Summer Dance Camp - Jazz Songs

Lots of summer dance camp happening this month!

Here's a list of my favorite tunes for Jazz class & combos...

Pickles

I looove anything pickled.  I need to try to make some of these this summer.

Directions here by A Beautiful Mess

Arugula Peach Salad

The Hollidaysburg Farmer's Market can not start soon enough for me.  

I'm dying for some local produce!

I tried to sign up for a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) box this year and they are already sold out for the summer season (which is a great thing for them, not so great for me).

I might try a fall CSA and see if I like it... it's just such a summer thing in my mind.

This week I tossed a honey-mustard glazed pork tenderloin (I followed this recipe from Southern Living) and served it up with an arugula salad topped with fresh peaches and goat cheese tossed lightly with a white wine vinaigrette.  Tastes like summer.

Speaking of Community Supported Agriculture ... My mom recently went to Horn O Plenty, a Farm to Table Restaurant in Bedford and has been raving about it for a week.

It's on my must try list for the very near future!

Diet Coke Brownies

This is too weird, I had to try it.

mix 1 box of low-fat brownie mix with a 12oz can of diet coke and bake according to box instructions (don't add any other ingredients).

They turned out ooey-gooey... not too bad!

Homemade PB&J Frosty Paws

I was recently at a picnic and had a great conversation with a dog owner who makes a lot of her own doggie treats, food, etc. 

(She also did not have kids, ha, imagine that!)

She told me how easy it was to make homemade Frosty Paws and of course I had to try it.

I read a few recipes similar to this one and decided to wing it from there.

*32 oz Low Fat Organic Yogurt - I used BaNilla flavor

1/2 Cup Organic Smooth Peanut Butter

2 Containers of Organic Banana Baby Food (you can use real banana, but I wasn't sure I could get it smooth enough to pipe through a baggie, so I went for the baby food)

2 Tablespoons of Honey

8oz Container of Organic Blueberry Yogurt

Mix together all ingredients except for the Blueberry Yogurt.

At this point you can fill paper dixie cups with the 'ice cream' if you have a medium-large dog.

I decided to make Elwood bite-sized 'ice cream' nuggets.

I filled a ziplock baggie with the mixture, snipped the end and pipped 'coins' onto a foil lined cookie sheet.

Then I filled another ziplock with the Blueberry Yogurt and drizzled it over the 'coins'.

Pop the cookie sheets into the freezer and remove after 6-8 hours.

Store in a Tupperware container in the freezer for a PB&J summer time puppy treat!

*This made a LOT of little treats.  I filled 4 trays.  If you have a tiny dog, you might want to 1/2 the recipe.

Salsa Garden

I usually plant a medium sized garden with lots of different veggies.

This year, since my yard looks like this, my garden is nonexistent

I opted for a mini Salsa Garden in a Whiskey Barrel

Tomato, Cilantro,  Jalapeno & Cayenne Peppers

I also have a Potted Strawberry Patch that I started last year... 

it has already produced about 20 big yummy strawberries!

DIY Make-Up Fixer-Upper

What what WHAT??

How did I not know this trick... 

I carry my make up around in my car/purse/dance bag etc.  

This happens to me all the time!

From The Beauty Department