It's Gonna Be A Scorcher

Whew! It is finally H-O-T! What's one to do?

Make a smoothie of course!

In went half a peach (peeled), half a banana, handful of strawberries, vanilla soy milk and ice.

Ok, ok, I also ate salmon salad for lunch.

I got the recipe from a Hungry Girl email, which I will now pass on to you!

Scoopy Salmon Salad

2 tbsp. Hellmann's/Best Foods Dijonnaise (I just eyeballed some dijon mustard and mayo)
1 tbsp. fat-free cream cheese, room temperature
2 tsp. lemon juice
Dash each salt and black pepper, or more to taste
6 oz. canned or pouched boneless skinless pink salmon, drained and flaked
1/2 cup quartered cherry or grape tomatoes
1/2 cup chopped cucumber
1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
1/2 tbsp. capers, drained (yuck! I didn't add these)

Directions:
Combine Dijonnaise, cream cheese, lemon juice, salt, and black pepper in a bowl. Thoroughly mix until smooth. Add salmon and stir well. Add remaining ingredients and toss lightly to mix.

Since I only wanted one serving, I roughly halved the recipe. The lemon juice and the cream cheese really made the salad! They'd make really good wraps with some lettuce leaves too.

Later that night, I went to dinner with Sara and her friend Nora at P.F. Chang's.

I was feeling fancy in my hot pink maxi dress (I tried to take a picture, but it was a major fail) and so I ordered:

Mahi Mahi on cilantro rice with lots of lemon grass. This was pure bliss. I ate the whole fish and plenty of the cilantro rice. It was a little pricey but sooo worth it! In fact, I want another one right now.

Friday, it was time for my yearly trip to the carwash. And a good vacuum (think: golden retrivers have lots of fur!). I planned "to get to the carwash early". Early ended up being there about 10 am.

First I had breakfast:

Two eggs over medium on hearty whole grain toast. Plus nectar of the gods (orange juice).

After the carwash, it was time for my love/hate relationship with the lawn.

I love the exercise and sunshine from mowing, I hate the sun beating down on me, sweating like a pig, getting grimy with grass stuck all over me. Well, I haven't given up and paid someone to do it for me yet. Probably because I love saving the money of doing it myself and hate the thought of someone else getting all the sunshine and exercise.

We have a decent sized lawn, so when I got done I was SO HOT and SO HUNGRY. First order of business was a cold shower with the hose.

For Hunter of course!

Oh, and I took one too, inside. Ahhhh.

Lunch was an Amy's burrito and some cucumber.

If you haven't tried these before, go out and try one asap! I also love how refreshing and crunchy cucumber is.

Lunch was followed by a dreamy peach mocktail:

After a nap and puttering around I decided that I was in no mood for cooking dinner.

Pizza it is!

Green peppers, onions, tomatoes, chicken, pineapple, black olives on a thin crust. (and yes, I had four pieces, but it was a small pizza and that is a small plate)

Against my will I also had a simple spinach and grape tomato salad with poppyseed dressing.

Sometimes, simple is best.

And now, if you'll excuse me...

... I have some baking to do.

And a dog to walk.

What's your favorite menu item from P.F. Chang's?

Do you have a dog/pet? If so, what kind are they?

What are you doing to keep cool/out of the heat?