This week, we’re speaking about all issues summer season. Every part from our favourite actions, garments, and meals. Plus, we’re deep diving into all the glowing drinks.

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Present Notes:

Favourite Summer season Exercise with Your Household:

Emma – Happening a ship

Elsie – Firefly season

Try our dip recipes right here

Favourite Solo Summer season Exercise:

Emma – Pool day with no children, getting frozen custard, and thrift buying.

Elsie – Audiobook walks and alone time within the kitchen.

Favourite Summer season Outfit:

Emma – Jumpsuits and well-fitting denims with a Madewell T-shirt.

Elsie – Summer season attire and swimsuits

Favourite Summer season Meal:

Emma – Scorching canine with Icelandic mustard

Elsie – Mediterranean quinoa salad

Try Emma’s air fryer salmon recipe

Favourite Summer season Aspect Dish:

Emma – Pasta salad

Elsie – Deviled eggs and chilly potato salad

Try 50+ straightforward BBQ facet dishes

Favourite Summer season Dessert:

Emma – No-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies

Elsie – Ice cream

Favourite Summer season Cocktails:

Sofia canned wine and Elsie’s virgin mojito

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Episode 189 Transcript:

Emma: You’re listening to The Stunning Mess Podcast, your cozy consolation pay attention, and this week we’re speaking about all issues summer season. Every part from our favourite actions, garments, and meals. Plus we’re deep diving into all issues glowing drinks by request. 

Elsie: Good. I like it. That’s superb. So earlier than we leap in, I assumed I’d discuss slightly bit concerning the Little Mermaid. 

Emma: We obtained a evaluation.

Elsie: Yeah, a film evaluation, a child’s film evaluation. 

Emma: They went with out me. I used to be upset. No, probably not, it was for Nova’s birthday, so it wasn’t actually about me. 

Elsie: Properly, I ought to have invited you. It was so cute. So yeah, for everybody who’s already seen it, I do know you’re like nodding alongside and for everybody who hasn’t, I believe it’s undoubtedly value it. It’s very enjoyable. It’s very cute. It has, I believe the live-action Disney films generally is a little little bit of a hit and miss, slightly little bit of a controversial one. 

Emma: I’m making an attempt to recollect the final one I noticed. It may need been Magnificence and the Beast, which has been some time. 

Elsie: That’s been some time.

Emma: Yeah. So I’m like, what are the opposite ones which have come out? I can’t even consider ’em. 

Elsie: I’ve seen loads of them on Disney Plus with my child however not in depth. However yeah, this one, we watched the entire thing and it was over two hours lengthy, which is slightly bit, I assumed lengthy for a child’s film. However that may in all probability be the one factor I’d say that’s in any method damaging. The woman, Hailey Berry, who performs the Little Mermaid, was excellent, and I liked Melissa McCarthy as Ursula. I assumed that was in all probability certainly one of my favourite components too. And Nova’s favourite half is that Ursula’s tentacles have glowing lights on them. She thought that was like the principle factor concerning the film that was higher than the cartoon, which was so humorous. She was very honed in on these lights. 

Emma: Is all of it the identical songs? 

Elsie: It’s all the identical songs and there’s a few little extras and yeah, King Triton continues to be scorching. It was nice.

Emma: He’s very popular within the cartoon when you ask me. 

Elsie: I believe it’s a defining second in your life once you understand that King Triton is hotter than Prince Eric. 

Emma: Means hotter within the cartoon. I haven’t seen the live-action so I don’t wanna converse to these actors trigger I don’t even know who performs both one. However yeah, I’m a grown-up now.

Elsie: Yep, precisely. Yeah, it’s def it was undoubtedly enjoyable. So anyway, yeah, I simply needed to speak about it as a result of I don’t know. We don’t actually see that many films within the theater, so it did really feel particular, and Nova was instant as we had been strolling out, she was like, when will or not it’s on Disney Plus? She is aware of all about that. So she needs to observe it instantly. It was a thumbs-up from us. 

Emma: That’s cute. I really feel like everybody who’s seen it, I’ve heard solely actually good issues. I believe the one factor I’ve heard that was combined was it’s type of lengthy and so folks have taken their children clearly, I really feel like relying on the age. Some children don’t sit nonetheless that lengthy, so slightly combined bag on that I suppose. However aside from that, everybody’s like, it’s so good. It’s higher, it’s enjoyable. 

Elsie: Yeah, for positive. It’s undoubtedly like an immediate basic. It’ll in all probability do superb on Disney Plus. And I heard slightly gossip, I heard that they’re making a Hocus Pocus three. 

Emma: I’ve heard this. Is it true although?

Elsie: It’s true. 

Emma: Okay. 

Elsie: It’s confirmed, it’s true. I used to be slightly stunned that they might do it once more so quickly after such an extended wait. However I believe it’s simply because it was such an enormous success for streaming. So anyway, I believe streaming is kind of like the longer term and the miniature future. 

Emma: It’s undoubtedly altering issues, for positive as a result of I additionally really feel like there’s type of much less stuff within the theaters. Which, I actually like streaming, so I don’t wanna be like, in order that’s an issue. However I do take pleasure in going to the film theaters. I don’t go as a lot as earlier than we had children, however I do assume it’s actually enjoyable. I haven’t taken Oscar but, he’s not fairly on the age the place I really feel prefer it’s gonna work out for us, he’s not there but.

Elsie: Yeah, I believe like age three is an efficient age to begin. 

Emma: Yeah. One thing like that. Not this yr. I’m not anticipating this yr, until there was some type of particular 30-minute factor that typically film theaters try this, then perhaps. Properly, cool I’m glad you guys appreciated Little Mermaid. Did Marigold Go too? Did Goldie go? 

