Weekend In Pics

This past weekend it was hot outside and I had no desire to turn on my stove, so I tried a no cook meal for lunch.  I had just stocked up on fruits and veggies and wanted to utilize them in some way.  On my way home from the store, I heard on the radio a commercial of someone saying they tried tuna with avocado and I thought to myself, that sounds really good.  So I got all my veggies out, plus a couple cans of tuna and Mayo with Olive Oil (very good) and figured I'd just go for it.

Tuna, Mayo w/ Olive Oil, Carrot, Roma Tomato, Avocado, Cucumber, Romaine Lettuce

The seasonings I wanted to use. 

Onion and Garlic Powder, Kosher Salt, Ground Black Pepper

I added about half teaspoon of each to my drained tuna (actually two cans of tuna). When I freestyle like this, I don't really use measurements, just eyeball it. 

Chopped half a Roma tomato, peeled half of a large carrot, and diced about 1/3 cup of cucumber. 

Add all the veggies to the seasoned tuna mixture. 

Add a heaping tablespoon of the Mayo with Olive Oil. 

Mix until well blended. 

Add one sliced Avocado. 

Clean, rinse, dry one stalk of the Romaine Lettuce, chop and plate. 

I plated half of the chopped lettuce and used half of the tuna salad for one serving. So this recipe is enough for two servings.

Such a refreshing, healthy and yummy lunch. 

And then later that Saturday evening when it cooled down I made a Peach Cake.  I got the recipe from Food Network, it's Ina Garten's (Barefoot Contessa) and it was delish! 

I had a scoop of Mango Sorbet with it.  And I must confess I had another piece after this one, it was that good.  Served warm is the best way to enjoy it.

And this is where I enjoyed my meal, on my new white dining table I had been stalking from CB2 for a long time.  I love it, especially against the black chairs I already had. 

I got my pink peonies from the Daley Plaza Farmers Market last Thursday.   Stay tuned for a future post on that as well.

Hope you enjoyed my weekend in pictures.  Any questions, feel free to leave them in the comments sections.