Hello!
Happy Victoria Day to my fellow Canadians. :heart:
I hope you are having a great weekend. Our weather continues to be one of the best May two four’s we have had in years and years (it usually rains!). Today is supposed to be even warmer and sunnier reaching about 28C and staying hot all week. We are getting spoiled!! :biggrin:
Firstly the trail riding Eric and I did on Friday!
On Friday we biked to the trails and then we decided to do a more difficult trail that we had not done before.
It was SO HARD! Utter madness!
Completely covered in rocks.
It was probably the hardest thing I have done physically in a long time. It took every ounce of concentration!!! Part of me was scared to death and part of me LOVED it.
We were going very slow, so we only did about 1/4 of a mile on this trail and turned back, but we will definitely be doing it again and again. I would really like to get some knee and elbow pads though!
I have really surprised myself with my new love for trail biking. I am starting to say crazy things like, ‘Wouldn’t a trail bike race be fun?’
The bike ride:
- Distance: 7.92 miles
- Time: 1 hour 3 mins.
- Avg speed: 7.5 mph (we went slow on the rocks!)
- Ascent (hill climb): 1315 ft.
- Max speed: 19.9 mph (downhill)
Saturday was a rest day and then yesterday Eric and I went for a quick swim.
We did 30 lengths/750 metres in about 25 minutes. My left tricep started hurting only a few lengths into the swim and I have no idea why! I must have strained it somehow. I’m not sure if it was from Thursday’s 48 length swim. I stuck to the flutter board for the rest of the swim, so I am going to give it rest and hopefully it feels better in a couple days!
We were hangry as per usual after a swim. Eric decided to fire up the BBQ and treat me to a delicious meal!
In the summer, Eric is known as the BBQ MASTA. He seriously comes alive when he grills food and he morphs into this amazing chef before my eyes!
I have so much love for corn on the cob, it’s not even funny!
He Googled how to BBQ corn (so cute!) and the website said that you typically leave the corn in the husk and then BBQ it, but Eric had already removed the husks so he used tin foil.
He lightly covered them in Earth Balance margarine and then sprinkled them with ground pepper and sea salt and then rolled them in the foil. He cooked the corn for about 20 minutes.
He said he felt like a celebrity chef when I was taking so many pictures of him! :biggrin:
Rollin’, rollin’, rollin.
Voila!
Veggie Skewers. A man after my own heart.
BOOM.
This was off the hook.
I had it with hummus, a tomato slice…
and then we proceeded to demolish a pineapple that I chopped up. It was the best post-swim meal ever.
Then we got ready for our party!
I gussied up the house with fresh lavender and a homemade white vase…
Yes, friends, I crafted on Saturday. I will be showing you how I made the vase in a future post.
We watched some long weekend fireworks at the end of the night.
I asked Eric to take pictures of the fireworks, but unfortunately this was the only shot that was waiting for me on my camera this morning…
I swear they were better than that! :lol:
Fun photo ops were had.
I drank Mill Street Organic once again and I had about 5 beers throughout the evening, finally hitting the hay around 2am.
At the end of the night, we did my hangover prevention kit, which consists of water, an optional wheatgrass shot (aka me only!), and vitamins. I woke up this morning feeling awesome! Never fails.
Now it is time to carpe diem and get out in this glorious HOT SUN. Plans of the day include the beach, trail biking, and running. Oh, and party clean-up (boo) and of course lots of delicious, energizing food.
See you later tonight for the s’more cupcake recipe and a recap of the day!
Don’t forget- WEDNESDAY is SHOP 4 A CAUSE 2. It begins at 9am EST! Tons of amazing items up for auction!
Enjoy your day!
I can’t believe you made that vase. It’s gorgeous. And kudos to your hubs on the corn grilling. It looks delicious. We are having some tomorrow night and I can’t wait!
Jason is the same way, once summer is here he is Grill KING! we always grill corn in the husk, but I think Eric’s way sounds better… we may have to try that!
…Have you ever put that pineapple on the grill?? SO good, with a little ice cream on top…
I dont think I have ever tried grilled corn in the husk, but I do like how Eric putting the margarine + seasonings on first and they sort of soaked in. It was so yummy. We’ll have to try the husk way next time. I wonder if you could remove the husk 3/4 of the way and put the seasonings on and then put the husk back on?
probably? I’m picturing leaving most of the husk, opening it up to butter + spice? :)
I can’t see why it wouldn’t work! We may try this next time. :) I’m drooling thinking about it. I think putting on the butter/margarine BEFORE is key. It was the first time I have ever had it that way and it was so much better.
We grilled corn yesterday, too! So delicious – it just screams of summertime.
Love grilled corn! Especially with a sprinkle of Old Bay.
That looks like the best post-workout meal ever. Keep that healthy feeling going…
Trail riding looks very intimidating to me. I can’t even imagine hiking on that sort of path… (I’m clumsy.)
You should have grilled the pineapple, too! Grilled warm pineapple is soooo yuuuuum. :D
Happy Valentine’s day (in Canada…??)
Wei-Wei
haha it’s Victoria Day, but Happy Valentine’s Day to you too! ;)
unless your photos are deceiving me, the lavender looks an awful lot like lilacs :) awesome vase!
corn is probably my favorite thing to grill, but pineapple is awesome too. you should try grilling the pineapple next time. seriously delicious.
Is it lilac? I didn’t know if it was lilac or lavender…haha.
Those trails near your home are so beautiful… wish we had something like that near here!
Chris is a grill master too…we LOVE grilling!! The trail riding looks fun…I have yet to try that! Maybe try some icy/hot cream on your tricep? Looks like such a good weekend..cannot wait for the recipe!
Did you barbeque the pineapple pieces too? If not you should try – they go really juicy and yummy!
you and eric are seriously adorable — it’s too cute!
enjoy victoria day!
(i’m not sure what it is…google search engine here i come!)
That corn looks amazing! BBQ makes everything yummy. I love BBQ’ed pineapple too.
I LOVE your hangover prevention ritual! Once I have this baby and am done nursing I’ll definitely be trying that when I have one to many.
That trail looks beautiful. I’m sure it’s incredibly intense on a bike but everything is so green!
That rocky picture makes me nervous just looking at it!
Mmmm…I love corn on the cob in the summer! So good!
That does look scary! But awesome that you powered through.
What a fabulous weekend. I can’t wait to do your hangover prevention next weekend. :-) Good eats help too!
PS-You have NOT lost your glow.
aww thank you!
The grilled corn and veggies look sooo good! Good work, Eric!
Looks like a fun day!
I can’t wait for the auction!
That trail doesn’t even look rideable, kudos for making it 1/4 mile!! That corn looks fabulous, I’m thinking of making some tonight in the oven… no grill today since NC hasn’t seen the sun in DAYS.
we’ve had NOTHING but rain and wind all weekend. It sucks. But at least today the sun has finally peaked out, we need to get out and enjoy this i think. supposed to rain ALOT all week again here in Sask. What a bummer
I hope you had good weather today! I think we had rain and cold for the past 4-6 years for may 2-4, so it was long overdue in Ontario.
We just grilled corn & peppers the other night, too! So summery! I ran into the same issue with no husks & used foil as well. Next time I’ll have to leave them on longer to get them golden like you guys did!