Florida Strawberry Festival

The weather didn't pan out the way I would have liked. Heavy rain in the AM, dropping temperatures and decent wind gusts (upwards of 16 MPH). It was enough to have me scrambling this morning to pull all the plants up to the house in a frenzy. After the ran passed through, the sun came out and the weather warmed up a bit, so we decided to make it to the Florida Strawberry Festival after all.

It was my second or third time going (first time as an adult) and my wife and daughter's first time. Unfortunately, coming on the heals of the Florida State Fair, the Strawberry Festival didn't have much to offer other than lots of strawberries!

Instead of getting your very typical strawberry shortcake (something we can make ourselves) we ended up finding strawberry cookies. They tastes like Fruity Pebbles cereal and were amazing. Unfortunately, we bought the last 3 from the vendor selling them.

My daughter got another chance to be apprehensive about livestock, and I ended up getting a strawberry plant, so all in all a good day. Oh yeah, we got some shirts from the Geico booth that say "This person is an actual Geico customer and not a paid celebrity". How cool is that?

Recipe: Berries and Goat Cheese

My wife and I put a very simple snack together last night, fresh berries with goat cheese. The berries we used were raspberries (like 8-10) and strawberries (3 diced) along with about an inch of plain goat cheese. A sprinkle of gray salt on the cheese and you're ready to go. Best part is, even with the cheese, it's still a fairly low in calories, something I've been attempting to lower as a means of "dieting".

A rough calorie breakdown is as follows:

Strawberries x3 = 18*
Raspberries x10 = 10*
Goat cheese 1 inch = 90**

* As per thecaloriecounter.com
** As per fitday.com

118 calories split across two people, so <60 calories each! Oh and it tasted good too.