Elsie: She did, she liked it. 

Emma: What was her evaluation? 

Elsie: So she ate nearly a whole bowl of popcorn and she or he simply sat there curled up in her chair and wouldn’t share with anybody and simply liked it, and so they had been each type of singing, which was wonderful, we weren’t too near different folks. And I believe it’s like cute. Additionally, you realize, the little children, they’ll type of narrate. So there have been loads of questions, loud questions. It’s simply how it’s although. I really feel like, that’s higher than like a impolite teenager or one thing. Proper? Individuals can forgive it as a result of it’s what it’s. 

Emma: Properly, I believe it’s important to be taught to be in a movie show. Identical to every thing else in life. Such as you don’t know, as a result of once you’re at dwelling you may ask questions all through the whole film. And it’s totally different once you’re at a movie show and I believe that’s similar to a studying factor. I’m by no means irritated once I see slightly child at a film, plus it means I’m at a film with 4 little children. So it’s like, it’s wonderful. Who cares? It’s not an enormous deal. 

Elsie: So let’s speak about summer season issues. I like this matter. I believe this can be good. I’ve mentioned this many instances, however I’m making an attempt to grow to be a four-seasons individual as a substitute of only a fall individual. So I do strive like very a lot to get into summer season and be as festive as I can and to not rush forward, despite the fact that I undoubtedly do rush forward in my thoughts and in like my planning and perhaps in my buying slightly bit, however I’m nonetheless making an attempt to take pleasure in summer season. Turning into like a pool individual, so Emma and I’ve a pool go collectively. I joined Emma’s pool this summer season, which has been so enjoyable and totally different, so I’m actually comfortable about that. So let’s leap into your favourite summer season exercise with your loved ones. I believe that that is so candy. The seasons of life, I bear in mind earlier than we had children, all of the issues we used to do this felt, and we nonetheless do most of these, however like with little children, clearly it’s like there are new ones. So my primary, it’s small, however I believe it’s so important, is firefly season. It’s not the entire summer season, it’s like type of excellent now, like the start of summer season, and as quickly because it will get darkish each evening or when it’s kind of getting darkish. The firefly begins going across the yard and we’ve been like getting our children up away from bed and letting them come down and play. It’s simply so, so, so candy and magical and so they can’t catch fireflies actually so I catch them for them and provides them to them, and yeah. It’s great. 

Emma: Yeah, I really feel loads of nostalgia for fireflies. I really feel like rising up that was just like the magic of summer season. It was simply catching fireflies, placing ’em in a jar.

Elsie: And so they don’t have them in every single place on this planet. Is sort of a regional factor. So we did be taught that. I discovered that from the web, one of many many issues. We’ve discovered from our weblog readers and stuff. 

Emma: Yeah. It’s very Midwest. I believe they’ve ’em within the south too, it type of relies upon, I suppose. However yeah, I like them although. And yeah, Oscar, often he’s in mattress earlier than they’re actually out however typically we’ll see a number of as we’re wrapping up sandbox time or no matter, and he’ll be like, fIrefly, firefly as a result of he is aware of what it’s. 

Elsie: He’s speaking now and it’s so cute, his little phrases are so cute, little whisper voice. 

Emma: Yeah, fireflies are very enjoyable. Have your ladies been on a ship but? 

Elsie: Not for a few years. So we’re gonna try this for the 4th of July weekend. So I really feel prefer it’s a nerve, a nerve-racking factor for fogeys. Do you are feeling that? It’s slightly bit like if this doesn’t go effectively, I’m trapped, and if it goes effectively, nice.

Emma: Yeah. Yeah. So right here within the Ozarks, and there are different locations all around the world which have lakes or I suppose you may go on a ship within the ocean. I don’t know. It’s very totally different than a lake day. However right here within the Ozarks, we have now loads of actually good lakes, and being on a ship wasn’t one thing we ever did rising up. I bear in mind doing it once I was in school. However Trey’s household could be very, they don’t have a ship, however such as you hire a ship, and also you simply hang around for many of the day on a ship, that’s primarily what it’s. And when you don’t have children with you, then you may have some grownup drinks and sit back. And when you do have children with you, then it’s totally different. You’re watching them and ensuring they’re conserving their life jacket on and all these issues. 

Elsie: Yeah I’d additionally say the time of day you go makes an enormous distinction. If you happen to can go within the morning or you may go within the night, even when the solar’s setting and that makes an enormous distinction. However yeah, it’s a complete factor the place there’s like snacks only for the boat. Why don’t you describe a few the boat snacks, as a result of I really feel prefer it’s, its personal tradition, slightly.

Emma: Yeah. Properly, very like a pool, all of your drinks, you don’t need any glass on a ship as a result of when you had been to interrupt it, that’s clearly not good below your toes. So there’s by no means actually any glass on a ship. So numerous canned drinks. I drink tons of LaCroix and we’re gonna speak about glowing drinks right here shortly. However I drink tons of that type of factor on a ship, however I’m actually into dips. I’m like, let’s pack 5 totally different dips and there’s a bunch of various chip choices and also you simply eat dips all day principally. My favourite one is named Love Dip, which is made up identify, I’m fairly positive my sister-in-law Kat, though I don’t know, it’s like their household makes it. But it surely’s primarily simply cream cheese and salsa, and you may add cayenne or slightly little bit of scorching sauce to make it hotter. That’s principally what it’s, and that may sound type of gross, and I’ll be trustworthy, it appears to be like type of gross as you’re making it as a result of it’s like type of pink. However then when you get all of it combined collectively, I don’t know, it’s scrumptious. It’s so good. However I might eat a complete container of liked dip on my own and I by no means make it apart from boat days as a result of it’s actually not excellent for you, it’s undoubtedly like a celebration dip. 

