Deep Dish And Blue Berries

by Emily

Biggest event from this week – I left the house to donate blood. Guys, things in NYC are bleak. If you are able to donate blood please consider it (we are facing a critical supply shortage because so many planned blood drives were canceled) and otherwise please stay home if you can!

Biggest culinary discoveries this week – 1) I love cinnamon in yogurt. 2) I love mint in smoothies.

Homebound food highlights this week include…

A tasty smoothie made with nectarine, grapes, blackberries, yogurt, honey, and fresh mint leaves.

My favorite coffee (Grady’s) with my favorite coffee accouterment (sweetened condensed milk).

Plain Greek yogurt with cinnamon, maple, blueberries, and cacao & cashew butter granola.

Plain Greek yogurt with cinnamon, honey, TJ’s mixed nut butter, and granola.

It feels weird to be obsessed with a low-calorie ice cream but this mocha fudge brownie flavor from Ben & Jerry’s moophoria line is kind of the best. Especially topped with hot fudge!

We are also very into these new peanut butter cup options from Theo.

I made deep dish pizza with TJ’s dough (loosely based on this method) with turkey pepperoni. Plus roasted veggies.

I topped my leftovers with copious amounts of honey, Cholula, and chili flakes because the only benefit to eating all your meals at home is easy access to your condiments.

TJ’s cauliflower gnocchi with pepperoni and pizza sauce.

Leftover smoked salmon / roasted brussel sprouts with lemon zest, pepper, and parmesan / homemade garlic knots.

23Mar2020

Coffee And Bagels (At Home)

by Emily

Highlights from the “weekend” –

Coffee in all forms.

Egg and cheese bagels. This one had soft scrambled eggs and a melty slice of sharp cheddar; on an onion bagel.

This one had cheese, fried egg, and tons of Cholula. Plus roasted broccoli.

Leftover pizza with honey and chili flakes because that’s the only way I eat pizza now.

Greek yogurt with cinnamon, maple syrup, blackberries, granola, and Trader Joe’s mixed nut butter.

The best pasta I’ve ever made. Whole wheat angel hair tossed with caramelized sweet onion and green with brown sugar, butter, fish sauce, and chili flakes. Plus roasted zucchini and hot-smoked sockeye salmon.

Sinfully good booze from Evil Twin – marshmallow hard cider and fruity marshmallow sour IPA.

20Mar2020

Take-Out And Tuna Melts

by Emily

What a horrible week in human history. Suffice it to say I am feeling scared and sad for everyone.

There is no good way to segue between what’s happening in the world right now and “here’s some of what I ate this week” so… here’s some of what I ate this week:

Tons of no-contact take-out from local restaurants. Kung fu tofu with Sichuan green beans.

Cheese pizza with honey and gochugaru chili flakes.

Absolutely ridiculous yogurt bowls. This one was TJ’s plain skyr yogurt with fresh blackberries, TJ’s mixed nut butter, hot fudge sauce, and star sprinkles.

One day I had yogurt with berries and cinnamon and grain-free granola but mostly I ate hot fudge sauce. Did I mention we’ve also stress-eaten a ton of candy?

Coffee that I brought back from my trip to Michigan. I had to use the blog to look up the fact that my visit was in September 2019 because it feels like a million years ago at this point.

The best tuna melt ever. It was actually a mix of canned tuna and smoked trout (with mayo and pickle relish). On an onion bagel with sharp cheddar. Plus roasted caulilini baby cauliflower.

16Mar2020

The Ratio Of The Pizza’s Circumference To Its Diameter

by Emily

FYI – as of Saturday morning the recommendation in NYC was to avoid public transportation but continue to support local restaurants if you were feeling well, so that’s what we did this weekend. Obviously the situation has changed vastly since then. I stocked up on supplies last week and plan on self-quarantining for at least the next 14 days.

While you are stuck at home I strongly recommend streaming these (very raunchy, deeply funny) shows: Big Mouth / Future Man / Astronomy Club.

Highlights from the weekend include…

Breakfast at Win Son Bakery, which blew our freaking minds. Their custard toast is our new all-time favorite thing.

Pizza pie for Pi Day at Roberta’s. Tomato, mozarella, caciocavella, parmigiano, oregano, and chili.

Plus we had an amazing sticky bun.

A dessert-y yogurt bowl. Chobani milk and cookies yogurt with frozen berries, pumpkin seed butter, and sprinkles!

All of the dessert-y beer options at Evil Twin. Marshmallow triple IPA, marshmallow key lime sour IPA, marshmallow pina colada hard cider, passion fruit sour IPA, and cinnamon pear sour IPA (the marshmallow key lime was obviously my favorite beer of all time).

Homemade green curry. With ground turkey and tons of spring onions, on a bed of roasted zucchini.

I’ll miss you, NYC!

6Mar2020

An Oatsome Good Time

by Emily

Highlights from this week include – a day trip into Brooklyn // tons of tortilla chips and salsas // a product review.

Oatsome sent me a carton of their oat-milk to try {I was provided no additional compensation and all opinions shared are my own}. I have a three pronged review –

1) Taste: the flavor is similar to skim milk in that it is not strong at all; I could definitely identify that oats were involved but it wasn’t “oat forward.” It was inoffensive in coffee and cereal which is basically what I’m looking for in my non-dairy milks. I could not get it to foam for coffee, likely due to its low protein content. Tastewise, Oatsome is definitely my new favorite non-dairy option. Typically I won’t order at coffee shops that don’t stock skim milk but I would consider places with oat milk more regularly now.
2) Nutrition: one cup of Oatsome contains 130 calories and 2 grams of protein. It does not contain dairy, nuts, or added sugars and it is gluten free. It’s a low sodium option with 60 mg per cup. Oatsome is fortified with calcium (provides 20% DRI), vitamin D (provides 10% DRI), riboflavin (provides 40% DRI), and vitamin B12 (provides 40% DRI). For vegans, it is awesome that this is fortified with B12. However, for anyone who depends on dairy to help meet their daily protein needs at 2 grams per cup Oatsome probably isn’t the best choice (versus skim milk with 8 grams protein per cup).
3) Environmental impact: oats require 80% less water to grow than almonds.

