Some things from the weekend. Hope y’all had a good one too!
A short non-fat chai latte from Starbucks.
I was all about tea this weekend.
To work on Friday.
My sheer black tank was a sale find at the Banana Republic outlet; I love it.
Lunch at Whole Foods.
Another chai, this time from Plan Tea.
Alongside hot bar.
An array of salads with a big scoop of mac and cheese.
Rachel won my coffee giveaway.
Congrats!
My parents got in on time Monday night and we’ve had a great time showing them around. They visited us in the city the years we lived in Brooklyn, but Long Island is a new family destination. And two sets of aunts and uncles get here tomorrow morning! Since I knew I’d have lots of good food to share with visitors in town I decided to post in smaller mid-week wrap ups this week.
Here’s some of what my mouth’s been up to…
Coffee from 7-11 with Cinnabon creamer.
I’ve been wanting to try that damn creamer for months and I ended up hating it so much that I threw out my whole coffee halfway though. Boo. But at least I can stop pestering Adam to walk to 7-11 with me.
A gingerbread lunch feast.
An awesome sandwich of Applegate Farms Herb Turkey Breast, reduced fat cream cheese, and banana peppers on Pepperidge Farm Gingerbread Swirl Bread.
Plus sliced Sweet Tango apple.
And Gingerbread Twix.
These holiday Twix are sooooo good. I wouldn’t normally eat a Twix but the gingerbread spice is wonderful.
We went to Great Neck for my parents’ first night’s dinner. Bareburger, of course, because that’s our go-to spot for out-of-towners. We shared the fried zucchini to start.
I’ve decided that the Western turkey burger (sans bun) is my favorite variety. The fried pickle on the side is too fun.
And despite the cold we wandered over to 16 Handles after dinner.
Sugar-free praline with chocolate pretzels, salty almonds, and peanut butter sauce.
For their 2nd dinner we went our favorite Italian spot, Luigi’s.
That focaccia is great. As was the Tuscan salad my mom and I split.
Baby spinach with breaded artichoke hearts, roasted peppers, gorgonzola dolce, pine nuts, and balsamic vinaigrette.
We all shared some fresh mozzarella too.
I stuck with the cheese theme for dinner. Spinach, ricotta, and goat cheese ravioli (house-made!) in a champagne truffle cream sauce.
It was very rich but very good. The sauce was truffle heaven.
I did have enough room left over to dole out a round of RumChata after dinner.
I was introduced to it as “the snickerdoodle shot” and that name is very apt. Adam and I both put some in our coffee too and decided that we’ll be doing that regularly.
I don’t know what the plan is for tomorrow (with 10 people for dinner) but the next day’s Thanksgiving, whee!
Have you stayed healthy so far this flu season? I’m finally on an upswing, but I spent the past week with a bad cold. Achoo!
The husband gets (2) 2-week periods off this year and his first started last Friday evening. We took advantage of the break and drove over to visit my sister-in-law’s family in Pennsylvania. I spent our entire visit with the dog and/or my niece on my lap so I don’t have a single picture from Saturday.
On Friday, I had a large, late lunch at Whole Foods before we got in the car.
A hot bar assortment.
Clockwise from top left – green beans, gnocchi, broccoli, mac and cheese, big noodles, and Cesar salad.
For dessert, I surprised Adam with a bag of limited edition chocolate dipped wavy Lays.
I had read negative reviews about them online, but we both loved them. They had the perfect ratio of salty and sweet; the chocolate was only on one side of most chips so it wasn’t too overwhelming. The bag said it contained five servings, but we didn’t find that to be true 😉
My youngest niece had the sniffles all weekend and I came back with them too. Here’s what I ate before I realized just how sick I was – A Siggi’s 2% Pumpkin Spice Yogurt.
This flavor was great, definitely the best pumpkin yogurt I’ve tried so far. Sometimes Siggi’s can be a bit sour/chalky but this flavor was nice and creamy.
A new kind of tofu.
We quartered our block of Soy Boy Caribbean pre-seasoned tofu and gave it a quick sear.
A comforting dinner.
We shared a can of Bar Harbor Lobster Chowder.
With a (giant) side of beer bread.
Cheddar Garlic Beer Bread(!!).
So good. That bread was my best idea yet, but I made it in a daze and now I can’t remember the proportion of ingredients.