Elsie: Properly, I like having meals the place you solely use the recipe for a sure event. In order that it kind of locks within the reminiscence. So I believe that’s actually cool. We’ll should put a few dip recipes from our blogs. We now have loads of dip recipes, and so they’re actually good. 

Emma: However yeah, I like loads of dips which are made with cream cheese or bitter cream shredded cheese. There are only a bunch of various varieties, however love dips in all probability my high additionally guacamole is superb. Any dip that’s not a scorching dip, I just like the layered taco kind of dip, taco dip is so good. Something that’s finest served chilled, you need to have that on the boat as a result of it’s scrumptious. We all the time pack sandwiches and stuff too, however actually, I’m in it for the dips. 

Elsie: That’s enjoyable. So I joined Emma’s neighborhood pool for the summer season as a result of we’re considering of constructing a pool in our yard, which presumably may very well be prepared by subsequent summer season if we pulled the set off quickly. However we haven’t carried out that but. And so it’s type of like, I don’t know. I’d keep at your pool for both one yr or two years. So we’ve solely been collectively one time up to now, and it’s so cute. My children will simply spend the whole time within the child pool with Oscar, and so they like it. That they had no points with it, despite the fact that certainly one of them’s eight years previous, they don’t have any issues in any respect. They assume it’s nice. So, I believe that’s actually enjoyable. And we had been speaking, Emma texted me and she or he was like, let’s have our personal pool day the place we simply get a can of wine and skim, and I used to be like, that sounds actually, very nice. Yeah, when you can’t inform my life now residing in Missouri is totally totally different. It’s like seeing my household each single day, which is the very best.

Emma: Largely me, I simply present up. Like, hey we’re kinda bored.

Elsie: She exhibits up a lot and I like it. It’s great. So anyway, yeah, pool time. However I believe for the pool, I don’t actually make recipes. I simply deliver snacks and I’ve my little cooler pouch factor, and that’s that. 

Emma: One in every of my favourite issues, we’ll have to do that when we have now our grownup day on the pool is I wish to order Uber Eats to the pool, which you are able to do, and also you kind into the little remark field that’s like, simply depart it on my entrance door or no matter. You simply kind in like pool after which your identify will get known as when your meals arrives. Which is type of dorky, however you then go get your meals and it’s nice. Individuals largely order pizza, however you will get in any Uber Eats that’s within the space. 

Elsie: Okay. We undoubtedly should order.

Emma: It simply feels so fancy to have meals delivered to the pool.

Elsie: For positive. I like that. 

Emma: I’m simply impressed, I suppose. 

Elsie: Okay. Do you’ve a favourite summer season exercise that’s a solo factor, like a me-time kind of vibe? 

Emma: Sure. So we did already type of speak about being on the pool as adults. Which is enjoyable since you simply get to sit down, as a result of you realize anybody who has children, particularly little children, I’ve a two-year-old.

Elsie: You don’t even get to learn or do something. It’s a must to simply preserve your focus locked on them the whole time. 

Emma: I can’t even actually drink a beverage. Not even an grownup beverage, however similar to water as a result of I’m chasing him as a result of if he falls within the kiddie pool, he might not rise up. He’s nonetheless at that age.

Elsie: He’s within the hazard zone for positive. 

Emma: Yeah. So I simply type of hover round him, which could be very cute as a result of he’s lovable together with his little hat on and it’s simply enjoyable. But it surely’s extraordinarily totally different than being on the pool with out your children, the place you may simply calm down and sit and never do something, not watch anybody, not fear in any respect. So, yeah, undoubtedly try this and I like studying. I’ll get within the pool for positive, however I largely simply sit on the facet and skim, as a result of I simply love studying within the solar as a result of it’s totally different. Normally, I’m studying like in my mattress at evening, or one thing. So it simply seems like a complete totally different vibe. In order that, after which, this isn’t an out of doors factor, so I really feel prefer it perhaps doesn’t qualify for summer season, however certainly one of my favourite issues to do in the summertime, is to get some Andy’s frozen custard on my own after which pop right into a thrift retailer.

Elsie: Oh, good. That’s random and really particular, but it surely sounds good, it appears like an excellent mixture. 

Emma: Yeah. It’s like double treats and a number of the thrifts like don’t need you to hold meals round, understandably however lots of them don’t care. So so long as you don’t spill it. So yeah, that’s type of my factor too, as a result of we take Oscar to get ice cream, however I don’t really feel like he actually likes fruity stuff. So he’s extra pineapple whip, which is one thing we have now in my city. He’s extra into fruity-type flavors, and I type of like a chocolate factor. I’m extra of a chocolate gal, that’s my deal with. 

Elsie: That’s two very totally different classes. Okay, so my favourite solo exercise is certainly the audiobook walks. I simply like it now that I stay in a walkable neighborhood with cute homes in each course. That’s type of like, my complete character is simply taking walks and looking out on the homes, and I like it, bringing me loads of pleasure, but it surely’s beginning to already get scorching. So I really feel prefer it must be within the morning or like, in a while, when the solar’s setting, however for me, it’s just about the morning, the walks. After which the opposite factor that I love to do on my own, that is additionally an audiobook factor, is simply cooking and kind of like getting some alone time within the kitchen. So I do like meals running a blog and that’s enjoyable too, but it surely’s not as stress-free as cooking for enjoyable, proper? So final weekend we had my mother and father over and we had slightly get-together, and I obtained to spend the whole morning simply cooking little facet dishes and salads and stuff. And everybody left me alone and I used to be simply listening to my audiobook. I used to be listening to Heartburn by Nora Ephron and it was so vibey. It was the very best mixture of sensory experiences. 

