fresca!

i have just mentally planned the best summer picnic/barbecue/pool party menu in my head. If only I were home, if only it were July, if only it were hot, and if only I could eat things other than bananas, apple sauce, rice, potatoes, and tea. (current gastroenteritis diet of great variety and fun. not to mention, i hate bananas.)

but anyways I will make this summer bbq menu happen when im home in CA and hanging out with friends in my backyard, since my parents told me they just got patio furniture! finally! our last set either a)broke in the 94 earthquake, b)was just too ugly and got thrown away in 94, or c)otherwise disappeared before I hit first grade, or d) some combinations of the above. i'm a touch homesick right now because i'm sick, it's not warm enough here yet, and i can't eat anything, and monique keeps making me eat bananas.

enough moping! planned menu:
-grilled corn
- delicious salad with avocado, edamame, cherry tomatoes, and jicama, and whatever other veggies join the party with my blackberry avocado vinaigrette.
- grilled veggie burgers mexican style with guac and salsa and cheese (meat eaters can have whatever they want, i'll let them figure that shit out. but no cheese on their meat, not at my parent's house! soy cheeze acceptable, but gross)i might even home bake the buns for these babies!
- balsamic marinated berries, probably over either lemon sorbet or vanilla ice cream.
- fresh lemonade! or some alcoholic version thereof depending on where the parents are. i still feel awkward drinking in front of them even through im 21. maybe the red wine fresca combo plus chopped up citrus fruits that is delicious and frowned at by adults, ie- poor man's/college student's/sandra lee's (jahahahahaha) instant sangria! my god fresca sounds so good right now. too bad a) it doesn't exist here, b) i'm forbidden to eat anything citrus.

i will continue to dream about this elegant and fun backyard soiree as a distraction from the lingering stomach aches of this stupid sickness. next step: mentally planning the decor of course! when (not if, but when) this party actually takes place, i will document all the cooking for the foodie part of this blog. i know this blog is supposed to be 1/3 me talking, 1/3 crafts, and 1/3 cooking, but umm i can't really cook here in France sadly, and i haven't crafted all that much. so those other two sections of the blog will get kicked off in july when i go home! normally when i think about leaving i get really sad and don't want to leave, but right now, it seems like i just can't wait. i think it's just cause im under the weather and sick of the weather here!

anticipating the glorious summer months! let this stomach sickness be a kickstart to my summer weight loss goals?! yes? no? funny?/not? whatever, i want to be toned this year is the bottom line, i say that every year, and of course gastroenteritis is not the way to lose weight. it's all the tylenol and other french meds gone to my head!