7/5/13: Yesterday's trip to the beach was a total bust, so we decided to try again today. It is Derek's last day of vacation and we wanted to make the most of it. We are also in the middle of a heat wave on the East Coast, so you either need to sit in air conditioning all day or go to the beach!
Apparently everyone else in northern New England had the same idea - Crane Beach was packed!!! Thankfully we got there early enough to find a good spot. The only way to survive this kind of heat is to put our new umbrella to good use.
The kids were hot but had a blast! Sun hats and sunglasses were a must today.
Silas spent most of the day playing alongside the water,
Whereas Zoe wanted to be IN the water.
We were all very happy to be able to cool off whenever we needed!
We lasted 4 hours at the beach today, which is pretty impressive for all of us. It was a great way to end another fun (and busy!) vacation!
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Cook's Notes:
We have been enjoying the last few nights of vacation to cook and eat together. Last night we had Indonesian Chicken Salad with Spicy Peanut Dressing. The peanut sauce is so simple and easy, I will definitely be adding this to my list of go-to's. I left out the Sriracha and dressed S&Z's salads, and then added it in before doing ours. We used a mix of napa cabbage and galisse lettuce, and added radishes, yellow peppers, and haruki turnips. Derek did the chicken on the grill with a simple dry rub. Tonight we made America's Test Kitchen Pasta with Spicy Cauliflower Sauce - we used a gorgeous head of purple cauliflower from last week's Farmer's Market, and we subbed hot turkey sausage for the bacon, which meant we dropped the red pepper flakes. This recipe makes a huge amount, so I'm glad Derek has some leftovers to take to work tomorrow night.
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