I’ve stopped doing daily posts for the time being, but that doesn’t mean I’ve stopped eating – and occasionally photographing – delicious things. Once we’ve moved and things have settled down I’ll try to post more regularly, but for now I want to at least do a weekly wrap-up of some of the more scrumptious things I’ve eaten. I’m going to borrow the style of Kath’s Lately posts for these.
A lot is missing, I don’t have any lunches and several slices of pizza went uncaptured, but here are some of the highlights from last week…
Breakfasts
I bought an amazing container of fresh blackberries early in the week and enjoyed them greatly. They started getting soft so I put the last few servings in the freezer and I’m very much looking forward to reheating them. First up, Dannon Oikos Café Latte Greek Yogurt with blackberries and a blend of peanut and coconut butter.
Cinnamon Pecan Special K with Silk Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk and more blackberries.
This cereal is so tasty; it’s got a granola-like texture but with far less calories.
A Dr. McDougall’s Peach and Hemp Oatmeal, eaten at work with a packet of Justin’s Chocolate Hazelnut Butter.
This oatmeal couldn’t hold a candle to my beloved Quaker cups. It was quite gummy and strange, though I did eat all of the bites with hazelnut butter on them 😉
Snacks
I finally got a chance to try some of my shipment of the Larabar ALT line. Lemon Pound Cake and Peanut Butter Cookie.
The verdict was – I’m a fan; though I’ll admit to being less excited to try the other two flavors. The texture was gritty sand, but in a great way, and the flavors were spot on. I shared the lemon bar with a coworker and she said to tell y’all she liked it a lot.
On Monday, Adam, a friend, and I drove over to Williamsville to check out one of our new froyo spots – Red Mango.
I did plain tart with tons of popping boba. They had kiwi boba, a new experience for me. Confession time though: I couldn’t finish that whole cup! Who am I??
Dinners
Also on Monday, we spent the evening with another group of friends, saying goodbye to a doctor who was heading off to California. As Adam and his friends all head off to their residencies we are having to say a lot of goodbyes. We ate dinner at Mezza.
A Shish Tawouk wrap – cubed marinated chicken breast, garlic spread, sweet coleslaw, and French fries, all wrapped together and grilled – with a Feta Fattouch salad. My food was delicious, as was the diet coke with strawberry vodka I sipped from the bar.
We drank at Blue Monk before heading to dinner and I tried my first taste of mussels.
I’ve always been wimpy about shelled seafood, but they were fantastic! It helped that they were cooked with Ommegang Witte, lemon, leeks, garlic, parsley and cream.
We also ate dinner out last night. I’ve wanted to try 99 Fast Food for years and Sunday after work it was finally my time. Unfortunately all of the pho was made with beef broth so I couldn’t partake, but I did have a nice meal of tofu broccoli ginger stir-fry.
We tried a Vietnamese Pudding for dessert.
It was more of a drink than a pudding, red bean with sweetened coconut milk.
On Friday night I hurried home from work so we could get a little gussied.
My bosses generously gave me their tickets to the Mash Bash, an army-themed fundraiser.
I was literally the only person in the room not in green, so embarrassing!
There wasn’t a ton of food there that I could eat, but each ticket came with two drinks and Adam ate my share of pulled pork sandwich.
Most of my home-cooked meals flopped this week, but I did have one success with a little help from Coleman’s Mustard.
The company sent me a tin of powder to try {free sample, please note!}, along with a recipe for dressing –
Colman’s Chili Vinaigrette
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4 tbs. olive oil
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1 tbs. white wine vinegar
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1 tsp. Colman’s Original Powdered Mustard
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4 “splashes” mild green Tabasco sauce
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½ cup lemon juice
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2 tsp. honey
I whipped up a batch for salads; a spring lettuce based topped with English Cotswold cheese, buckwheat groats, and roasted asparagus.
It was a good week!
