Highlights from a tasty weekend…
Homemade boozy iced coffee shake! Iced coffee blended with amaretto, coffee liquor, sweetened condensed milk, vanilla ice cream, and cold brew powder.
This iced coffee with taro cream on top was even better.
Double-fried, pickle-brined fries with freshly made dill pickles!
Soothr is our new favorite Thai spot. This cocktail had spicy mezcal and fresh tamarind.
Chicken pad ki-mao.
Highlights from the past week include…
S’mores iced coffee! I blended coffee with ice, cold brew powder, chocolate milk, vanilla bean powder, and toasted marshmallows.
Yogurt bowl set up – vanilla skyr with Made Good chocolate granola and Jelly Berry grapes.
I quite liked these crispy onion chips from Trader Joe’s.
Toasted turkey and cheddar sandwich. On sprouted wheat sourdough with mayo and pickled jalapeños.
Mexican-ish vegetarian bowls. Brown rice, cauliflower rice roasted with green onion and poblano pepper, Trader Joe’s soyrizo, cojita cheese, and orange Soss.
Crab fried rice. Leftover brown rice stir-fried (with soy sauce, rice vinegar, and fish sauce) with blue crab, eggs, green onion, peas, and carrot.
Dinner inspired by a dish we loved recently at Llama Inn – sautéed bok choy with grapes, sunflower seeds, and black garlic vinaigrette. Plus tuna cakes made with soyrizo.
I worked the past three days, so no weekend for me, but I did make time for some yummy food! Highlights include…
Deconstructed apple smiles – an apple with mini marshmallows and a peanut butter breakfast bar. <– recommend
A yogurt bowl with peach, plum, and peanut butter.
Leftovers assortment for a work snack – hard-boiled egg, chicken sausage, radish, bell pepper, and Russian dressing.
Chamoy candies!
Egg salad (with mayo, honey dijon, paprika, and horseradish) plus mini cucumbers, radish, and bell pepper.
Leftover sheet-pan hash topped with havarti cheese, Kewpie, diced radish, pickled jalapenos, and Korean chili flake.
Spicy wok-fried green beans with cheesy scrambled eggs, vegan pork floss, and chili crisp.
Adam and I had a fantastic time on vacation! I have no photos to share, but not to worry, we ate all of the things! We spent the weekend in the city with my parents (Roosevelt Island, Central Park, Seaport, Williamsburg, Montauk, +) and then drove to Virginia (Charlottesville and Richmond) to visit with friends and family and visit a million craft breweries. And then we came home and had insane work-weeks and no longer feel relaxed at all, the end.
Some highlights from the week include…
Dessert-y cold brews. Salted caramel from Whole Foods.
We loved these cans from Red Hat Coffee.
S’mores snack mix – Trader Joe’s ube shortbread cookies with chocolate chips and mini marshmallows.
Dipping plate – pimento cheese with pretzels, baby carrots, and mini cucumbers.
Reuben nachos! Whole Food’s pastrami on rye potato chips with shredded gouda and swiss cheese, roast beef, and homemade Russian dressing. Plus sautéed broccoli slaw with pecans.
Our best sheet pan hash to date – yellow potatoes, zucchini, white onion, corn, Cajun-style chicken sauce, and cojita. Topped with diced radish and an esquites inspired sauce with Kewpie, garlic mayo, sour cream, lime juice, paprika, and gojuchang.
Paired with these tamarind chamoy bears from 7-11 that I cannot recommend enough.
Highlights from the past week – mostly things with peanut butter…
This Oatmega bar was good, if a bit fishy.
Summery yogurt bowl – plan skyr with peanut butter, granola, and tons of stone fruit (apricot, red plum, and white peach).
My co-workers were head over heels for these cookies! This peanut butter chocolate chip recipe + mini marshmallows.
Whole Foods chicken nuggets and honey mustard with roasted brussel sprouts.
Leftover chicken chilaquiles (we made a big batch and froze some a few weeks ago) with scrambled egg, sour cream, cheddar, and hot sauce.
Plus a paloma sour, which I loved.
P.S. As of tomorrow Adam and I are both on vacation! Woo-hoo! My family is coming to visit for a bit and then we’re heading back to Virginia. I’m not planning on carrying a camera but my Instagram should have the highlights.
Some highlights from the last week include…
I was 100% influenced by social media, but I did not hate the coffee + protein shake combo.
Adam and I are both smitten with the salted caramel Perfect Bars.
We had a weekday morning off together so we went on a doughnut date! Salty caramel pretzel and birthday cake.
Mushroom snacks. The jerky was good, the crispy ones were great.
Trader Joe’s snack plate dinner. Crispy okra, baby carrots, and buffalo chicken bites.
Thai take-out dinner. Drunken noodles plus spicy chicken salad with cucumber and tomato.
Paired with a black (sesame) and white milk shake – vanilla ice cream, chocolate milk, and black sesame paste.
Speaking of dessert, unsurprisingly since they came from Milk Bar, these are the best ice creams I’ve ever eaten.
Five highlights from a low-key weekend…
A perfect snack plate.
Plant-based jerky.
These gummies were – a) delightfully mini; b) some of the best textured candy I’ve ever eaten; c) how I fueled for a longer run; d) all of the above.
x2 double IPAs.
A super quick Trader Joe’s meal – cheese tortellini, cheddar, artichoke hearts, tuna fish and dorado, balsamic fig dressing.
Highlights from an extra-garlicy, pizza packed week!
Mini cucumbers and Trader Joe’s caramelized onion dip are a very good combo.
As is coffee syrup and brown butter almond ice cream.
Hummingbird High’s Supernatural Brownies are out of this world good (we made the small batch version and it took less than 30 minutes!).
Homemade meat lovers pizza! I made a big batch of sauce by cooking down jarred marinara with yellow onion, garlic, turkey bacon, ground turkey, shallot oil, urfa chili, Korean chili flake, smoked paprika, and fish sauce. On a Trader Joe’s frozen crust with whole-milk mozarella balls. Plus roasted caulilini.
We had leftover sauce with roasted zucchini and Trader Joe’s cauliflower gnocchi.
And I put leftover bacon in some homemade okonomiyaki (eggy cabbage pancakes). I also stuffed it with ginger and chili crisp and topped it with Sriracha, Kewpie, and furikaki.
We also made a sandwich style pizza that was my favorite meal of the week. With mozzarella, cheddar cheese curds, sliced turkey, and a homemade roasted garlic aioli. Plus sautéed snap peas and red bell pepper with tons of garlic and butter.
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