When I woke up on Monday I realized I had more than the sniffles, I was sick, sick, sick. This is where I tell you that I have not eaten a single fruit or vegetable since last Sunday. In fact, Adam went out-of-town for a few days mid-week when I was at my sickest and I ended up eating cheese and crackers for five meals straight! These TJ raisin and rosemary crisps were featured heavily.
Very tasty, but I don’t think I’ll be eating cheese and crackers again soon.
Here are the things I ate last week that weren’t cheese, or at least weren’t 100% cheese (though I’m now realizing that I did stick exclusively with sandwiches and cookies) – A killer sandwich.
A leftover slice of tofu with smoked Gouda and grape Crofters.
An even better sandwich.
Applegate Farms honey maple turkey with cream cheese, smoked Gouda, grape Crofters, and banana peppers.
A take-out sandwich.
Turkey burger with mozzarella. I ate too many fries.
A mug cookie, jazzed up SCM and salted caramel sauce.
It looks giant and fluffy like that because I double the recommended baking soda.
On the store-bought front, my mother-in-law sent us a cookie jar of Cheryl’s.
Thanks, Barb!
Finally, I received two samples this week that were perfect for trying when I was under the weather.
Numi Organic Tea sent me some Pu·erh Variety mini samplers.
That includes Chocolate Pu·erh, Emperor’s Pu·erh, Jasmine Pu·erh, Basil Mint Pu·erh, Cardamom Pu·erh, and Ginger Pu·erh.
So far I’ve tried the Emperor’s and Jasmine varieties and was a big fan. I’m looking forward to the others a lot, though I will probably give the Ginger to Adam because that’s not my favorite flavor. Chocolate didn’t appeal to me with my cold, but look at the yummy description – “With a rich velvety, chocolate aroma, Numi’s Chocolate Pu-erh is an enticing blend of deep, dark pu-erh and organic cocoa nibs. Whole vanilla beans and sweet accents of orange peel enhance this blend along with nutmeg and cinnamon rounding off a spicy finish.”
I also received a bottle of powdered wheat grass from Pines.
I used to love the wheat grass shots at Jamba so I used them as inspiration and combined 1 tsp of wheat grass powder with 3 oz each orange juice and unsweet vanilla almond milk.
So delicious! Though next time I might shift the ratio a bit in favor of the oj; Jamba used a vanilla soy milk that brought more sweetness to the table than my almond milk. If you are unfamiliar with the flavor of wheat grass and want to try it you definitely can’t go wrong with the vanilla and orange pairing.
How many times a year do you usually get sick? Have you caught a cold yet this winter?
We had a lovely family weekend! Laughs were had, great food was eaten, and lots of celebrating was completed. Adam’s parents drove up Saturday morning to check out our Long Island life. The weather is just starting to get cold, but we kept things climate-controlled with driving tours of the city (Central Park and spins down Park Ave and Lexington) and the Long Island (the coast!). I’ve been dying to take pictures of our gorgeous, changing leaves so it was especially nice to have Adam behind the wheel.
Breakfast by buffalo.
A cup of coffee (a buttered rum blend from Target that had a rubbing alcohol taste we both hated) sweetened with SCM and lightened with skim milk.
And a very nice, pumpkin-pie-esque yogurt bowl.
TJ’s low-fat pumpkin Greek yogurt topped with some Nature’s Path Heritage Flakes and a dollop of sour cream whisked with brown sugar.
The cereal bites were my favorite.
Breakfast in the leaves and on the go.
Iced coffee with maple syrup and Silk Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk. For some reason I enjoyed the buttered rum far better leftover the 2nd day.
Overnight oats.
A nearly empty Biscoff jar was filled with raw oats, almond milk, and chia seeds and then pumpkin Greek yogurt was stirred in the next morning.
Very good, but I finally decided that this yogurt is a bit too sour for me, and I’m glad it’s gone now.
I normally try to stop after 1 (large) coffee so I don’t lose sleep, but I couldn’t turn down a 2nd when I received this e-mail:
Free? Yes, please!
I got a non-fat caramel brulee latte and loved it before ultimately determining that this flavor is too sweet, even for me. When December rolls around I’ll stick to eggnog lattes.
Cereal squared.
A packet of Vanilla Blast Snackimals that I got “trick or treating” at Whole Foods. <– such a good marketing idea; I loved it and now plan on buying a box and if I hadn’t tasted it I definitely would not have thought to purchase this particular cereal
And a serving of Adam’s Boo Berry. <– not gonna lie, I liked this layer quite a bit too!
I topped my big bowl with raspberries and skim milk.
