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.

24Apr2020

{Insert Fifth Harmony Lyric}

by Emily

This was my first week of work-from-home and it’s definitely been an adjustment. When I’m at work-work I tend to skip lunch 1-2 days a week because I’m busy or just not that hungry but home apparently my appetite works just fine! I ate all the snacks. <– all the snacks, like I can’t do a repeat performance next week because I ate all of the ice cream that was supposed to last until our next grocery trip 🙂

Thankfully we had some really good snacks on hand! Here were the highlights…

Phin coffee with sweetened condensed milk (10/10, would recommend).

New Orleans coffee can with scm (9/10, would recommend).

Chicken and waffle chicken chips (10+/10, would recommend).

Sesame ginger chicken jerky (8.5/10, would recommend).

Sweet and spicy gummies (9/10, would recommend).

Chocolate-covered salted caramel vegan marshmallows. (9/10, would recommend).

Also I was thrilled to have some fresh fruit on hand and made a large, exciting yogurt bowl every day. Trader Joe’s guava passion fruit Greek yogurt with fresh mango and blackberries and honey maple granola.

Coffee skyr with granola, blueberries, and coconut chips.

Plan Greek yogurt with cinnamon, maple syrup, granola, coconut chips, blueberries, blackberries, and TJ’s flax and chia seed peanut butter.

And we made some really good dinners. Green curry ~~turkey~~ chicken salad with roasted green beans.

Sheet-pan fried cauliflower rice. Very similar to this recipe but with cauliflower rice and smoked turkey breast. It was wonderful!

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!

17Apr2020

Back At It

by Emily

Big news I’ve been waiting to share – I went back to work this week! I finally found a job that is a good fit for my experience; I’ll be responsible for the ICUs at a hospital in Queens. Great timing, right?! I actually will be able to do some work-from-home days but this week I had to go into the hospital for training.

Food highlights from this week include…

This week’s coffee combo.

I made Adam and myself dalgona coffees and he is smitten now too.

Usually I don’t keep a ton of candy in the house but now that I’m unable to pop out for an ice cream whenever I wish I’ve started building up a stash.

Amy’s chile relleno bowl with hot sauce. <– my 2nd all-time-favorite frozen meal

Trader Joe’s sriracha shrimp bowl with cashews on top. <– my all-time-favorite frozen meal

Brown sugar garlic chicken thighs / on a bed of roasted broccoli and green beans / topped with zhoug and Korean chili flakes.

Egg casserole (very similar to this recipe) with tons of roasted broccoli and mozzarella. Plus turkey breakfast sausage.

We got take-out last night to celebrate the almost-end of my first work week. Pizza loaded with vegetables – broccoli rabe, roasted zucchini, and olives – and garlic knots loaded with cheese.

10Apr2020

Coffee, Coffee, Coffee*

by Emily

*please read the title to the tune of the Brady Bunch’s “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!”

It was an exciting week in home entertainment for us – I started watching Schitt’s Creek, and of course fell in love, and borrowed my mom’s Prime log-in to binge watch all of Absentia.

It was also an exciting week in home caffeination – I had a different (fancy!) coffee drink every day.

Highlights include…

Dalgona coffee! Here is an explainer. I used instant espresso powder and looooved it.

Lavendar latte.

Vietnamese coffee made with a phin filter.

Lavazza espresso.

2% plain Fage Greek yogurt with blueberries, candied walnuts, cinnamon, and maple syrup.

With blueberries, cinnamon, maple, candied walnuts, and maple walnut granola.

If you think the dog doesn’t get his own yogurt and berries bowl you’re crazy.

Soft-scrambled eggs with mozzarella and Korean chili flakes / tater tots with Sriracha, Kewpie, and furikake / baby carrots.

Egg and cheese onion bagel with soft-scrambled eggs with mozzarella plus Sriracha and mayo.

The Starburst soda pop flavored jelly beans are pretty darn good, especially the cola and lime flavor.

Number 2 Pencil’s single-serve chocolate chip cookies are fantastic. I added rainbow sprinkles and espresso powder.

Local pizza with fried chicken, roasted zucchini, and hot peppers.

Giant salad bowl – romaine lettuce, Trader Joe’s balsamic and fig dressing, Trader Joe’s zhoug, celery, tater tats, and turkey meatballs (made with panko, egg, Trader Joe’s umami powder, and Korean chili flakes).

Giant salad bowl – romaine, balsamic, zhoug, celery, candied walnuts, fresh mint, and baked seitan.

I’d say “have a great weekend,” but doesn’t every day basically feel the same at this point?

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.

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.

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!

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Painkillers In Quarantine

{Insert Fifth Harmony Lyric}

Ice Cream In Space

Back At It

Coffee, Coffee, Coffee*

Virtual Road Trip

Coffee And Bagels (At Home)

The Ratio Of The Pizza’s Circumference To Its Diameter