Freshman-15, meet the Honeymoon-10! =d

So I remember everyone mumbling about how every freshman in college gains 15 lbs from eating poorly (or just a lot, pizza maybe?) for one of their first big experiences outside of home.

No one *ever* mentions the 10lbs you’ll gain from eating fantastic food on a honeymoon!  After all the effort of trying to lose weight to look great in the dress… we ran off to Atlantic City for a weekend of pampering and good food… Ruth’s Chris the first evening, and Buddakan the second night!

Very yum!

It was too hard to wait the extra half hour… and it ended up being still very very soft…

green tea ice cream with a ginger snap cookie!

I had to race to take the picture because it was melting before my eyes!  So, soooo good though!  Perfect with a ginger snap on top!

Putting gifts to good use!

We are still getting a few new belongings situated in our home since our wedding, but tonight I got to make a real treat!  One of the coolest (pun intended) gifts we got was an ice cream maker!

First flavor?  Green tea!

For those of you who haven’t tried it before, yeah it looks like a pale mint ice cream, but it’s got the perfect sweet flavor of green tea, just the best!  I remember getting my first pint of green tea ice cream from an asian foods market back at home, and it was very expensive, about $6.50 for just one pint!

This was so cheap to to make, mainly because it’s mostly staples you need to keep on hand anyway!

1 cup whole milk
2 cups heavy cream
3/4 cup sugar
little salt
1/4 tsp vanilla extract

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I estimated by taste and color on how much matcha (green tea powder) I added to the mixture.  I added it in stages, so I think it was about 1tbsp!  ::O_O::

I know sounds like a lot, but to compete with the cream, it’s necessary!  I recommend using a stick blender if you have one, it’s way better than using a electric hand mixer for the matcha.  It doesn’t incorporate easily since it is such a fine powder, it just wants to clump up.

Churning away in the mixer

Ready for the freezer!

I had a few tastes out of the mixer, but now it’s hardening in the freezer… 10pm can’t come fast enough!

6 months, and a name change to show for it

So, it’s been quite some time now since my last post, but it’s not without good reason!

Getting adjusted to a new job, changing branch locations, preparing for a wedding, going to weddings, and more wedding planning made for a very *very* busy summer!

By May and into June it was constant dress shopping until we found the perfect one (which I did!!)  July it’s holidays, and we escaped to Mexico for my cousin’s wedding!  Then it was more trips home, more fittings when my dress arrived, caterers visits, florists visits, venue visits, and pepper in some family time here and there!

Finally, the week of the wedding I had one of the best, most relaxing weeks (as I could figure being the bride to be!)  The wedding went beautifully, considering the impending threat of rain for the entire time I was home for the wedding.  We had clear, bright blue, sunny skies from Friday afternoon, until we unpacked our last bags on Sunday night!

The wedding itself was a wonderful time, only real snag was that my beautiful, delicious cake tumbled to the floor right in front of me as we prepared to cut it!  Pictures will soon follow!

So now, I’m Mrs. Anderson!

It was wonderful to have everyone celebrate with us, those of you who were able to make the trip!  Those who could not, were definitely missed!