Splash Landing

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!

Tagged as: grilling, Italian, pizza, simple