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Sunday
May192013

When Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce Meets My Friend the Mojito

Rhubarb. Strawberry. We've discussed this before -- I can't get enough. It's not possible.

I've done the Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp thing. Frequently.

The Easy Strawberry Crumb Bars are full of win. Frequently.

I had forgotten about the Rhubarb Chocolate Chip Banana Bread, but I plan to fix that. Frequently.

And you can never go wrong with Strawberry Rhubarb Pie. Just eat it frequently. That's the trick.

Then I went and thought of a way I could put strawberry and rhubarb in ALL OF THE THINGS. I made a Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce.

If you think the only thing I did with it was to pour it over a little vanilla ice cream, you are wrong. I have found about a dozen ways to make use of that Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce. The best one (and this is TOTALLY related to hockey playoffs and overtime and GAAAAH!) might just be this one.

Say hello to my little friend, the Strawberry Rhubarb Mojito. I don't drink often, but when I do, I go for the gold.

I mean, really.

 

Yes. Yes, indeed.

Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce

1/2 cup chopped rhubarb
1/2 cup sliced strawberries
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons lime juice

1. Combine all of the fun stuff in a small saucepan. Boil on medium heat until the rhubarb is soft.

2. Either throw it all in a blender or use a immersion blender to puree it all.

3. Store in the refrigerator. Pour it on pancakes, waffles, ice cream, pound cake, strawberry shortcake, cupcakes, French toast, plain yogurt, cottage cheese, oatmeal, or ... make a little drink with it.

Strawberry Rhubarb Mojito

1 oz white rum
2 oz Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce (less if you like your mojitos a little tart, more if you like them sweet)
6-8 mint leaves
1/2 cup club soda
Ice

1. Put the mint in your glass and squish it. Seriously, smash it with a spoon, a fork, whatever. Use up all of your playoff hockey angst and thoroughly bruise that mint.

2. Add the rest of the stuff. Stir.

3. Be happy.

Saturday
May182013

Just Dance

Friday
May172013

Back and Still Sleepy

When last I told you about my baby bird stalking, it was Friday. Not much was happening. That trend continued on Saturday.

Seriously. These are the most sleep-prone baby birds I've ever seen. They never once looked up on Sunday.

 

I'm pretty sure I could reach in and grab one of them and they wouldn't care. AT ALL.

Monday was another snooze-filled day.

And then I went out of town for a few days. I missed three whole days of baby bird life, which is like a year in bird time. I think. I don't actually know anything about bird calendars and the such.

Anyway.

Today I finally was home during daylight hours, so I took a gander at the three little birds who are 10 days old and the one who is 11 days old (not that I could tell you which one is older, I just know that one is.).

THEY WERE AWAKE! And still didn't care that I was there.

By the way, the one with its mouth open doesn't actually have its mouth open.

I had noticed it before, but now I'm absolutely certain -- it's beak isn't properly formed. It's missing a chunk, which makes it look like it's constantly talking.

My money says they all fly away sometime this weekend.