I almost went back for seconds, I enjoyed this so much.
Sunny side salad.
Baby spinach dressed with pink salt and 1 tsp each evoo and honey, topped with TJ’s 90 days aged crumbly Gorgonzola (a cow and sheep’s milk blend) and a sunny-side up egg.
I made that egg myself and was so proud, usually Adam has to make them if we eat anything but scrambled! And a Sweet Tango on the side.
This variety might be topping Honeycrisp this season.
I got a small Cobb salad. Baby romaine / Wisconsin blue / turkey bacon / hard-boiled egg / Hass avocado / grape tomatoes / raw red onion / buttermilk ranch
I had them sub in aged fig balsamic for the ranch, but I ended up not even using it because the salad was so good naked. I need to find better lettuce for salads at home!
Plus Adam and I split a side order of spicy pickle chips.
Out of this world, nice and crunchy. His parents loved their burgers as well; Bareburger is becoming our go-to place to take out-of-towners.
I ordered another salad. Iceberg (boo nutritionally but nice and crispy) topped with pico de gallo, lime, queso fresco, and avocado.
Plus a plate of Maduros which I shared with the table.
I love sweet plantains. We were all impressed with SN, and plan on going back.
Leftovers magic.
We turned our Halloween mac & cheese leftovers into something magical by burning cooking them in a skillet with evoo, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and eggs.
Topped with sour cream and Sriracha, the former of which was a big mistake.
I didn’t have to cook.
My MIL always brings Adam pot roast when she visits and this time she made me a dish too. Seasoned chicken on spaghetti with tomatoes and balsamic vinegar.
For our vegetable component we ate the rest of my salad, topped with honey, evoo, and tons of blue cheese.
Those big chunks of cheese were outstanding.
Cookie monster ghost.
My MIL delivered sugar cookies that had been beautifully decorated by our nieces.
Cake(s). There was a lot to celebrate this weekend. My MIL’s birthday is today {Happy Birthday, Barb!} so Adam and I fulfilled her life-long tasting dream and picked up slices of cheesecake from Juniors.
Traditional and chocolate swirl.
But since they weren’t sure when we’d get together next, my in-laws also came prepared to celebrate Adam’s December birthday (plus Christmas and our anniversary!) too.
Look at the giant slice of cake Adam served me alongside my cheesecake tastes!
I left behind most of the cake, but you better believe I ate all of the frosting.
The new best thing ever. I reheated my leftover plantains in a skillet with a bit of butter and brown sugar and then cooled them down on a bowl of Ben & Jerry’s Honey Vanilla Caramel Frozen Greek Yogurt.
Surprisingly, this dish was Adam’s idea!
Did you do anything exciting this Halloween? We definitely did not! I didn’t carve a pumpkin (Adam did a very nice one though), I didn’t pass out candy, I didn’t wear a costume… I didn’t even manage to wear orange and black. In theory Halloween is one of my favorite holidays {I live for all things themed} but I always get lazy with execution. At least I had my month of pumpkin brews. And we certainly ate enough candy!
Breakfast at the ‘Bucks. <– please don’t call it that
Coffee for rent; a blonde roast with 3 sugars and lots of skim milk. I have a very hard time drinking hot coffee unsweetened, it tastes much more bitter/sour than iced to me.
Honeycrisp.
Coconut Macaroon, a NEW flavor of LÄRABAR über that I found. The uber line makes my favorite Larabars and I thought that this flavor was spot on.
Plus I had another “coffee” after I left.
I didn’t think this Harney and Sons Organic Coffee Tea actually tasted much like coffee, but the tea flavor was very nice. I like my (bottled) teas just a bit sweet, with honey or cane sugar instead of an artificial sweetener.
Another morning I tasted the other new flavor.
The Sticky Bun flavor was fine, nice even, but the taste was total pecans, not a hint of cinnamon to it. I bought both flavors in duplicate when I spotted them though so expect to see this again.
On a similar note – I also didn’t think that this Brown Cow Cream Top Coffee Yogurt tasted enough like coffee.
But it was still nice topped with honey and roasted peanuts. I just haven’t found a coffee flavored yogurt that can match the Dannon from my childhood.
A home version of a Moe’s bowl.
I ate chips and salsa while I cooked to stay on theme.
The chips were Garden of Eatin’ with Chia Seed.
They aren’t listed on the website(?) but they are worth checking out if you spot them at your store.
