Take Me Out

by Emily

This weekend we: Ate all the take-out. Took the dog on several long walks. Washed the dog and turned him into an adorable woolly mammoth. Did our grocery shopping for the next two weeks.

I also went on a really great run and started re-watching America’s Next Top Model.

Highlights include…

Obsessed with these Trader Joe’s bbq popped chips. I prefer a smoky bbq flavor and this fits the bill.

Even more obsessed with this Evil Twin pink pineapple IPA. Served in a go-cup because we took a cocktail hour walk with Webster that knocked our socks off.

We got great take-out from a local Mediterranean spot. Tons of pita bread with all of the smokey eggplant dips. Plus bulgar with tzatziki and chicken (plus roasted broccoli).

And we ordered all of their desserts!

We also got great take-out from a local Szechuan spot. I had kung pow tofu with veggie rice noodles and Chinese cabbage with peppers.

15May2020

Espresso In My Cookies And My Granola

by Emily

Wow am I glad it’s the weekend! Even if I don’t get to leave the house it will be nice to get a quick break from my busy work-week. Actually though, we have our bi-weekly grocery trip planned for tomorrow – exciting stuff.

My dinners were largely (unphotographably) lame this week but I did have some really exciting beverages and yogurt bowls…

This week’s coffee included homemade malted milk creamer!

Plain skyr with maple, blueberries, and kiwi.

Plain skyr with apples cooked with cinnamon and brown sugar plus espresso vanilla granola.

Honey vanilla Greek yogurt with granola and plum.

I made an amazing batch of chocolate chip cookies with sprinkles, espresso powder, and malted milk powder.

We got a super exciting delivery from Evil Twin – a pink pineapple sour IPA and a chocolate egg cream hard seltzer!

Our nonalcoholic options were pretty fantastic too – Watermelon La Croix, LimonCello La Croix, and Starfruit Lemonade Polar Seltzer.

I really enjoyed this frozen enchilada.

Trader Joe’s mini chicken and cilantro wontons on a bed of peas, celery, and green onion, topped with chili oil.

Have a nice/safe weekend!

8May2020

Team Unicorns

by Emily

Highlights from a very yummy week…

Still obsessed with Dalgona Coffees.

Also yogurt bowls with fresh berries. Plain skyr with blueberries, blackberries, and amazing espresso vanilla cream granola.

Skyr with berries, cinnamon, maple, and TJ’s flax and chia seed peanut butter.

This cola seltzer was a very limited released and I was quite sad to finish my last bottle this week.

Since we did several nights of sandwiches for dinner chips as a mid-day snack just felt appropriate. Seaweed chips and kettle corn popcorners.

Our cocktail hour was 10/10 this week. We are fully obsessed with homemade frozen painkillers!

Ninja vs Unicorn double IPA.

Romaine salad with TJ’s Greek feta dressing, cotija cheese, rainbow shredded carrots, and fried eggs.

A turkey sandwich on sweet Hawaiian bread with smoked gouda, mayo, mustard, and pickle relish. Plus a side salad.

Best meal of the week = a soft-scrambled egg sandwich with smoked gouda and spicy mustard. Plus roasted okra.

4May2020

Painkillers In Quarantine

by Emily

Highlights from the weekend…

Cold brew with chocolate milk.

Cinnamon coffee.

I ate my first apple in months – a very crispy Lady Alice – and it was delightful.

Cookie butter Greek yogurt – with granola and chocolate chips.

Beer! The Grimm was too ear waxy for my tastes but the Kills Boro Amethyst sour IPA with blueberries and lavender was very drinkable.

We were supposed to be back home in St. Thomas for carnival this weekend; instead we consoled ourselves with homemade Painkillers. Nutmeg, pineapple juice, orange juice, rums, and I substituted low-fat coconut milk and sweetened condensed milk for coconut cream which worked out great!

Leftover buffalo chicken pizza – with honey and Korean chili flakes – with baby carrots and blueberries.