Emma: Yeah. Inform folks about it since you instructed me about it and also you offered me on it. I used to be like, oh, I’m gonna take heed to that immediately. 

Elsie: Okay. So heartburn is, it’s fairly quick, and it’s stuffed with recipes. So the principle character within the e-book is a meals author. So there are recipes all through the e-book and there’s this sort of well-known recipe from, if anybody remembers this, like Olivia Wild Harry type salad dressing factor from final yr. If you happen to’re into your superstar gossip, that recipe is within the e-book and it’s only a sure salad dressing recipe that’s imagined to make males love you or no matter. 

Emma: Oh, okay cool. I like it. 

Elsie: Yeah, it’s so cute, and it did sound like an excellent recipe. It seemed like a extremely mustardy French dressing, which sounds good. The factor that was most compelling concerning the audiobook is that it’s narrated by Meryl Streep, which she’s a extremely good audiobook narrator. I’ll should look it up if she’s ever carried out every other ones as a result of I’m positive she in all probability has.

Emma: I like her voice, it’s like slightly bit decrease. It’s great. Very soothing. Yeah, I might see that being glorious. I’ve by no means heard an audiobook along with her studying, however I might inform that may be actually good.

Elsie: Yeah. And in addition I wished to shout out, I attempted final week Ina Garten’s summer season pasta recipe, which is just about like what you make. You slice up chilly tomatoes and also you make slightly sauce for them and you then simply put your scorching pasta after it’s drained into the tomato, so it’s like tomatoes aren’t cooked and the pasta and it’s simply very garlicky. I made mine an additional garlicky dish with scorching pasta and chilly tomatoes and it’s excellent. It’s like great for summer season. 

Emma: Yeah. She’s high shelf. 

Elsie: Sure. We’re undoubtedly within the like grandma period and it feels superb. 

Emma: It feels so good. What about, let’s speak about summer season outfits trigger we’re each slightly little bit of a uniform kind individual or I’m for positive this.

Elsie: That is true. Okay. So disclaimer. I’m not in my trend period proper now and I’m simply not, however I’m type of eager about it, like I’ll return to it in some unspecified time in the future. However, so my predominant factor, I wish to have summer season attire. I believe summer season attire are the very best. Emma and I each, like jumpsuits. So these are like the opposite straightforward outfit I often put on. However aside from that, the principle factor that I really feel like I actually spend cash on and revel in shopping for through the summer season is swimsuits as a result of I like them, I like having numerous swimsuits. It’s like a set. It’s like having sun shades. 

Emma: You don’t have to attend for ’em to dry when you like to finish up going again to again like in the identical day or two days in a row. 

Elsie: It’s wonderful to have a swimsuit for each temper. It’s kinda like pajamas. It’s like, I’ll preserve sporting these indefinitely so what’s the issue with it?

Emma: Yeah. Until they put on out, it’s like, yeah, why not? 

Elsie: And I’ve one child who’s obsessive about matching with me nonetheless. So I additionally am nonetheless into, like Riley and Crew makes the mommy and me swimsuits, and I’m nonetheless into that too. So I really feel like that a part of my life, it perhaps received’t final endlessly, so I’m similar to having fun with it proper now.

Emma: Yeah. I like it once I see a household on the pool and so they have these matching, it’s so cute. It’s simply lovable. And it’s type of the summer season Christmas pajamas. Like the opposite model of it. 

Elsie: It’s true. Oh my gosh. That’s an excellent level. Okay. What’s your favourite summer season outfit? 

Emma: So, I nonetheless do my jumpsuits. One in every of my outfit formulation from Curated Closet is I simply put on like, well-fitting denims and I’ve 4 or 5 pairs. And that is all yr spherical, by the best way. After which I’ve these Madewell t-shirts, I’m sporting one proper now as I sit throughout the Elsie. And I’ve been considering although, I really want to seek out, principally, a tank high that I should buy in a bunch of colours as a result of that’s what I’ve with these t-shirts is I’ve eight of those. 

Elsie: Madewell has good tank tops too. 

Emma: Properly, I must get one thing like that as a result of my drawback is my son needs to be exterior anytime he’s awake. So if he’s awake, he needs to be exterior. That is nice as a result of we could be this time of yr, so he’s slightly obsessive about it. So I attempt to say sure as a lot as doable, which suggests I’m exterior quite a bit, which is enjoyable. However I’m undoubtedly already getting slightly little bit of, what folks name farmer’s tan, the place it’s like your arm, your higher arm is like half tan and half not. So I’m like, I would like extra tank tops and I simply must put on tank tops each day as a result of I’m gonna be exterior each day. After which my different drawback is I put on Birkenstock sandals more often than not with the 2 straps and I’ve a really robust Burke tan line already from this yr, and it’s nonetheless early summer season. So I’ve been making an attempt to put on them, I purchased these different Doc Martin sandals and I’m making an attempt to put on them extra. They’ve three straps, so it’s simply totally different straps. So I’m simply making an attempt actually arduous to put on totally different sneakers different than simply my Burks continuously as a result of I’ve such a tan line from them. It makes it appear to be I’ve like soiled toes. Trey despatched me the opposite day, I took my shoe off and he was like, oh, had been you exterior? It appears to be like such as you guys obtained within the filth as a result of I’m enjoying with Oscar on a regular basis. And I used to be like, nope that’s simply my tan line from my sandals. It is not going to wash off, it’s simply what it appears to be like like. It’s fairly unhealthy, so I’m making an attempt to barely deviate, which is basically like one totally different pair of sandals and tank tops in a bunch of various colours. So it’s like nonetheless the identical system however works with the tan strains. 

