 5x the amount of fruit you see. Yum city. We spent the afternoon there, and then came home and I napped away the rest of the day. When I awoke, I graded papers and then Meeker and I went on a massive grocery shopping trip. We have soooo much produce!! I’m a happy, happy girl.
For dinner, I only wanted one thing.
Yup, ½ a watermelon for dinner. I have to get my fix while they’re still available!!
What’s one food you’ll miss during as summer dwindles? Watermelon for me
What’s one fall food you’re looking forward to? So many!! Fall is my favorite “food season” – apples, squash, soup, mmm, I’m feeling cozy just thinking about it!
Ha, I can’t count how many “1/2 watermelon” dinners I’ve had this summer! I’ll miss the corn on the cob, melon, berries and such, but I’m looking forward to apples and pumpkin in everything! Pumpkin ice cream’s almost here!
I am for sure going to miss the abundance of seaonal fruit, but I’m super excited for pumpkin to be back in season
I am looking forward to everything pumpkin, but I’ll miss good, flavorful raw corn. Actually, I have no idea when corn season is but I know I haven’t seen any lately.
Fall is my fav. food season, so I won’t miss summer food too much.
I miss my Rachael Ray magazines…I will have to re-subscribe when I am
back home.
I’m going to miss peaches and fresh okra! BUT I looooove all things pumpkin!
I’m seriously looking forward to pumpkin. But will be sad to not have the smell of BBQ in the air…
Mmmm, that bbq smell, I didn’t even think about how much I will miss that!!
Cherries! At least I think they are a summer fruit I could totally be wrong about this!
O yes, pumpkin! Kind of sad the stone fruits are going away
I actually think summer has the best produce of the year, so I’m relishing it while its around.
Watermelon for dinner, huh? I may have to find 1 just so i can eat it the way you do… But that would not be enough to hold me over for more than 20 minutes, watermelon and me aren’t tight for that reason alone! Kabocha squash and pie pumpkins obviously! Oh and EVERY single kind of apple imaginable.
Have a great week, have you guys finished Matilda yet? I say you do a Tour De Dahl this entire year and read a ton of his books to your kiddz!
I’ll miss watermelon so much
I didn’t eat as much as I wanted to 
But I can’t wait to get my hands on some pumpkins, apples, grapes and chestnuts
Watermelon! Lately it is my safe food and I am loving it! The hubster rocks and yesterday went to a second store (and paid like twice as much) to get me one of the small round ones instead of slices because I like to eat it just like that!!! He is so good to me!
I’ll miss watermelon too! But I love fall foods and can’t wait for ALL of them!
I’ll miss all grilled food! it just doesn’t taste the same when done in oven
I’ll miss all types of melon, I could eat one a day! But so looking forward to apples and pumpkin/squashes!
Watermelon and blackberries. I always miss those every year.
I am most looking forward to Honeycrisp apples and lots of soups and chilis!
Sounds like a great time!
I’m going to miss corn, watermelon and tomatoes!
I like fall for the apples and butternut squash.
i’m really going to miss the blueberries and jazz apples. i’m excited for different types of squash and pumpkin stuff!
I recently subscribed to your blog and just wanted to let you know that I love it! The “In the 3rd Grade World” section always makes me laugh and keeps things unique.
I’m excited for Fall soups and chilis and warm comfort foods. I will miss Summer’s smoothies and ice cream though.
(Although, let’s be honest, I’m probably still going to eat my fair share of ice cream year round.)
Pumpkins, Pumpkins, PUMPKINS!!!
and LOCAL apples! =)
I’ll miss watermelon as well, but I’m looking forward to pumpkin.
That’s a hard one… I think I’ll missed berries, especially blueberries!
I am looking forward to pumpkin, squash, honeycrisp apples and hot cocoa!
BERRIES!!! They’ve been getting more and more expensive since July, and I finally broke down and bought frozen today. Boo
Can’t get much better than family and food!!
I will miss Georgia peaches the most!! But I’m most looking forward to apple picking and making homemade applesauce!!
i will miss watermelon and peaches when they go.. but i can’t wait for eating oatmeal all winter. i don’t in the summer for some reason.
Oh man I’ll miss coconut!!!!!! I may even attempt to eat it throughout the entire winter in hopes it’ll send me back to the beach when it’s snowing and below freezing outside!
But I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE autumn and can’t wait for anything pumpkin! Right now I’m obsessed with pumpkin mousse. Holy cow!