Roasted veggie bowls – broccoli, bell pepper, and cojita – topped with fried egg and Crystal hot sauce.

1May2020

Double Dry Hopped

by Emily

Highlights from this week include…

Cafe Bustelo with chocolate milk, aka one of the best espresso-roast coffees with the best chocolate milk.

Yogurt bowls! Working from home means I can make a fresh yogurt bowl every day and I have been loving the crap out of having berries around. Very excited that we are going to the store tomorrow and can restock. Icelandic-style coffee yogurt with blueberries, blackberries, and coconut chips.

Plain Greek yogurt with cinnamon, berries, honey maple granola, and TJ’s flax and chia seed peanut butter.

Plan skyr yogurt with cinnamon, maple syrup, berries, and almonds and candied walnuts.

Korean snacks from this month’s Snack Crate.

Vanilla pineapple IPA brewed with lactose. I’m pretty sure I want every single beer that Collective Arts sells.

Other Half Double Dry Hopped Broccoli. This was insanely drinkable and mellow.

Buffalo chicken pizza.

Ground turkey with shiitake mushrooms, onion, tomato paste, and sour cream on a bed of roasted cabbage. This dish had so much umami!

The best dish of the week = roasted cabbage // topped with seasoned baked tofu // and esquites.

27Apr2020

Shaken And Blended

by Emily

Five things from the weekend:

Chipotle chicken nachos. With fajita veggies, corn salsa, and sour cream.

A really good double IPA.

Yogurt bowl with blueberries, blackberries, banana, cinnamon, and TJ’s flax and chia seed peanut butter.

Shaken coffee with ice, cinnamon, espresso powder, and sweetened condensed milk.

We took dalgona coffees to-go on a walk!

Figuring out how to make really excellent coffee at home has made the quarantine infinitely more bearable. Also this guy –

20Apr2020

Ice Cream In Space

by Emily

Now that I’m working again, Saturday and Sunday did feel a little bit more like a weekend, even if the biggest excitement was standing in an hour+ line to buy groceries for two weeks.

Highlights include…

Lavender latte pour over.

Plan Icelandic-style yogurt with cinnamon, maple syrup, berries, granola, and peanut butter.

Mint chip freeze-dried ice cream.

The last of our Evil Twin stash.

Leftover pizza.

Breakfast totchos. Tater tots with sharp cheddar, eggs, broccoli, onion, yellow and orange pepper, and turkey maple breakfast sausage. Topped with a lot of zhoug and ketchup.

I recommend ordering yourself the coffee, the ice cream, and the beer while you’re stuck at home!

30Mar2020

Virtual Road Trip

by Emily

One silver lining to not getting to see any of my friends in person for the discernible future is that we’ve been doing a better job of connecting long-distance. I spent hours on the phone with a childhood friend the other day and Sunday morning my cousin and I took an online yoga class together. <– super fun fact? The yoga class was actually being taught by another one of my childhood friends! Plus, I know that I am insanely lucky to be in such a good marriage, I’m at home with my favorite person on earth.

This weekend we took a trip to Virginia in the form of some of our our favorite drinks. Coffee from Black Hand.

Rum from Vitae. With cinnamon coke and lime!

We’ve been drinking a lot of fancy packaged coffees to help me deal with my withdrawal from coffee shop quad iced lattes.

I used the last of my fresh berries in this yogurt bowl. Plain Greek with maple, cinnamon, and TJ’s mixed nut butter.

Delivery successes. Bubble tea.

Tons of Mexican food.

Menemen, loosely based on this recipe. I used sumac, chili flakes, pepper, smoked paprika, and fresno chilis. Plus TJ’s rose fingerling potato chips, which were crazy addictive, I went back for thirds.

TJ’s vegan orange chicken served on a big bed of green beans in gojuchang.

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Take Me Out

Espresso In My Cookies And My Granola

Team Unicorns

Painkillers In Quarantine

Double Dry Hopped

Shaken And Blended

Ice Cream In Space

Virtual Road Trip