Summer Sprinkler Fun!

My husband is away on business and we are missing him, but we are finding fun things to do in this sultry southern Summer heat.  Who doesn’t love playing in the sprinklers?

Right in the face!

 

My Summer Salad: Mango, Avocado and Cucumber Salad

This is a perfect, refreshing Summer salad.  I found it in a Real Simple magazine and knew I had to try it.  Can you believe I don’t think I have ever tasted a real, fresh mango before this time?  It was absolutely amazing!  Try it and you’ll see!

Need:

1 ripe mango, peeled of its skin and chopped into cubes (that is if you don’t eat all of it first!)

1 cucumber, peeled if not organic, and then chopped

several thin slices of a fresh red onion (yum)

1 small ripe avocado, peeled, pit removed and chopped (you can also add just a pinch of sea salt if you would like)

lime juice

dash of pepper

Combine all ingredients and toss gently.  At first I thought, pepper?  Really?  But the mango and the avocado are so sweet and delicious that the pepper adds just the perfect hint of spiciness that compliments all the juicy sweetness.  Enjoy! (Even my 15 month old loved to eat the mango and avocado chunks!)

summer snapshots

relaxing in the shade of our backyard tree

 

 

my little cupcake

finally some rain to ease this Summer heat

found an abandoned bird's nest...a sign that the little ones have learned to fly!

nothing says Summer like a bowl full of red cherries

enjoy the Summer!