Good evening all!
We ended up going to a greenway instead of a hike, which saved us driving time. This was a new older greenway on the other side of the city that was flat but long. We ended up walking about 5.5 miles with a picnic halfway.
Along the way we encountered many-a-bugs, mostly squirrmin’ worms inchin’ along
Our picnic was a variety of fridge scroungings –
Fruits + veggies
Buns
Tri-cheese
Cantaloupe
Diana’s hummus
I enjoyed a little of everything
Plus the husband!
And Lemon Poppyseed bread for dessert. Just a small slice from this pile –
My legs were quite tired after about 1.5 hours of walking. We came home and put our feet up to some House Hunters and watched our wedding video!!!
Around 4:30 I got hungry for a snack – Nature’s Path Pumpkin Raisin Crunch with some soy milk and PB2! The PB2 was actually great in the cereal. It gave it a nice peanut buttery flavor in the background.
Speaking of PB2, another jar arrived today from Lee!! I now have 3 and think I’ll share one with Kelsey.
We doubled up on alcohol the past 2 nights, so tonight I made POM Spritzers for mom and me.
For their farewell dinner I made my parents Nutty Vanilla Sweet Potato + Kale Soup! Hopefully it will soon be called the award winning NVSPKS!
I added a little more milk this time and it was a tad too liquidy, but the taste was spot on. I think they liked it a lot.
On the side we had a platter of GH bread – Cheesy Sourdough and Dakota.
I chose sourdough with butta –
My mom couldn’t end the meal without something sweet, so I pulled out the Peeps she brought me for Easter. She LOVES Peeps! I like them too, but one is usually enough 🙂
Dad wanted chocolate, so I pulled these out that I got at BlogHer last July. I think it helps to keep chocolate hidden in a drawer under things so getting it out to unwrap takes some effort – can’t believe I haven’t eaten all of these yet!
I had half of one just for a taste.
Now that the house is back in order, Kanz and I are going to watch Australia. I can’t believe it’s only Saturday night. It was a wonderful 3-day weekend. Tomorrow it’s back to work studying for my double-test Wednesday.
Michele (aka Raw Juice Girl) says
Neat! I walked an hour and a half today, too!! 🙂
Now I’m craving some kale–I love kale!!!
What a beautiful, fun day, eh??
*smiles*
Michele
Joanne says
Good job on the walking! Those worms are gross. Hate fuzzy looking creatures!
That soup has to be a winner.
As for “Australia”, I’ve been curious about that movie because it has some good actors, but I think it got poor reviews.
Annie says
wow that chocolate looks yummy…
yadi says
Our GOTR run is May 2, so we went on a 5K practice run this morning. My legs are tired too… But it felt great. Hope you like Australia, heard it was a bit long.
zestycook says
Great pics Kath – good job on the walking. Have a great night.
zest!
Casey says
Such a cute pic of you and Matt!!!
VeggieGirl says
THERE’S AN INCHWORM ON MATT’S FACE!!! AHH!!!
Sally says
How is PB2? I’ve always wanted to try it, but I can’t find it at the store.
Heather says
What a fun way to spend your long Easter weekend! All those wormy bugs would have creeped me out though. I hope Matt was the only one crazy enough to play with them!
Delicious lunch spread!! And I just bought that Pumpkin Raison Flax Cereal at the store today, so I’m hoping I like it too!
That soup looks amazing. I printed out the recipe last week, so I’m definitely making it soon!
Enjoy your weekend before the craziness of next hits!
Heather says
Last line is supposed to say *next week* 😉
Sharon says
Oh my gosh, what a blast!
Mara @ What's For Dinner? says
Looks like a wonderful hike and farewell dinner!
WEEKLY BITE says
What a fun day!
Dinner looks great!!
Meg says
What a fabulous day with so much worm action!
Lisa says
While I think fuzzy worms are plenty cute, I have some issues with them. Once when I was a kid we went camping during some kind of fuzzy worm migration/orgy. I didn’t look before sitting down on a bench and smushed a big line of them. I was wearing shorts. Bare skin + fuzzy worm guts = nasty, itchy, ouchy red welts.
I now prefer my fuzzy worm interaction to be of the “look, don’t touch” variety.
Angie says
Looks like a fun day! Nice picnic lunch!
Sweetie Pie says
I love the pictures of the little wiggly worm. So cute! Your picnic food looks amazing… especially the cheese!
That soup is full of things that I love, and I’ll bet they are awesome all together. YUM!
Foodie (Fab and Delicious Food) says
Fun day!
The chocolate looks good!
Run Sarah says
Great photos! Lovely idea for picnic food…I like fresh, simple foods for picnic lunches too.
laci says
Love the inchworms!
And the lunchin with the hubby!
I have yet to try PB2! Dying here- though, not to replace my beloved daily dosing of nutbutter! 🙂
Caroline says
Hmmm…funny how your posts always make me crave bread like crazy!
jess says
its so adorable you watched your wedding video.
great eats too!
Beadie @ What I Ate Yesterday says
Wow, you really did encounter lots of little wormies!! Glad you had a great day!
jperonto says
Mmmmmm peeps!
Oh She Glows says
I love the pic of the worm falling!! How did you capure that one??
That powdered PB just doesn’t look appealing to me. I guess I would have to try it out!
Alison says
Love that soup! Good luck with the contest. Gorgeous pictures of the worms. I probably would have been shaking with fear – I have a ridiculous fear of bugs…but they can look pretty.
Nicole says
Delicious lunch spread! I still need to make your soup. It sounds so amazing.
The bugs grossed me out!! I like bugs, but inch worms really creep me out!
K says
So many little critters!! Signs of spring 🙂 What a great picnic – buns and cheese looks like the best plate there!
Hope you’re having a great Easter morning!
Shannon (The Daily Balance) says
Nice walk! Happy Easter 😉
Lauren says
Nothin’ like an outdoor picnic after a nice long walk! The spread looks yummy.
I LOVE that soup, and will be making it again soon 🙂
Kath says
Lisa ,
Oh gosh, poor you, poor worms!
Oh She Glows,
It was one of those flying worms on a thread!
K
Meaghen says
Looks like you had a lovely hike and picnic!!!! I love the tri cheese spread!!!!
Cute Barney Butter tee too!!!!
Michelle Hisae says
It looks like you had such a fun day!! You retell it very well 🙂
Graze With Me says
I love those chocolates!!! That box wouldn’t last a week at my house.
Kristin @ Iowa Girl Eats says
Awww what a fun walk and picnic!! Super cute little inch worms 🙂 I’ve been wanting to see Australia, but I heard it was kind of long/not that great??
Diana says
Hey cool! Glad you guys got some good use out of that hummus. 🙂 Looks like it was a fun day!
Kate says
You had the Peeps and the chocolate, all you needed was graham crackers and you could’ve made PEEP S’MORES! Mmm.