Ashe County Cheese Factory

Cow Tanks

When I was at my aunt's cabin in North Wilkesboro for a week my mom, my friend Shannon, and I went to West Jefferson to watch people make cheese and us eat the cheese! The factory makes butter, lots of cheese, and ice cream. They also sale wine from the local vineyards. 

The Factory from the viewing room.

When we went into the viewing room to watch them make cheese the workers turned around and it looked like they haven't seen real people in a long time! It was kind of awkward really... 

They had these tanks outside the factory that looked like cow and this big mouse that served cheese inside the store which kind of scared me. YIKES! 

Scary Mouse

I have to say they make some pretty darn good cheese! I got some spreadable port wine cheese from there. 

If you want to visit their website click here.

Canyons of the Blue Ridge

This restaurant Canyons is a great place to eat at in Blowing Rock, NC!  I ordered a burger from their special menu and the burger is a duck burger. It is made from ground duck and Bacon and comes with coleslaw and chipolte-cherry ketchup on a kaiser bun with a side of chips or fries.
This burger was the first burger I've ever eaten without having to put anything else on it! It is my favorite burger!

The employees are very nice and there is history on the building. There is an amazing view of the blue ridge mountains that is jaw dropping!

Please visit their website www.canyonsbr.com

Graduation Day

Today I am graduating from high school. Some people said high school would be the time of your life but no it was not. College will be the time of my life! Can't wait to learn about nutrition!

For the cook out I am having tomorrow will be very lean! There will be turkey burgers, turkey dogs, turkey wings, and sweet potato fries. YUM!

A lot of people have heard of all of those things except turkey wings. I had just found out about turkey wings earlier this week. Some people call them pterodactyl wings  because they are so big. When I said not knowing about turkey wings I meant not thinking of eating them like chicken wings. I am glad that I like to try different things. You should always try different things instead of saying you don't like it when you have not tried it.

Wish me luck and lets hope I don't fall on my face!

Summertime

It feels like we have been hibernating like bears. Now, everyone is blooming like a flower in spring because of the warm weather! We all move around more during the summer which is great for our health. Most of us grew up playing in the ocean till the sun went down without even thinking of having something to eat. When we do eat during the summer we mostly have grilled food. Grilling is a wonderful thing because you are not cooking your food mostly in fat.

We all feel like exercising a lot more and eating a lot healthier during this time and I know I feel exactly that way! I am joining planet fitness and I will be eating a lot healthier! It is alright to pig out once in a while but you have to remember your health and go back to eating healthy. I do admit that I pig out more than I am supposed to but I have changed my ways! You can also treat yourself to a little dessert after doing so much physical activity during a summer's day.

Remember whenever you want a dessert you can always find a great healthy dessert recipe! When you grill it doesn't always have to be hot dogs and hamburgers or chicken. There are loads of different recipes for grilling that would mix up your meals! Just go out there and look!

The best website I have found for grilling would probably be www.cookingchanneltv.com

I found some healthy summer dessert recipes, please click here.