Get Yer Grill On

Had lots and lots of fun today! My brain feels much better.

First off, Matt and I set out on an adventure this afternoon. Karen had given me a ticket to visit the Symphony Guild 2010 Designer House (a professionally designed model-home trio fundraiser for the Charlotte Symphony).

I almost didn’t go, but decided I should use her ticket at the last minute. SO GLAD I went! It was really cool. I toured 3 condos in this building were designed to the nines with fancy stuff. The condos are on the market for over $1M so they were quite impressive. I have always LOVED model homes, so I had lots of fun (since we only had one ticket, Matt ran my errands for me while I went )

After the tour we hit up TJ’s

You’d think I would have gotten sick of nut butters YEARS ago, but actually, I’ve been having major cravings for a plain, salty peanut butter. I still have other jars to eat, so I’ve been talking myself out of it every time I think of getting a jar of Smucker’s Natural or TJ’s PB, but today I got some. The Valencia, which I tasted at Karen’s last week and liked a lot.

Our cart

We also had a wine tasting sample while at TJ’s and a cheese cube.

And when I got home, I tried the PB for a lite snack!

Meanwhile we prepared for our houseguests and Matt poured me a taste of his beer

When Emily + Casey arrived for a casual cookout dinner, we whipped up some mocktails

Seltzer, lime and Cheribundi Cherry juice

This stuff is TART but really good!!

Get yer grill on

Casey made these amazing Spiced Veggie Burgers!!!!!!!!!! And Matt and I were in charge of veggies

Isn’t she gorgeous!?

Isn’t THIS gorgeous as well!?

 

The burgers were served on Great Harvest Jalapeno Corn Buns with tomato, ketchup, mustard and spinach. They were AMAZING! The touch of cinnamon was perfect, and the texture was spot on. Perhaps the best burger I’ve had this year? Even better than last week’s bison!?

AND HERE’S THE RECIPE!!

Friends!

More friends!!

Dessert Date!

For YoFo!

Even Karen showed up!

It’ was FREE YOGURT day!!

Unlike TCBY, Yoforia‘s yogurt was really ALL free. We just walked right through, piled it on, and walked out. Sadly though, a lot of the flavors were out and the machines were quite slow and were overheating so we just barely got through before they had to shut them down for a while.

My bowl (halleluiah they have normal sized bowls now!) contained Taro, Tart and Dark Chocolate with Graham, Coconut, Dark Chocolate Chips, and a piece of Butterfinger!

So delish. But gone way too fast. I don’t like eating yogurt as much when it’s self serve because there are too many holes! And you know, yogurt doesn’t make me feel stuffed and make me feel sick like if I were to eat a huge piece of cake or cheesecake or something really rich. I know it’s got plenty of sugar, but it doesn’t seem to affect me the same way other desserts do. Perhaps because it’s much lower in fat?

Matt got gummi BEARS!

Goodnight!

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