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Spring Salad

I made this salad side dish for Easter brunch and it was a big hit. Nice and refreshing. Enjoy!

 

Asparagus and Rice Salad

 

1 ¾ cup water

1 cup white or brown rice

1 pound asparagus, trimmed cut into 1 inch pieces

1 ½ cups cucumber, diced (you can leave this out if you don’t like cucumber)

3 green onions, chopped

2 tablespoons Dijon mustard

1 tablespoon sugar

1 tablespoon white wine vinegar

½ teaspoon dry mustard (I didn’t have any so I left it out but it adds a nice punch)

2 ½ tablespoons vegetable oil

 

Cook rice according to package instructions.

 

Cook asparagus in large saucepan of boiling salted water until crisp tender, about 2 minutes. Drain. Rinse with cold water to cool; drain well. Add asparagus, cucumber and green onions to rice.

 

Combine Dijon mustard, sugar, vinegar and dry mustard in a small bowl. Gradually whisk in oil.

 

Add the sauce to the rice and mix thoroughly. Serve room temperature.

 

Serves 8

Peachtree RR Online Registration

For the first time ever, the Peachtree Road race is offering online registration for it's annual 10K run on July 4th. Today, March 15th is the first day for online registration.

The first 45,000 people registering online will gain entrance to the race and the last 10,000 will come from the paper registration which will be in the March 22nd edition of the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Here is the link:

http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/peachtree/peachtree-road-race.html 

Done, baby, Done!

  The "before" picture from this years Paris Half Marathon. After running for 2 hours, 1 minute and 31 seconds (not my best time) in a steady downpour, no "after" pictures were allowed.

Picturesque Paris

     

Priceless McNugget Meltdown

A woman in Florida became distraught when her local McDonalds ran out of chicken McNuggets after she had already placed her order and paid. So distraught, in fact, she called 911 three times. You can even listen to the 911 calls. Read it here. (via CNN)

Chicken Dance

From JLC's 50thphillipe

Click for video!

Afraid of the Dark

Do you remember being afraid of the dark? I do. I remember not being able to sleep because of the monsters under the bed or the ones hiding in the closet.

Do you remember how your parents coaxed you to sleep or warded off the demons for one more night? Or did you just lie there with your eyes wide open until you could'nt keep them open one more minute and you fell asleep from exhaustion? I think for me it was the latter so I'm not sure how to soothe my little Sam tonight.

He called me repeatedly into his room tonight to tell he was scared of the dark. So I tried leaving his door open with the hall light on. I got called in again. So Iturned on the bathroom light. No go. So I caved and brought him into my room.

Now I'm the one who is scared. Of a sleepless night, of a boy turned sideways in bed and his cold little toes in my face, of him toppling out of my bed that is too high off the ground (he is surrounded by pillows) of him falling into a fitful sleep while running from the dragons in his dreams.

I have him for 3 more nights so if anyone has any good ideas for chasing away the dark demons, let me know in the comments. Sweet dreams.

The Oscars

Tonight is the 81st Annual Oscars. Is anyone going to watch? Has anyone seen the movies that are nominated? I have seen all the pictures nominated for Best Animated Feature but not one in the Best Picture Category. I just haven't made it to the movies theatres over the last couple of months unless it's been to bring my 5 year old godson to see something. (I think Wall-E will take the Oscar home). 

There is a rumor going around that the winners list has been leaked ( via Cinematical). If you are headed to an Oscar party tonight maybe the list will come in handy if there is a prize for guessing the winners and you feel like cheating. No promises that the list is right ,though. Cheat at your own risk.

I might tune in briefly to watch hottie Hugh Jackman who has the hosting gig this year. He's easy to look at, no?

Adorable

This kid is hilarious. I like the part where he spins around. Oh to sing and boogey with such abandon. (via Jezebel)

Paris Day 2 in Pictures