Elsie: Yeah, you need to undoubtedly get a bunch of tank tops. That appears like a good suggestion. 

Emma: Yeah, I ought to. 

Elsie: The toes factor, I simply type of assume like, who cares? 

Emma: It’s what it’s. 

Elsie: Yeah. I don’t assume it’s an enormous deal.

Emma: I simply don’t like it when I’ve my sneakers off, I’m like, oh man. I believe a part of it’s I actually like my toes. I believe they’re cute. It’s a characteristic that I like.

Elsie: You really do have actually cute toes. 

Emma: Thanks. I’m like, man, I want this tan line wasn’t, as a result of I type of like my toes. I like portray my toenails. I don’t know. Some folks like their toes, and a few folks don’t. I believe it’s a fairly polarizing factor. Like arms, some persons are like, I like my arms, some persons are like, ugh. 

Elsie: Yeah, I believe you tan so significantly better than me, I simply realized that for the primary time. 

Emma: Do you burn?

Elsie: My pores and skin doesn’t actually get tan. 

Emma: Do you ever get sunburns although?

Elsie: Yeah. If I don’t put on sunscreen, I by no means try this, however yeah.

Emma: Yeah. I burn fairly simply and I’ll like cake on the sunscreen. 

Elsie: I simply keep pale endlessly always, so I simply spray tan solely.

Emma: I burn and tan, despite the fact that I appear to be a ghost on pool days, I’m like making an attempt so arduous to not get solar. If I’m on the market for greater than half-hour, I’m gonna get burned or tanned one thing’s gonna occur. Properly, let’s speak about meals, transferring on from garments. So favourite summer season meals. We’re gonna undergo meals and facet dishes and desserts. So let’s begin with meals. 

Elsie: Okay. So mine is, I make this Mediterranean quinoa salad at the least one or two instances each week, I make it on a regular basis. I like it. My children like it. It’s simply all the time in my fridge. 

Emma: Did you make it final weekend? 

Elsie: Sure. It’s the one you tried. 

Emma: Is it the recipe on the weblog but? You must put it on there so I might make it as a result of Trey actually appreciated it. He was like, who made that salad?

Elsie: Good. I like it. I like love quinoa. Anyhow, so I make that salad quite a bit and we simply eat it, simply within the fridge we eat it, however I additionally assume it’s actually good to place salmon on it. So I make Emma’s air fryer salmon recipe fairly usually apart from I cube mine up. So I believe it makes a extremely good kind of simply, I don’t know, similar to including a protein makes it into an entire salad or no matter. So, yeah, I wish to make loads of recipes with tomatoes and cucumbers in the summertime. That’s my predominant favourite factor, and my children additionally, love cucumbers. All of us simply eat sliced cucumbers with sea salt on a regular basis. So, yeah that’s my summer season meal. 

Emma: My favourite is extra of a junk meals merchandise. So I’m glad you had one thing type of wholesome. 

Elsie: Properly, I wanna hear yours. 

Emma: Mine is crucial, I like consuming hotdogs. 

Elsie: I like scorching canine too. 

Emma: I like scorching canine, however I by no means purchase them. It’s solely like a cookout factor as a result of I don’t assume they’re excellent for you, I suppose I’ve by no means actually considered it, however I assume they’re not, I don’t even know if that’s true. I don’t assume it’s one thing that I needs to be consuming each day, me personally. So, I don’t, by not shopping for them on a regular basis, however I like them at a cookout as a result of they simply are so significantly better on a grill, and my all-time favourite topping is I’ll purchase this Icelandic mustard. I dunno when you’ve ever had it, we preserve it in our fridge. It’s type of like honey mustard. So I’ll hyperlink it within the present notes. I solely know one place you should buy it and it takes a very long time to ship. 

Elsie: I went to a scorching canine stand with you in Iceland, the place that they had the images of Invoice Clinton stuff, bear in mind? It was like so cute.

Emma: Yeah. It began after we had gone to Iceland as a result of I used to be like, this hotdog topping is superb. And so I had to purchase the mustard.

Elsie: They need to do a hotdog world tour. 

Emma: Oh, I’d like to. Oh, signal me up now. After which I’ll additionally put, so the Icelandic mustard, which when you can’t discover it or don’t wanna trouble with it, then you may strive honey mustard, related. 

Elsie: What makes it particular? 

Emma: It’s like a candy brown. It’s not even actually mustard. I don’t know what all is in it, however I believe the closest factor within the US that I might consider can be honey mustard. So I’m like, wow, you could possibly strive honey mustard. I believe it might nonetheless be good. 

Elsie: Chick-Fil-A sauce, principally. 

Emma: Yeah. It’s type of like a Chick-fil-A sauce, however to me, it’s like very particular to Iceland as a result of I simply haven’t had that actual taste. I’m like, oh yeah, it’s precisely like this. I’m like, I can’t actually discover it. So anyway, that after which french fried onions, as a result of in Iceland they put these sorts of crunchy onions on it and it’s not precisely french fried onions such as you purchase right here within the US and the canisters and do like inexperienced bean casserole, but it surely’s related sufficient that it really works for me. In order that’s like my all-time favourite high whole rubbish meals, like it although. After which the opposite factor I’ll do typically is I make this broccoli slaw and I put that on a hotdog or a hamburger, and I similar to the crunch alongside meat, but it surely’s type of like, slaw, so it’s like mayonnaise and it’s tremendous like shredded, chopped up broccoli. It’s actually good. And that’s my favourite, however I don’t have it fairly often, however once I do, I’m in heaven. 

