Sweatergirl's Wednesday weirdness

It's a beautiful day in Mid-Michigan - so welcome to my virtual picnic. Pull up a chair...

or a hammock...

and pick up your needles. Got your shades?

We've got the grill going, and white sangria and snacks while we wait...And mosquitoes and pollen are NOT allowed.

Ah - food!

We've got some fruit salsa, cucumber salad, and spinach salad with sweet dressing, and my famous chicken-pesto sandwiches, and for dessert - watermelon sorbet. Yum. Weight Watchers weigh-in days always make me fantasize about food...So here are some recipes.

Sweet dressing:

1/2 c sugar
1/2 c apple cider vinegar
2 T vegetable oil
1 green onion, chopped
1 t Worcestershire sauce
1 t prepared mustard (yum - horseradish mustard...but all work well)
1/4 t pepper
Mix all ingredients and refrigerate. Toss with baby spinach and/or field greens and toasted walnuts.

Chicken-pesto sandwiches:

Spread a baguette with pesto, top with roasted red peppers (from a jar), 2 sliced grilled boneless, skinless chicken breasts, 4 sliced Roma tomatoes, lettuce, and bacon (if craved).

Watermelon sorbet:

Over medium heat in a medium-sized pot (sounds mediocre, but it gets better), combine 2/3 c sugar, 1/2 c water, and 2/3 c light corn syrup. Reduce it a bit over low heat. Stir in lemon juice, and put syrup in freezer until it colls to room temperature. While it's cooling, cut a 1/4 watermelon into chunks and puree in a blender. Stir into the cooled syrup. Freeze in an ice cream freezer .

Oh wait - I forgot to order the chef...I guess I'll just pick up some Chinese food instead! I can still eat on the deck - if the mosquitoes aren't too blood-thirsty.