Today was a fun day! First of all, a HUGE congrats goes out to Angela of Oh She Glows for being a complete rockstar in her 10K today! I’m so beyond impressed! Adam and I had a fun relaxing day together today and I’m really glad about it! Tomorrow is my first day back at camp! Like the campers, my first week back is always a bit exhausting, so a rest day was needed.
Since tomorrow is sure to be a fairly boring dinner post (if I get one up at all!) I decided to give you TWO recipes today! One, the simple chicken marinade I used for our grill out today, and one the delicious side dish I made.
Recipe #1: Sunshine Sesame Chicken Marinade
Ingredients
2 lb. chicken breasts
1/4 c. soy sauce
1/4 c. lemon juice
3 Tbsp. dijon mustard
2 tsp. minced garlic
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 Tbsp. sesame seeds
Directions
Combine all ingredients except chicken in a large bowl. Add chicken, stir well, and marinate at least 30 minutes up to 24 hours. Remove chicken from marinade, and grill.
Recipe #2: Warm Bacon Potato Salad
Ingredients
5 small-to-medium red potatoes, diced
5 pieces center-cut bacon, diced
1 tsp. minced garlic
1/2 c. water
Directions
Place potatoes in a microwave safe bowl and microwave, covered, for about 5 minutes. While the potatoes are cooking, place the bacon in a hot frying pan. Cook until crispy and drain about half the fat off the pan. Add the garlic and cook until brown. Remove the potatoes from the microwave and add to the pan. Add water and cover. Cook until potatoes are tender, stirring occasionally. Allow to cool slightly and serve.
The final products:
- clean out back seat of car for carpool
- wash new camp shirts —->
- shower
- Make sushi salad for lunches
- pack lunch
- make breakfast preparations
- Charge camera battery
- pack camp bag with first aid kit, sunblock, bug spray, swim suit, towel, incentive tokens, and snacks
- Get to bed no later than 10 p.m.
I’m a little nervous about maintaining the blog through the first 3 weeks of camp. It’s a 13 hour day from leaving the house to walking back in again, full of nothing but activity all day. I’m sure to be exhausted… but I’ve always managed to keep my food in check over the past 10 summers! Hopefully, since blogging is so enjoyable to me, I’ll be able to maintain it.
I’m also hoping to have a “camper quote of the day”, since 4-year-olds tend to say the funniest things!! OH and my call for Guests for Dinner remains open! I’d love to have YOUR fabulous dinners supplement my sure-to-be kinda boring ones…
I’m off to get started on my to-do list, and if I get through it, I’ll have some coconut milk ice cream!
Have a great night all!
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Good luck tomorrow. I worked at a camp a few summers, and the days were long, but I loved being outside and getting to be so active!
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Good luck with your first day back at camp!
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So after reading your blog I had to check out the Good Times website and reminisce. I do miss it *sometimes.*
Took a peek at the schedule; I love how restaurants do all the cooking now for your “cookouts.” Oh, and have you heard that this will be your last visit to Kiddieland? My dad called me a few weeks ago just to say they were closing…. sooooooo sad. We will have to get Kiri there at least once (but DD2 is out of luck!). So many childhood memories!
Have fun tomorrow and say hi to everyone! Hope the wedding planning is going well!
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everything you make looks delicious! good luck!
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Good luck with camp!! Two of my friends (guys oddly enough) worked at a camp for two summers and LOVED it! They wouldn’t stop raving about it!
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Two fer…………..THE PRICE OF ONE!
sushi salad?! i can’t wait to see what that is!!! I’ve had seaweed salad……well, today will be 3 DAYS IN A ROW. Too bad that stuff is expensive, and now we won’t have any left after toay!! (I’m not telling Daddy!) Haha a trip to the Asian District is in order!! (Which I totally wish you could come see!! YOU. WOU.D DIE. and go to asian foodie heaven. SOMEDAY YOU’RE COMING TO VISIT!!!)
hurray for camp! you will fit in the blog!! we always worry, but it always ends up falling into place!!!
love you mammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmma
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have fun at camp!! it sounds like you’re about to have some looooooooooong days. (p.s. your dinner looks delicious and electric!)
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Hey, do what you can, when you can. That’s what I tell myself, anyway. And maybe to switch things up you could blog some lunches! I want to hear what “sushi salad” is
I am going to try that potato salad it sounds RIGHT up the BF’s alley (oh who am I kidding…sounds amazing to me too!).
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Looks delicious, as always. And I’m jealous – here I am stuck inside all day and you get to go to camp!
I’m sure it’s not *quite* that easy but still…sounds like a blast!
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That salad looks great! my family would love that. I’m going to see about making it for some BBQs. It looks like a hit!
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