Our homemade bowls were just as delicious as the original. We used a base of TJ’s organic jasmine rice (<– microwavable!).
Topped with taco turkey: 98% lean ground turkey cooked with diced green pepper, chicken broth, and Ortega Taco Seasoning.
Spinach: I stacked the leaves and then sliced. We loved it served this way!
Caramelized onions: I always cook them this way now.
Cheese: TJ’s 2% Mexican 4 Cheese Blend.
And cream: a dollop of low-fat sour cream.
All stirred together it was quite good, but this meal could have used some hot sauce.
More chia chips, this time as nachos for lunch.
Chips with the cheddar/gouda blend melted on top in the oven.
Plus a Sweet Tango on the side for juice.
I made Adam loaded nachos with our taco turkey leftovers and he was crazy for them.
Whole Foods hot bar.
Kale salad, Cesar salad, roasted butternut squash, and macaroni and cheese.
The squash and Cesar bites were my favorite.
I bought this “Halloween shapes” macaroni to serve on Thursday because we are pretty much five years old.
I think I ended up making a pretty grown-up meal out of it.
Salad on the bottom. Baby spinach with gorgonzola dressed with a sprinkle of pink salt and 1 tsp each honey and evoo.
Topped with pasta. Mac and cheese with edamame, browned mushrooms, and a can of Bella smoked sardines in lemon olive oil.
I am still shocked that my palate has matured enough for sardines.
Dunkin Donuts pumpkin white chocolate iced coffee with skim milk.
Just pretend that sleeve is orange!
This was my favorite pumpkin beer of the season but I still shared a lot of it with the husband.
This was definitely just apple cider with pumpkin spice (we were expecting a much squashier flavor) but it was very good. My favorite pumpkin alcohol by far this year. <– I actually finished my whole serving instead of passing it to the husband.
P.S. Stay tuned for a quick post tomorrow morning, featuring… Webster in his Halloween costume!
This weekend was nice and quiet, with an emphasis on the nice. We kept things very low-key, with one day of errands and one day around the house, but had a nice time just being with each other. I’m not saying we didn’t bicker {oh gosh, did we ever!} but we did really enjoy one another’s company.
On Saturday, we went on the best, most ridiculous, dinner date to the Cheesecake Factory. I started out not being able to take pictures but by the end of the meal I didn’t even want to take pictures because it would have distracted from my time with the husband. Sidenote – am I just getting old or do they keep it really dark in there?! We were making each other laugh so hard. We shared several things and came home with tons upon tons of leftovers. Dessert (our second (third?!) of the day) was the best part. The waitress came over to tell us about a s’mores cheesecake with ganache and toasted marshmallow fluff and I interrupted to say that we were exploding, but by the time she got back with the bill Adam ordered us a slice! Ridiculous. And delicious.
Here are some of the bites that I did manage to photograph…
Fall flavors yogurt bowl.
0% plain Fage topped with pumpkin butter, toasted pecans, and a drizzle of maple syrup.
Fage is so nice and creamy.
Tropical trip yogurt bowl.
Muller Pineapple Passion Fruit Greek Corner topped with half a banana and some chopped mango.
I am very excited about the mango left in the fridge.
Brinner, aka breakfast for dinner.
Potatoes, sliced and roasted in pink salt, dried rosemary, and olive oil.
For the eggs; frozen spinach cooked in chicken broth with eggs scrambled in – eggs whisked with low-fat sour cream and smoked paprika – and a 2% Mexican 4-cheese blend tossed in towards the end.
Lately I’ve been loving adding something creamy like cottage cheese or sour cream to my scrambled eggs.
Pumpkin beer.
Sam Adam’s Fat Jack Double Pumpkin.
Unfortunately I haven’t been loving the pumpkin brews this season; they all start to taste a sour to me a few sips in. Adam got the lion’s share of this bottle.
Ice cream. Ben & Jerry Chocolate Peppermint Crunch.
I bought this to make a milkshake for the husband with but I ate several bowls of it this weekend. The chocolate is so dark and the mint swirl is just like the inside of a Jr Mint.
Tres Leches!!
From the Buttercooky Bakery. They served it with fruit on top and a layer of dulce de leche in the middle.
Tres Leches is both of our number one favorite dessert (usually we prefer different sweet things, though I have gotten him sucked into my s’mores obsession).
Hot bar from Whole Foods.
I did roasted broccoli, a small scoop of Cesar salad, a big scoop of kale salad, and two fried plantains for dessert.