Elsie: I do like coleslaw on each type of sandwich nearly. 

Emma: So it’s like coleslaw, however with broccoli. 

Elsie: Good. Okay. Favourite summer season facet dish. 

Emma: I wrote down air fried, every thing. 

Elsie: That doesn’t depend. That’s, too common. 

Emma: Properly, I additionally undoubtedly use my air fryer all winter too. However one thing concerning the summer season, makes me really feel like I’m like doing an excellent job not turning on my oven and making my home scorching or utilizing an excessive amount of power. Though the air fryer does nonetheless get scorching, so I don’t know if that’s even true, however in my thoughts, it’s like much less. However I air fry any vegetable. We’re type of doing a sequence on the weblog proper now. So that you’ll in all probability see a number of extra even earlier than this podcast episode comes out as a result of I’m making an attempt to do the entire assortment. Any facet dish you need, they’ll all be on our weblog finally. So I’ve been engaged on that, and the opposite factor although is pasta salad. So now I’m gonna make your quinoa salad. And yeah, I do really feel like when you put protein in it, then perhaps it’s extra of a meal. I don’t know. However I like pasta salad typically, and I consider it as like {the summertime} stir fry as a result of it’s principally like some type of carb, often pasta. However you could possibly use no matter type of pasta you wished after which like greens and a few type of sauce. And we have now a few totally different pasta salad recipes on the weblog. Elsie has a creamy one which’s actually good. We even have this submit that’s three totally different pasta salad dressings, and you may simply use them to customise. Kinda like when you have no matter in your fridge, like I’ve a cucumber that’s nearly gonna be getting all bizarre, then you may make pasta salad. And you should use any of those dressings on it. So yeah, pasta salad all summer season lengthy. 

Elsie: Good. Okay. The meals that I like is deviled eggs. I like deviled eggs. I believe they’re essentially the most superb meals, and certainly one of my children is obsessive about them. In order that’s enjoyable for me as a result of anytime I make them, I do know that we are going to eat all of them. And the opposite factor I like that you simply simply don’t see it anytime apart from summer season is chilly potato salad. I’ve had a few instances in my life like heat potato salad and that for me is just not the factor.

Emma: Is that simply mashed potatoes? I don’t get it. 

Elsie: It’s heat potato salad. I don’t know. I believe I prefer it actually chilly and actually mustardy. So that’s my summer season facet dish. 

Emma: I like a chilly potato salad. Good choose. What about summer season desserts? Do you’ve any favourite summer season desserts? 

Elsie: Sure. Mine could be very easy. I similar to ice cream. Ice cream is my favourite summer season dessert by a mile. Actually, I care slightly bit, however not very a lot about each different summer season dessert. 

Emma: Do you make ice cream or do you’ve favourite manufacturers that you simply like, these are the grocery retailer manufacturers that I like.

Elsie: I’ve not made ice cream ever, I don’t assume, apart from once we had the delicate serve machine. I suppose I did make a delicate serve, however I’ve by no means made regular ice cream earlier than. Like the best way you’ve. I’d like to, however no, I like Jenny’s brown butter almond brittle is the very best taste, after which out of Ben and Jerry’s my favourite taste is the Stephen Colbert America Dream taste. I believe it’s actually good. After which my different simply common favourite taste, if I’ve to simply choose a random model, is cookies and cream. So I really feel like that’s similar to all the time good and my children actually just like the magic shell. Have you ever ever purchased that, magic shell the place it will get arduous? 

Emma: After all. 

Elsie: In order that could be very enjoyable.

Emma: I really feel like that’s a really like child factor. I don’t know why as a result of it’s actually good. I prefer it as an grownup. I additionally actually just like the milk bar. Like milk ice lotions. 

Elsie: Yeah, milk bar, ice lotions. Okay. Out of these ones, my favourite one is Corn Flake Cereal One. 

Emma: They don’t have that in our grocery retailer, I don’t assume. Yeah. I believe one time you had a bunch of them at your home and I obtained to strive fairly a number of of ’em and so they had been all so good, however my favourite might be the one with the cornflakes. And I don’t know why as a result of it’s not like Cornflakes is my favourite cereal, but it surely’s such an excellent ice cream. 

Elsie: It’s loopy good. Yeah. If you happen to ever see that one in a retailer, simply instantly purchase it and don’t assume. 

Emma: I’ve despatched them to folks as a present, like a birthday factor too as a result of I simply assume it makes an excellent present as a result of they’re scrumptious.

Elsie: That’s good. Jenny’s has transport too, and I do assume it’s one of many final presents you could possibly ship or obtain. It’s simply you don’t wanna get a field of Jenny’s. 

Emma: No. You undoubtedly need that anytime. I additionally love ice cream, however in all probability my primary nostalgic summer season, favourite summer season dessert is not any baked cookies, and there are many no baked cookies on this planet. I suppose I ought to say the no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies.

Elsie: You understand that’s Jeremy’s favourite cookies. 

Emma: Actually? So it’s a gingerbread within the winter. No bakes cookies in the summertime type of man. 

Elsie: Yeah.

Emma: I like them. I believe I affiliate them with our childhood as a result of it was the principle cookie we’d make in the summertime, as a result of as soon as the air conditioner was on, we weren’t supposed to make use of the oven, so we needed to do no bake.

Elsie: Our dad had guidelines concerning the oven in the summertime, like guidelines. 

Emma: Yeah. So we did loads of no-bake recipes, which really we have now tons of actually good no-bake recipes typically on our weblog, and we undoubtedly have no-bake cookies on the weblog, a few variations the truth is, cuz they’re so good. So yeah, it jogs my memory of my childhood, however I additionally actually love them as a result of I like oatmeal cookies. It’s certainly one of my high, no raisins, however I like oatmeals as a result of I like the feel of it once you’re chewing it. I simply assume it’s a extremely gratifying expertise. Toothsome, isn’t that what folks say? 

