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365: Day 152- Salad Season!


6/2/13: Let the summer of salads begin! Tonight's inaugural salad featured panisse lettuce, haruki turnips and radishes from the Farmer's Market, along with cucumbers, carrots, and red pepper. I cheated with Trader Joe's Greek Feta dressing, but I'm planning on making this dressing very soon.

Considering how much S&Z love cole slaw (and the fact that we've gotten them to eat wheat berry salad twice in the last 2 months), I was really hoping they would get on board with my salad plan this summer. But, you really never know with two kids and two very different personalities. They both dove right in, though, and of course Silas finished his first and said "can I have more salad?". The possibilities will be endless if they are willing participants, and we have an awesome local Farmer's Market that will be able to supply my summer habit: asian slaw, indonesian chicken salad, lemony quinoa salad are just a few sitting in my pepperplate queue.

Both kids woke up from their naps today in great moods, so we headed to Target to get Silas some swim trunks that will actually stay up on his skinny little hips.


It was Zoe's turn to pick the TV show after bath tonight, and she chose "Sid the Science Kid". I laid on the bed next to them relaxing in the AC, and I just couldn't resist a picture of their default mode.

Night night!
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