With a fancy bottled drink. Plan Tea Organic Black Tea with Vanilla and Basil.
The tea made this meal feel extra special!
Cheese plate.
We each had our own. Adam got asparagus and matzoh with his basics and my extras were green beans and persimmon. Honeycrisp.
TJ’s Cheddar and Gruyere Mélange Cheese.
Alter Eco Dark Velvet Truffle.
Roasted green beans.
And a nice, mushy persimmon.
I really liked the flavor of the flesh (I’ve tried an unripe persimmon and it sucks all of the moisture out of your mouth), but I’m still not sure whether or not I was supposed to eat the hard skin. I picked it off with my fingernails but it didn’t make for the nicest eating experience.
Next weekend my in-laws are coming for their first LI visit! I just hope we have some nice week days in between.
Lots of repetition on the food front this week – eggs, cheese, kale, and jalapeño were the featured players! And this is another recap that’s light on content; lots of take-out and several late nights (and therefore late mornings) are to blame. I’ve got the 10 items I did manage to photograph ranked increasingly by greatness.
{1} Pumpkin oats.
Sadly this item was so far from greatness as to just be bad. The bowl had such potential: oats, Silk Vanilla Almond Milk, chia seeds, cottage cheese, a smidge of vanilla extract and maple syrup, coconut, crunchy Barney Butter, and pumpkin.
It was terrible. The pumpkin was sooooooo savory and squashy. And this was a fresh can of Libby’s too!?
{2} Baked tomatoes with egg and cheese with a side of kale chips.
This was a recipe from Cooking Light but I threw away the magazine and I can’t find it online.
The dish turned out very well but apparently I’m not a huge fan of baked tomatoes.
{3} White Chocolate Candy Corn M&M’s.
Regular m&m’s don’t really thrill me but this seasonal variety (along with the mint dark chocolate) is delicious.
{4} Taco night.
Leftover taco shells topped with Ortega Thick and Chunky Salsa and stuffed with eggs – scrambled with spinach and jalapeños. We continued to be impressed with the taco shells and the filling was delicious, including the little bit of extra I stuck on the side of my plate.
We definitely need to do taco night more often.
{5} Chicago Mix.
Adam and I were obsessed with the caramel and cheddar “golden mix” from the popcorn shop and the Buffalo mall and this will substitute nicely.
{6} Eggs for breakfast.
Eggs scrambled with sautéed kale, cottage cheese, and Parmesan.
Plus a baby apple.
This was a winner, and you’ll see most of the components again in #7.
{7} Cheesy mac.
Annie’s Mac and Cheese with peas, Parmesan, and eggs (scrambled with cottage cheese and jalapeño).
Stirring the eggs into the pasta was so genius, I’m never serving macaroni the traditional way again. And the parm was grated by hand, making this feel extra fancy.
{8} Whole Foods hot bar.
Kale salad with a bit of mac and cheese. Plus fried plantains for dessert.
Ugh, plantains are too good. So sweet and chewy.
{9} Everything bagel with jalapeño cheddar cream cheese.
This was from La Bagel Delight, a spot in Park Slope that makes the best bagels in the city. They blend the cream cheese in shop, look that those giant hunks –
Fabulous.
{10} Homemade nachos with candied jalapeños.
How could nachos with candied jalapeño possibly not be the single best thing I ate all week?
Some roasted green beans,
piled next to nachos. Late July Multigrain Chips with 2% sharp cheddar and candied jalapeños.
Yummmmmmm.
What was the single best thing you ate this week?
Do you remember when people used to blog three times a day? Yeah … I can’t even handle once a week! I don’t have a wrap-up, but I did manage to get 2 – 3 items from each category, and the stuff I do have to share was all awesome. Here we go –
1. Pumpkin pie (crisp?) in a bowl.
I topped some TJ’s low-fat pumpkin Greek yogurt (3/4 of the container or so; the serving seems oddly large to me) with some of my Simply Sweet Granola and a sprinkle of cinnamon.
I made my oats a little too toasty, but I was very pleased with the yogurt.
2. Pumpkin Pie Through A Straw.
That’s right, I cracked open my first can of pumpkin!
I’ve made this smoothie for years and it is a total winner. The husband is usually not as into the pumpkin thing as I am and he likes this even more than I do.
3. Sundae on a Wednesday.
This was the most dessert-y of the “dessert” breakfasts but it was still pretty healthy.
Wallaby low-fat maple yogurt topped with Crispy Green bananas (former freebie), and melted Biscoff Spread.
