Hearts of Palm

What a nice weekend! I hope you all had as nice a weekend as me. I got in my workouts, friend time, family time and relax time. Still got to worry about cleaning thought...who wants to do that on a sunny afternoon?

I am so excited because I bought some new runners. I've been needing them for a while. I picked up purple and gray Nike Lunarglide 2 at National sports in the clearance section (yay!) and kinda knew as soon as I saw them that they were meant to be on my feet. I did a quick google search for reviews and ran around the store a bit with them on before buying. I broke them in today as I did my errands and workout this afternoon.

I worked out in the pool area of my building. It's an above ground pool that's surrounded by grass and gets a lot of sun. So it was a nice area to workout! There were some kids playing in the yard and I think they thought I was nuts. I was doing plank at one point and they came around a corner and each of them one at a time said "whoa!!!" It's a little awkward having an audience sometimes.

I also got these little cuties (or creepers depending on how you look at them) out of the car today!

I'd bought them last weekend at the antique store in Fenelon Falls and forgot them in the car. The red eyes look like they may have been added on long after its original purchase and they definitely bring out the creepy in these. I may touch them up. I'm still not even sure if they are supposed to be bears or gofers or what. Still, I couldn't eave the store without them! They are a nice little addition to my small S&P shaker collection!

So I tried something new today. Hearts of Palm. I was only able to get canned ones so they were quite salty. I'd like to try them fresh one day to see how they are really supposed to taste. In the can they were sort of like canned artichoke hearts with the same texture and subtle flavour. I've really only seen recipes where they are used in salads, so tonight I made a potato salad with hearts of palm!

I intended on making this Potato Artichoke Salad recipe from Delementals but could not find artichoke hearts anywhere at the grocery store! So I sort of had to improvise. I still managed to make a creamy potato salad with lots of leftovers for the week but I'm looking forward to making this particular recipe again.

I managed to grab a snapshot of what was left of my serving with Bryan's phone. I gobbled it up.

This recipe turned out to be really simple but not the most waist-line conscious - though potato salad rarely is. 

Ingredients

2 lbs potato, diced (I used baby yellow and red potatoes)

1 onion, diced

3 garlic cloves, minced

2T butter

1 can diced hearts of palm

1 container PC Artichoke & Asiago dip

Directions

Boil your potatoes until tender, drain and set aside to cool.

Meanwhile, saute the onions until translucent in the butter then add the garlic and heat for another minute or two.

In a large bowl mix the cooled potatoes (throw them in the fridge if you have to), onions & garlic, hearts of palm and potatoes until the potatoes are covered. I added in 2 tbsp of greek yogurt just to make sure it was all well covered, this works well is you don't have enough dip for your liking.

Store in the fridge until you serve it.

See, super quick and easy! That dip is a good trick if you need to make a large amount for a picnic or potluck. I might even try this with spinach dip.