I had Oatsome in a cup of espresso roast with brown sugar.

And in a bowl of Heritage Flakes with blueberries.

Vanilla bean Greek yogurt with blueberries and a honey tangerine.

An egg sandwich from Golda with muhumarra, kashkaval, dill, sumac’d onion, and beef bacon. Plus a salted tahini oat milk latte!

Baby carrots and roasted broccoli dipped in Asian ginger dressing.

Homemade chilaquiles. We used yellow and orange bell pepper, serrano pepper, sweet onion, leftover salsa, and tortilla chips. Topped with eggs, homemade cilantro crema, and Cholula.

Nacho night. Tortilla chips, black beans, poached chicken thighs, sauteed onion and poblano pepper, cheese, Trader Joe’s salsa, and sour cream.

2Mar2020

Tacos And Tahini

by Emily

Highlights from this weekend…

Yogurt bowl with Heritage Flakes cereal, blueberries, and chocolate chunks.

An afternoon in Bushwick. Including stops at Millers and Makers for cake – vanilla and chocolate with coconut, caramel, and chocolate buttercream.

And Taqueria Al Pastor for delicious tacos with chicken and nopales (cactus).

Cups on cups. My current favorite type of candy is nut/seed butter cups and these two types are great. Sunbutter from Trader Joe’s.

Vanilla tahini from Raaka.

Our homemade dinner bowls were both eclectic and wonderful. Roasted riced cauliflower with smoked paprika and sumac / chicken salad with chicken thighs, sour cream, caramelized onion and garlic, and fresh parsley / topped with Cholula.

Roasted broccoli / sauteed corn and baby tomatoes / baked tofu (seasoned with smoked paprika, gochugaru, honey, and olive oil) / homemade salsa / sour cream.

27Jan2020

LES = Let’s Eat Snacks

by Emily

Adam and I spent both Saturday and Sunday walking around the Lower East Side eating all the things, admiring street art, and just generally having a fabulous time. Plus we walked back and forth across the Williamsburg Bridge which is one of our favorite activities.

Weekend highlights include…

Smoothie time. Beary flavored! Banana, blueberry, blackberry, almond milk, and brown sugar.

Brunch at Sonnyboy. Bloody Mary.

I got the harissa folded eggs with brussel sprouts, mushrooms, and basil. I traded my avocado for a slice of Adam’s halloumi.

Malaysian eats at Kopitam. Bandung – condensed milk and rose syrup.

Nasi Lemak – coconut rice, fried anchovies, cucumber, peanuts, and hard-boiled egg.

Criss Cross ‘Shrooms – red chilies, wood ear mushrooms, and lotus. These were actually a bit too spicy even for me, but I loved the fried basil.

How exciting is this caffeinated cola flavored seltzer??! It was basically diet Crystal Pepsi!

Cookies at the newish Red Gate Bakery. A caramel brownie and a housemade oreo.

Ice & Vice always knocks it out of the park and their latest special is my new favorite thing – cream cheese soft-serve with guava white chocolate drizzle!

A veggie-packed riff on my buffalo chicken baked pasta. Spinach, riced cauliflower, whole-wheat pasta, ground chicken, cream cheese, honey habanero hot sauce, cheddar, and blue cheese.

Have a great week!

24Jan2020

A Bevy Of Beverages

by Emily

My favorite bites this week were actually sips! {I really want to make an “all about the beverages/Benjamins, baby” joke here but I’m holding myself back}

Highlights…

My new all-time-favorite coffee combo = Grady’s Cold Brew concentrate with the new Chobani sweet cream creamer.

This week’s yogurt bowl combo was vanilla bean Greek yogurt with fresh blackberries and Trader Joe’s peanut butter with chia and flax.

A girlfriend and I (and her baby!) met up in Nomad for lunch. Salads at Made Nice – I had the frisee romaine with potato croutons, egg, and buttermilk vinaigrette.

Ice cream at the new Milk Bar flagship – I had cornflake soft serve with fudge and sprinkles.

New favorite kombucha is this juicy one with watermelon, hibiscus, and green tea.

Milkshake IPAs (aka IPAs with lactose) are my favorite and this Gotta Get Up To Get Downstate guava one from Swiftwater is 10/10.

I just discovered an amazing Asian grocery store near our apartment so we had some pretty great snacks this week. Like numb and spicy hot pot chips.

And yogurt gummies and passion fruit gummies.

Easy dinner from the Trader Joe’s freezer section – meatless breakfast patties and cauliflower pancakes. Plus roasted green beans and a dipping sauce made with honey habenero hot sauce.

Chicken and waffle nachos! Multigrain waffles, waffle flavored chicken bites, cheese, scallions, and a maple Cholula aioli.

Have a great weekend!

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Tag Archives: berries

Deep Dish And Blue Berries

Coffee And Bagels (At Home)

Take-Out And Tuna Melts

The Ratio Of The Pizza’s Circumference To Its Diameter

An Oatsome Good Time

Tacos And Tahini

LES = Let’s Eat Snacks

A Bevy Of Beverages