1. Cinnamon Crunch Somersaults and a caramel macchiato.
I made so many updates to my coffee (a little more of this, a little less of that) that it was basically a big cup of espresso and caramel, aka perfection.
The crunchy portion of this snack was brought to you by this generous package I received from Somersaults:
I received this package free of charge. I was not provided with further compensation for this post. All opinions are my own.They recently had their top flavors certified as GMO-free and expanded their retailer list to include Target and Costco and they’re trying to spread the word about their good news. Fun snack facts – a serving of Somersaults has as much protein as a serving of almonds (with half of the fat) and they are a good source of fiber and vitamin E. Also they are Adam’s very favorite snack!
I thought that the Cinnamon Crunch (a new flavor this year) was great; a good blend of sweet and seedy.
2. Cinnamon Pumpkin Beer Bread.
Just Beer Bread made with a pumpkin beer and a layer of cinnamon sugar (we used cinnamon maple sugar) on top.
Quite good with schmear of butter.
3. An actual sundae.
Ben and Jerry’s Vanilla Honey Caramel Greek Frozen Yogurt with melted Biscoff Spread; I was all about the Biscoff this week.
I bought the frozen yogurt by chance (I needed vanilla frozen yogurt for my pumpkin smoothie and this was all I could find at the store near my house) and ended up adoring it. The flavor was so complex!
1. Sandwich success.
I’ve been planning this sandwich combo for weeks, ever since a serendipitous trip to Trader Joe’s.
A whole wheat Bagel Thin topped with Applegate Farms roasted turkey, TJ’s pumpkin butter, and a TJ’s mini brie bite.
The brie and pumpkin butter mash-up was just as good as I thought it would be.
Roasted green beans on the side,
and TJ’s Hawaiian Style BBQ Potato Chips.
This was a fun lunch to munch through.
2. A trip to Chobani Bar in SoHo.
A girlfriend and I took the train into the city from Queens. We snacked on Somersaults on the way in.
She had never tasted them before but was an instant fan.
A quick walk down Prince Street and we were at Chobani.
The space was very pretty, but strangely they had no seating. We ended up finding a nice spot on a sunny stoop.
I ordered a half-size of toasted coconut and pineapple. Plain yogurt topped with pineapple, toasted coconut, and Turkish hazelnuts. It comes with light agave nectar but I asked that they leave it off.
I was very impressed with my bowl; the pineapple was so sweet! My friend got the same thing and I did and she liked it too. We both agreed that we probably wouldn’t go back but that we were glad we went.
1. Mac and cheese, please.
This combo of ingredients made for one heck of a dinner –
While my mushrooms were browning…
I ate some of the rest of the bbq chips,
and opened a Pumking.
I agree with what I’ve read online, this year’s batch wasn’t the best. I really enjoyed it the first few minutes but after that I grew tired of the flavor. In fact, most of the bottle ended up in my cinnamon pumpkin beer bread. At least my dinner was good.
Salads on the side. A romaine blend dressed with a sprinkle of salt and 1 tsp each honey and olive oil.
My salad was technically on the bottom, not the side. I topped my greens with mac (Annie’s Shells and White Cheddar, with spinach, mushrooms, and Bela smoked sardines) and then topped my whole bowl with crumbled goat cheese.
2. Taco night.
I recently received a package from Ortega to help me celebrate National Taco Day:
I received this package free of charge. I was not provided with further compensation for this post. All opinions are my own.They sent along some recipes on which they collaborated with Chef Aarón Sánchez, including this vegetarian one –
I really liked the sound of it, but you know I had to put my own spin on the recipe.
Vegetarian Black Bean Tacos, serves 3
We loved them! The beans were delicious, if I do say so myself. And the taco shells were wonderful; they seemed to hold together much better than ones I’ve used in the past.
1. The house.
Three full months of living here later, we finally bought shelving for the living room.
There’s not a lot on them right now (I managed to find spaces for all of our books in the office in the interim) but it’s nice to have one less blank wall.
2. The man.
I didn’t talk about it on the blog, but a month or so ago Webster had a cluster seizure. It was very scary, and more importantly, it meant that we had to start medically treating his epilepsy. He’s been on medication for more than a month now and he has been seizure-free the entire time (yay!).
Feeling better has given him time to focus on his other interests, like sitting with his butt up in the air like a total weirdo.
What’s going on in your life? Tell me something good from the last week?
Eating Chalk 