Skiing, Dinner and a Movie

Finally! On Friday we got enough snow for us to get out our skies and terrorize the neighborhood. 

Okay, so it really wasn't quite that cold to bundle up like this, but it was fun to do it anyway...

The Beast loved it! The snow brings out the Husky in him. Although his DNA test results say he has German Shepard and Chow in him... 

Also known as Wild Man, with his nostrils flared and contorted, he could have spent all day out in it...

And that's what we did all day. Had fun...

Skied around the neighborhood and the pond...

Eve and Shadow

The Bartman

Geese in the pond

We made our favorite salad for dinner. Spinach arugula beet salad, topped with red onion, Gorgonzola Cheese, toasted honey-coated pecans and home made Raspberry Vinaigrette.

Hey, keep out of my salad...

Which reminded Bart of a classic movie for us to watch after dinner, "The Beast with Five Fingers". It's about a dead pianists menacing severed hand that horrifies everyone living in his mansion. I know, stupid plot, but Peter Lorre is so damn creepy in this movie, it had me saying, 'Yea, this could really happen'.

The rest of the weekend looks like more of the same action packed fun!

Spinach Arugula Beet Salad:

(Make salads individually on plates)

-Equal Portions of arugula leaves and baby spinach leaves

-Small amount of finely diced red onion sprinkled over each salad

-1/4 Cup per person honey-coated pecans (or walnuts)

     Saute pecans in butter in a sauce pan over medium heat until evenly roasted.

     When roasted, drizzle honey over the pecans and stir until evenly coated.

     Turn off head and let cool

-Beets (approx. 1 beet per person) sliced, steamed (10 minutes) and cooled. If we're short 

     on time, we used canned sliced beets (not pickled beets)

-1/4 Cup per person crumbled Gorgonzola Cheese

Raspberry Vinaigrette:

1/4 Cup apple cider vinegar

1/2 Cup Olive Oil

1/4 Cup Honey

1/2 Cup of water

1/2 Cup raspberries (Tip: this is the key ingredient. The raspberries need to be sweet. The best we've found are fresh Driscoll's raspberries. We've tried frozen and organic, nothing 

tastes better than Driscoll's.)

Mix all ingredients in a small blender and pour over salads.