I just got back from a few days off from work and spending some time at the beach. I experienced great weather and the relaxing euphoria of sunshine, sea breeze, vocal seagulls and rolling waves. What’s more? I love indulging in snacks and “once-in-a-while” foods while I’m on vacation including Annie’s Graham Bunnies, Back to Nature lemon cookies, fresh apricots and juicy peaches.
Vacation is a great time to relax from work of all kinds. I live a very healthy lifestyle, including a fairly strict food intake, nine days out of ten. When I know vacation is coming up, I start saving that “tenth day” so I’m eating healthy 100% of the time before vacation. It’s my justification for pigging out for a few days straight… and it’s worth it. Let’s face it, everyone needs vacation from work, and everyone also deserves the chance to indulge the palette.
Sweet snacks on the beach, boardwalk pizza, salt-water taffy, and homemade ice cream, were had by all… or maybe just me.
Those quintessential treats are rudimentary to a successful beach trip, and new discoveries keep things exciting. I love sampling fudge and picking out fresh taffy on the boardwalk. My favorite new find was at George’s Ice Cream Shop in Ocean City, NJ. I’ve been very familiar with George’s Candies all my life because of their macaroons. A few years ago, George opened an ice cream shop next door to his candy shop that dips some fantastic homemade ice cream. There are some inventive flavors: Macaroon, S’mores, Motor Oil (Dark Choco Cream with fudge swirl and espresso beans), and my favorite: CAKE BATTER. Whenever a shop has cake batter, I have to sample it to see if it’s worth having a whole dish. This was worth it.
I thoroughly enjoyed my vacation time for many reasons, but the food is always my favorite part of getting away. I am happy to have found a great new ice cream parlor and excited to have some treats to last throughout the rest of the week.
Great food during a great vacation – the cherry on top of my cake batter sundae.
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