Feeling young again

One of my coworkers is quite intense and since I've become friends with her, I find myself injured quite frequently and this weekend in April was no different. We entered into the Spring Thaw basketball tourney at the college-- it's a nice time for old  people to feel young again. She talked me into joining last year and she blew out her ankle and couldn't play so we decided to enter this year and compete with a bunch of our girls from Hurley last year. Well with a minute left in the game, this happened:

Then this happened:

Champs champs champs! I guess I wasn't MVP but probably most memorable for crying on the floor like a small child. I guess my ankles didn't exactly get stronger with age. So this happened:

Talk about mind-numbingly cold. I don't know how real athletes sit in those tubs. This was bad enough.

Bored of Potatoes?

I've found that since Mr. X really digs his meat and potatoes, I get very bored of eating mashed and baked potatoes each week. So, I was quite happy when I found this recipe in Food Network. I needed something new and it was absolutely yummy: Irish Potato Cakes

This may be a more appropriate post for those T-give leftovers, but these are scrumptious and easy any time of the year.

Makes four servings (one cake per person)

Recipe:

2 cups of mashed potatoes (leftover)

1/3 c. flour

2 T milk

1 T mixed herbs

Salt

Pepper

1.5 T. butter

Mix potatoes, flour, milk s&p, and herbs. Knead until smooth. Divid into four balls and flatten to three-inch patties. Melt the butter and cook patties over medium heat, cooking 4-5 minutes per side. Add more butter if needed. 

These are quite tasty; however, I never, ever have leftover mashed potatoes because my family is always carbing up, never for a run, just for extra bulk, I guess.

Not the nicest of pics, mostly because I had already devoured mine and half of Mr. X's... sorry diet.

Summer salad

Even though it isn't even close to becoming summer, I've started eating like it is. I made this salad tonight and it was so awesome!

1 Granny Smith apple
3 c. Spinach ( I was hungry)
1 oz. blue cheese crumbles
1 oz. walnuts
A few slices of red onion
2 T. of light strawberry vinaigrette (I used Paul Newmans only 70 cals)

Chop, combine, and enjoy

Grilled cheese

I see grilled cheese recipes in Food Network all the time. I never follow them but I steal ideas all the time. As I'm sure everyone does. This delight was made with American cheese, avocado, apple, and fresh mozzarella. It's strange; I couldn't really taste the apple at all. It just added a little crunch and texture-- yummy though.