Recipe : Mexican Street Corn Salad

As I mentioned on Monday, I added a delicious corn salad to our Mexican dinner party menu.

My friend Laura recently made this recipe for a get together we had and I demanded the recipe from her.  

1 (16 oz) bag of Trader Joes frozen charred corn (if you don't have this, you can char corn on the stove top, it's just takes longer.)

(3) tablespoons light mayo (I did less, wait until the end and see how much you need)

1/2 cup of feta cheese

2-3 tablespoons lime juice

1 tablespoon jalapeño pepper, finely chopped

1/3 cup fresh cilantro, finely chopped

3-4 tablespoons red onion, finely chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

1/2-1 teaspoon chili powder

salt and pepper to taste

and heres the best part....just mix all of the ingredients together and chill.

This salad is best served chilled so if you can make it ahead of time and let it hang in the fridge it is even better.

How easy is that?! 

Delicious on it's own.

Delicious on tacos and nachos.

Delicious on rice.

Delicious on everything! 

Weekend Wrap Up : Blustery

Another beautiful Spring weekend in the books! 

(though I am going to ignore the snow they are mentioning in the forecast)

If the weekends want to keep being beautiful I am fine with that.

Friday we got wild and crazy.

I feverishly worked on my puzzle because we were having dinner guests over the next time and it was all over the dining table.  

Then we watched The Martian - really enjoyed it! Great mix of comedy and drama.  

Saturday started with bootcamp and coffee, the perfect way to start a Saturday in my book.

Then Mister and I ran errands and listened to 'The Grownup' while we drove around.  Considering it was only an hour and a half long we finished it up.  And it was SO weird.  Anyone else read it?

Saturday evening we had friends over for a Mexican dinner.  

I whipped up my friends recipe for Mexican Street Corn Salsa...oh my lanta, it was amazing.  I'll be sharing the recipe soon.  

Sunday was all about soaking up the gorgeous weather.  After church I headed out for a run and was able to do 8 miles.  I have not run that long in a very long time.  

However the wind was so intense that it almost blew me over a few times.  At one point, my hat was flying off, my eyes were watering and my nose was running...I call those intense running conditions.  

We ventured to Lowes with Floyd in tow and picked up a new ceiling fan (working on the list!) and he picked up quite a few smiles and pets. 

That was after he let out THE loudest bark the moment we walked in the door.  I guess he really wanted everyone to know he was there.  

How was your weekend? 

Fridays with Floyd

Many moons ago there used to be weekly 'Fridays with Floyd' around these parts.

I apologize he hasn't made an appearance lately but after a few requests to see his sassy mug, he's back!!

Thankfully (for us) Floyd hasn't done anything too crazy or rambunctious lately.   But he still have all his same quirks and has picked up some new ones.

For example:  

Really, really loving to lay on top of our covers at night.  Smack in the middle of the bed.  And if you've never tried to pull your covers up from under a 56lbs basset hound who is dead asleep, well then, you've never really had a workout.  

I mean, who doesn't want an arm work out at 2 am?!

(Neighborhood watch is VERY important.  Even when it's dark outside.)

We have started putting coconut oil on Floyd's food to help with his skin/coat/overall health.  Recently he has taken to purely eating the hunk of coconut oil first and then coming back to finish the bowl about 5 minutes later.  Personally I think a spoonful of coconut oil sounds terrible but he's eaten a lot of strange things in life soooo 

Speaking of eating, we recently picked up new food for Floyd just to switch things up a little.  I can't quite tell how he feels about it yet though.  I feel strongly about it because it is supposed to help his skin, stomach and isn't full of junk.  We have slowly been mixing it in.  I'll see if he wants to do a  review soon. 

Something he does feel strongly about are these dental bones that the kind folks at Chewy sent him.  

He has always been a fan of dental hygiene so these bones were a no brainer.  We try to keep up with his teeth brushing but admittedly, we are non consistent.  Because of this I like to make sure I am giving him bones/treats that also help with his dental health.  

And that's a little about Floyd lately.  Any burning questions you have for him?

Recipe : Rice Krispie Pinwheel

Recently we were traveling to visit some friends and I was responsible for bringing the treat for the weekend.  

Well that and fire crackers.  I am basically not allowed in the door without fire crackers in tow.  

Rather than cookies or brownies, I decided to go with something a little different this time around.  I remembered that I had pinned this a loooong time ago and had been wanting to try it out.  This was the perfect time. 

The Rice Krispie Pinwheel really could not have been easier.  I added a little twist to mine.  The options are really limitless with the recipe too, which I love.  I think next a funfetti version would be very delicious.  

-3 tbsp butter

-4 cups mini marshmallows 

-6 cups rice krispie cereal

-2 cups frosting (I just whipped chocolate)

-1 cup dulce de leche sauce

-sprinkles

1. Whip up your rice krispies as normal.  You know, melt the butter, add the marshmallows and then the cereal.

2.  Generously spray a jelly roll or cookie sheet

3.  Spread rice krispies into pan.  This requires you to work pretty quickly and with a lot of patience.  

Stickiness is at a all time high here

4.  If you are mixing the frosting and dulce de leche sauce, mix those together 

(make sure you have a helper...)

5.  Spread frosting in an even layer over the rice krispies 

 6.  Once your treat is covered, roll up the rice krispies

(I went hot dog style vs hamburger rolling it up because I needed to feed more people.  If you wanted fatter/fewer sizes, I would go hamburger style.)

7.  This step is optional and didn't work perfect for me BUT if you want to have some fun, spread some sprinkles in your pan and roll the roll around to cover in sprinkles.

To transport I wrapped mine if plastic wrap and then foil and it traveled well and kept for a few days.

As I said the options are limitless

Cocoa cereal and peanut butter

Frutti pebbles and vanilla frosting

Funfetti

Chocolate on chocolate

the list goes on! 

Linking up with Anne today for Pin to Present! 

Weekend Wrap Up : I've got the fever

Spring fever that is.  

This weekend was one for the record books.  

I know everyone is talking about the weather BUT holy bananas it was amazing.  

I am fully aware it's going to get cold again but I am basking in the goodness that was 75 degrees for as long as I can.

Friday night Mister and I had a delicious dinner with our neighbors.  I made a very yummy appetizer (if I do say so myself) and will post that recipe soon.  It was very quick and easy to whip up after work.

Saturday was just stellar.

I started the day with a run to bootcamp and a run home.  

Then the plan for the day was to do whatever Mister wanted to continue his birthday celebrations.  We headed straight to The Eagle.  We have been trying to eat at The Eagle for MONTHS.  I wish I was kidding but every time we go it's at least at 2 hour wait and we are always far too hungry for that.

Thankfully two seats opened up at the bar the moment we walked in.  

They are know for their fried chicken and it did not disappoint.  

The food lived up to its name and all of the hype we've heard about. 

TOTAL splurge meal and TOTALLY worth it 

We wandered around OTR for the afternoon and ended up at Taft's Ale House.  A bar in an old church, if you will.  

The interior is beautiful and very well done.  I was obsessed with all of the wallpaper they used.

I took Floyd on a long, long walk that afternoon.

He's working on building his warm weather stamina back up...

My plan for the weekend was also to get a longish run in on Sunday but because it was so nice on Saturday, I headed out for 5 more miles on Saturday.  I was so glad to have it done but also exhausted.

Sunday was our standard day.  Church, grocery, Aldi's, all that good stuff.  

I also spent far too much time working on a puzzle.  Go ahead and call me a huge dork...I am fully aware of it.