So, the fourth of July plan was going to be a repeat of last year: B and I would go to Atlanta, I’d run the Peachtree RR, and he and I would stay and play at a BBQ that afternoon.  But, I’ve been feeling pretty crummy lately and much like my blog, housework has been neglected at an all time high rate.  Falling asleep on Friday night before my 100 mile ride the next day, I felt achy, exhausted, drained, and unhappy.  The only way I could get myself to go forward with my Ironman training the next day was to tell myself that I could skip the Peachtree and the associated festivities…and spend the long weekend entirely in Augusta if I still felt crummy in the morning.

Fortunately, I didn’t feel crummy in the morning.  And I rocked out my 100mile ride in about 5.5 hrs.  But, the idea of getting my life together and having a mellow three day weekend was too appealing.  Once the idea got in my head, I couldn’t get it out.  As much as I love going to see my girlfriends in ATL, I needed this weekend to recoup.  Not only do I feel physically good for the first time in a week or so, my house is kinda clean.  I won’t go so far as to say completely clean…but it’s getting there.

But, the weekend to regroup meant that I had zero social plans for the fourth (a blessing and a sad lonely curse).  Just because I didn’t have social plans, didn’t mean that I didn’t want something patriotically yummy to eat. And yes, folks, I recognize that sentence uses the word “didn’t” three times.  Yes, I recognize this is poor writing.  No, I do not care to change it.

Patriotically yummy.  And patriotically easy for this patriotically lazy girl.

Easy Peasy Patriotic Pastry.

Ingredes:

Pastry Dough (homemade, store bought, etc.)

Berries of patriotic colors

Marscapone cheese

1. Roll out the Pastry Dough (it helped that I still had frozen balls of left over dough)

2. Spread marscapone cheese over top

2. Arrange berries over marscapone cheese

4. Make sure it’s a pretty pattern

5. Bake on 350* for 15 minutes

6. Now, folks this is the most important step…Eat the entire tart in an afternoon.