Elsie: What’s that imply? 

Emma: Mouthfeel. These are issues that foodie folks will say, I don’t know, and it’s type of humorous to me.

Elsie: For me, an oatmeal cookie is like squarely in the midst of the cookie class. 

Emma: It’s like take it or depart it’s how you are feeling?

Elsie: Sure. It’s not nice, however not unhealthy. It’s within the center. 

Emma: I really feel like lots of people really feel that method concerning the no-bake cookies, the chocolate oatmeal ones. I really feel prefer it’s both folks’s favourite, like apparently me and Jeremy or they’re like, ah both method they’re wonderful. 

Elsie: Assume no-bake cookies are loopy good. They’re like chocolate peanut butter oatmeal cookies, that’s what they’re. Yeah, they’re good. 

Emma: Yeah, they’re so good. 

Elsie: Enjoyable. Properly, that’s enjoyable. That’s very totally different. 

Emma: You wanna do our listener query? 

Elsie: Sure. Let’s go for it. 

Emma: Okay. That is from Carrie McLendon. It’s from our electronic mail field, which is podcasts@abeautifulmess.com. And she or he says, please do an episode about glowing drinks. Non-alcoholic, alcoholic. The market is cray. There’s a lot to debate. How are we admittedly fundamental, very busy mothers imagined to wade by all the alternatives with out assist? You’re doing crucial work, give us your private information to all of the seltzers. It’s nearly summer season for goodness sake. 

Elsie: Okay, so to start {the marketplace} for, what are they known as? Like arduous seltzers. {The marketplace} for arduous seltzers has gotten uncontrolled as a result of it’s butter finger flavored, lays potato chip flavored, like simply any model of any form will put their identify on a tough seltzer beverage. 

Emma: It’s like a Sonic model. Like Sonic, the drive-in restaurant. 

Elsie: And when it first began the craze, I used to be like, wished to strive every thing, like even the gross sounding ones as a result of I assumed, oh, that is humorous, this price foolish. However now I’m similar to the entire class kind of like, turns me off as a result of it’s gotten so excessive. And okay, that is my fact. Nobody has to agree with me, however I type of assume that arduous seltzers all style the identical. 

Emma: Yeah. I’m in the identical boat. I’m not a tough seltzer individual and I don’t know, to me, I’m additionally like, typically they make me assume like they’re type of like a food regimen, alcohol, beverage, as a result of they’re imagined to be lighter. 

Elsie: I believe some folks assume they’re. 

Emma: Yeah. They’ve fewer energy or one thing. I don’t actually know. I’m type of like, I’d moderately simply drink water or have some canned wine or a spritz, Aperol spritz or one thing. I’m the identical method if we go to a dive bar, I don’t actually need a vodka soda ever. I’m like, nah, I’m good on that. I’ll both have some, like an actual drink to me, which is like one thing I need. Or I’m like, I’ll simply drink water. I’m good. So I don’t know. Seltzers don’t actually do it for me, however everybody loves them. 

Elsie: Yeah. I believe I agree with this, the concept that alcohol type of like shouldn’t be wholesome. It doesn’t must be wholesome as a result of it’s like alcohol is inherently unhealthy. Type of like regardless of the way you spin it, it’s on the unhealthy listing, and it’s a restricted meals that you need to solely have slightly bit. So, yeah, I’m the identical, however, I’ve tried loads of totally different ones. 

Emma: Some folks, they legitimately like them, they assume they style good and stuff, and that’s cool. I simply don’t.

Elsie: For me, I stick with canned cocktails greater than seltzers. So there are ones, in the event that they actually have tequila in them and like juice and issues like that, then for me, that’s my class the place I can discover one thing I like slightly bit higher. 

Emma: I additionally like these tiny cans, just like the Sophia Glowing wines.

Elsie: I like canned wine. I’ll by no means again down from that canned wine is, there’s nothing mistaken with it. The Sophia cans are the proper tiny, they’re so tiny. 

Emma: Yeah, it’s similar to slightly drink. 

Elsie: And the tiny straw that pops up. I imply prefer it doesn’t get higher than that. Okay. So what I’ve down is for me, I’ve loads of chilly arduous truths on this part. I’m speaking about non-alcoholic. I suppose this isn’t actually the query, however I’m simply gonna go together with it. The non-alcoholic, liquor substitutes, fake liquor, all of these as a result of we went by a part the place we tried all of them as a result of my husband doesn’t drink. So we had a few years in the past, a part the place we tried each single kind. And for me, that is my chilly arduous fact. I type of assume all of them style the identical too. Simply get one or two of ’em and that’s it, however for me actually, I simply put a virgin or non-alcoholic mojito recipe on our weblog. For me, you don’t even want them. I believe which you could make most nice mocktails with out even having a liquor substitute. I believe when you wished to get pretend wine or we name it children wine in my home, non-alcoholic glowing juices, and issues like that. I believe these are pleasant. Yeah. I simply type of like felt that I didn’t have a use for the like, Spirits, the non-alcoholic spirits. 

Emma: Have you ever ever had, I don’t know if pretend beer is the precise phrase, however a beer that doesn’t have alcohol for the non-alcoholic beer? Those that are supposed to be mild beers, like they’re not imagined to be like IPAs. They’re extra mild. I like these. And I believe they style comparatively the identical. And it’s in all probability as a result of if I’m having a beer, it’s in all probability on the lake and I put like 4 limes in it. Oh, it’s largely lime juice. If I do the identical factor to a non-alcoholic beer, I actually can not inform the distinction. I’m like, yeah, this tastes like very limey and chilly, which is what I need. So these actually work for me if I’m wanting one thing non-alcoholic, however yeah, I similar to to place berries or mint leaves or one thing in glowing water and I really feel like that’s an excellent mocktail. 

