The ABC sisters always love lists, monthly challenges, and taste comparisons so this month we decided to do two food samplings.

New activity: S Named Ice Creams

Well, this was a no-brainer. Sample ice cream flavors?
We’re in! We sampled four flavors beginning with the letter S. We began at
Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream and Yogurt. Laura sampled the Smores ice
cream which was graham cracker ice cream with marshmallow ripple, chocolate
chips and mini marshmallows. She loved it despite the fact she’s not a big
marshmallow fan. Barbara chose the Salted Caramel Truffle. This was
salted caramel ice cream with chocolate truffles filled with salted caramel. A
big hit! A few days later we went to Baskin and Robbins. Laura chose their Smores
with Oreos to see how it compared to the other (a comparison within a
comparison) and it was so-so. Barbara had the Strawberry Cheesecake which
reinforced the fact that she doesn’t like when ice cream has pieces of cake in
it, but she did think the strawberry flavor was quite good. We know it’s a
hardship, but we may have to compare every alphabetical flavor ice cream during
the year!

New activity: Smoothie Sampling

Barbara: Since Laura had already gone through a smoothie phase, this particular sample tasting was only for me. I’ve always wondered how people could drink those awful looking green smoothies but have read about how healthy they are. I started out easy with a non-green smoothie at Jamba Juice which was made just of two fruits. It was good but basically just tasted like a citrus drink and I could not see myself replacing my breakfast with that drink. Then Laura gave me her smoothie book and I started making green smoothies. I was actually shocked at how good they tasted, filled me up and didn’t leave me longing for a regular meal. Each one had spinach so I’m proud of myself for doing this and went way past the three-smoothie limit. I’m now having one green smoothie a day, either as my breakfast or lunch, and we’ll see how long I continue.