I was a BIG winner at camp today! We had two counselor contests, and while I always participate, I rarely win. Today, however, was my lucky day! I won first place in the splashdown contest after this jump off the 10 foot high-dive:
I can't believe I just posted this picture...
And then my group won for “most creative” for our “TP Your Counselor” contest for making me this beautiful wedding dress!
Maybe I should trade for this one?
It was great for my girls, because while I just got bragging rights, they got to get 2 treats from our “treasure chest”! When I got home from this productive day, Adam and I set about making pizza to put on the grill. The final product was good, but the process? Kind of a joke!
Now, when I was about 16, my good friend Mary and I started a tradition of making grilled pizzas as soon as it was nice out. She’d make the dough, and as vegetables in our respective moms’ gardens grew, they would become the toppings. We’d always use olives and feta cheese too. Mary’s house was the first place I remember having kitchen disasters, but also some of my best cooking memories were there with her. She larned to cook much the same way I did: with her mom.
What I forgot today, though, was that Mary and I would put the naked crusts on the grill, THEN top them once they were partially cooked. What did I do today (despite Adam-who’s-worked-at-two-pizza-places’ advice)? Definitely topped the pizza dough then tried to get it on the grill. It didn’t happen. I ended up putting the (not greased enough) cookie sheet on the grill and cooked it that way. It came out delicious (though hard to get off the pan!), and was topped with:
- pizza sauce
- low-fat mozzarella
- fresh spinach
- black olives
- fresh tomatoes
- fat free tomato basil feta cheese
- drizzle of olive oil
It was easy and fantastic, and something I’ll be trying again soon, in the correct procedure order. Oh, and did I mention it was GORGEOUS?!
It was "just" frozen crust. Next time: homemade!
After dinner, I decided to finally use up the frozen bananas I have had in the freezer for a week to make Gena’s infamous raw banana soft serve. First step: scrub out the food processor. Next step: pulse frozen bananas til creamy. Then: eat!
I topped it with the last of my almond butter packets:
delicioso!
I do agree with both Jenn and Heather that it is absolutely a delicious treat! My only gripe is that it needed to be 2 bananas to be anything substantial. Oh well, it was fantastic! Thanks Gena!
In other exciting news, one of my photos was accepted on Photograzing! See it here! I hope its not the last…
OH! And the girls saw Steve today… he says “bbbrrrrtbbttttt”. He also has a new friend whose name I can’t remember. It was something like Klooby or something similar.
Since it’s the exact middle of the summer (well, as of noon tomorrow), all this work is catching up with me… I’m off to bed THIS early! Happy almost hump day!
love the tp… maybe we should use IT for your wedding dress…nah………
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haha great pics!!!
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Mara I am going have to disagree with your girls; you are not fat! You look great! And you always do so there!
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Love the first pic!!!
I need to try Gena’s banana treat, sounds yummy~~
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LOVE THAT TP PIC!!!
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I am so delighted that you loved it, my dear!!! Yum
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Love your diving board picture! Sounds like a really FUN day!
Pizza looks great, too. My Mom does pizza on the BBQ all the timei n the summer!
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I’ve never been brave enough to try grilled pizza! Looks very good though, despite the challenges. And yes, it really IS gorgeous. In fact, I’d love a piece right now…
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those contests sound fun
i need to make grilled pizza soon! that one sounds great
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That pizza looks divine! As for the frozen banana treat – I agree with you! I used one banana when I tried it and I was like… this is so little. I also topped mine with almond butter. Muy delicioso!
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Aww sounds like a fun day!! The girls I coach had to wrap me up like a mummy one time – bad idea because they put SO many layers of TP on me that it was tough getting out
Payback!
Your pizza looks fabulous correct order or not!
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Camp looks like so much fun!
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Your camp sounds like so much fun!!!
I LOVE that homemade pizza. Have you ever tried grilling the crust? So good!
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love the diving board pic! I think you look awesome, by the way
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Fabulous pizza! And the wedding dress is adorable.
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Absolutely gorgeous indeed! I think the diving picture is great! I just finally got back up on a diving board after 10 years and it felt great! And that pizza doesn’t look half bad either even if it was the wrong order…
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that jumping picture rocks. i wish i had one from when i jumped off the clif at lake amistad!
and that soft serve looks awesome! i def need to try that!
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Um, hi, can I get that pizza shipped to me, mmk thanks
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Anything with lots of colors is going to be healthy and yummy. Well, any veggies. Cheetos are brightly colored, but not so healthy.
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haha look are you go!!! that swimming looks too fun! awww camp memories!!!
and the tp dress is hilarious!!!
HURRAY FOR GRILLED PIZZZZZZZZZZZZZA
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love the camp pics!! haha so fun
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