Elsie: Mojitos is without doubt one of the finest ones, however the place you simply type of don’t discover that it’s not there. There are fairly a number of bloody mary one other one the place you may simply make it style type of precisely the identical. 

Emma: Yeah. Something with loads of flavors. Typically I’ll get like a virgin pina colada if I’m a golden woman, and it tastes to me precisely the identical. 

Elsie: Yeah. That’s an excellent one. Okay. So so far as alcohol, my favourite factor to make is certainly mojitos and margaritas. Though I suppose these aren’t all glowing. I’m going off the course. Mojitos are glowing. 

Emma: We’re medium answering her query, we’re doing our personal factor. 

Elsie: Okay. After which for seltzers, I do know you ready your listing. I shared my listing in a earlier episode, however the tough quick notes are that I like something that claims cherry on the can. Something that claims orange cream, I’ve like a bizarre factor with orange vanilla, I actually like these. And there’s this one model that has a basil one and that was my final. Okay, so say your listing. 

Emma: Listed here are my high 5 glowing waters. It’s a LaCroix lemon Cello. That’s my primary all time. 

Elsie: Okay, that may be a polarizing LaCroix taste. I personally don’t prefer it. 

Emma: Trey doesn’t prefer it both. However I like it, to me, it tastes nearly slightly bit creamy. Like a creamy lemon. 

Elsie: It’s like lemon cream for positive. 

Emma: Yeah. And it’s actually good, but it surely’s nonetheless simply glowing water. There’s probably not the rest in it, so it’s not really creamy, but it surely’s actually good in my view. However yeah, perhaps it’s like coconut folks can’t deal with it. I don’t know. Quantity two, Waterloo grape. 

Elsie: Waterloo Grape is a basic. 

Emma: It’s simply all the time there on the grocery retailer. So it’s an excellent, secure one, but it surely actually is like my quantity two. I all the time prefer it. It has loads of taste. It’s very flavorful. And one thing concerning the grape I believe simply seems like a child’s soda. Not that child ought to even drink soda. I don’t know. However like, you realize, grape soda is sort of a factor that’s like a nostalgic factor that I in all probability wouldn’t drink now, however clearly, I’ll drink the glowing water model. So there you go. Bubbly cherry. I do assume bubbly is oftentimes extra flavorful than LaCroix. So that they each have cherry, however I desire the bubbly cherry, out of them if I’ve a selection. In the event that they’re each on the grocery retailer, I’ll get the bubbly one, however I’ll take any cherry glowing water similar to Elsie. I like it. Have you ever had one, that is my quantity 4. Have you ever had Liquid Dying? Have you ever tried these? 

Elsie: I did, lately. After you type of gave me the arduous promote, I did get the Liquid Dying, and the primary time I introduced it in we had been watching television, Jeremy was immediately like, what’s that as a result of he thought it was alcohol. I believe that it appears to be like, it appears to be like like a beer the cans are so humorous to me. I believe Liquid Dying is certainly going as much as my high as effectively. It’s excellent. 

Emma: Yeah. And so they have totally different merchandise, however so far as their glowing waters go, my favourite is simply the plain. However they’ve a bunch of fruit ones too. Just like the lime is actually good. I really feel like I noticed one which was mango and I used to be considering that, however I actually get the plain quite a bit. And what I like about them is that they’re an even bigger can. It’s type of like a tall boy. So, In a method, I really feel like as soon as I open it, I’m like making an attempt to drink all of it earlier than it goes flat. I really feel like I’m consuming extra water than I do with a number of the different cans as a result of it’s an even bigger can. After which additionally, as you mentioned, they type of appear to be beer cans. So, Just a little trick we do is typically we are going to take that with us to a celebration after which I’ll simply have one drink after which I’ll begin consuming these, and I really feel like no one cares, however I really feel like I’m nonetheless part of the consuming crowd as a result of I’m carrying this factor round that type of appears to be like like a beer. But it surely’s not. It’s simply water and it’s scrumptious. 

Elsie: You’ll be able to undoubtedly use it to your imposter’s costume. I believe that it’s excellent although. Okay, however my one warning is the second time I went again to purchase extra, I by accident purchased a complete case and it was similar to flat water in a can. They’ve simply water that’s not carbonated, after which I needed to drink simply water out of cans and I used to be very unhappy 

about it.

Emma: Yeah. I don’t ever purchase these ones, I don’t really need simply plain water. I need the sparkles. I need the bubbles. 

Elsie: Okay. Properly, that’s an excellent listing. Are there any extra? 

Emma: Quantity 5 is simply key lime LaCroix as a result of I like lime, however key lime is slightly bit extra fascinating to me. 

Elsie: Agree. I agree with that.

Emma: So it’s one other, Trey doesn’t actually like that one, he’d moderately simply have lime, he loves grapefruit. That’s in all probability certainly one of his tops, and I’ll drink it but it surely’s probably not my taste. So I really feel like in our little fridge that homes all our glowing waters, we have now ones which are like, these ones are Emma’s. These ones are Trays, grapefruit, totally different ones. 

Elsie: Completely. Yeah. We now have that as effectively. That’s humorous. Alright, thanks a lot for listening this week. We’ll be again subsequent week with our Consolation Rewatch episode of The Mother or father Entice 1998. It’s certainly one of our high favourite Nancy Myers films. See you subsequent week.