Perfect Perfect Bar

by Emily

Five things from the weekend!

{1} Iced coffee and a mocha chip perfect bar. <– I am seriously mad at myself that it took me so long to discover how fantastic these bars are!

{2} Plain Greek yogurt with caramel sauce and candied walnuts.

{3} Leftover buffalo chicken pasta casserole, smothered in zhoug sauce.

{4} Whole Foods pizza – bbq chicken and Greek pesto.

{5} Trader Joe’s sunflower seed butter cups are darn good. I typically don’t like any kind of cups except for Justin’s but I would buy these again.

18Jan2019

Send Nood(le)s

by Emily

Dinners this week were all about the pastabilities! <– I’m done now, I swear

Homemade shrimp Pad Thai.

Buffalo chicken baked pasta. With ground chicken sauteed with buffalo sauce / riced cauliflower / celery and yellow onion / and sweet red cheddar, smoked cheddar, and blue stilton!

Pasta pie. A mix of TJ’s squid ink spaghetti and zucchini noodles baked with parsley, triple cream brie, and eggs, plus some panko on top.

Snack attack. The Chobani Gimmies line is still rocking my face off.

Do I have enough liquids within reach to get me through dinner prep? Sadly I found the milk stout to be too sweet for my tastes, but the can was just adorable.

Thai iced tea win. The tea drops were super easy/quick to use and the packets of sweetened condensed milk make my heart happy.Yogurt with sumo mandarin, honey mango, and candied walnuts.A “tasting plate” success – chicken nuggets, cheese, and baby carrots.

14Jan2019

Double Bacon Cheese Beyond Burgers

by Emily

My trip home last weekend was perfect and we survived “Winter Storm Gia” this weekend… 2019 is looking like my year.

Highlights from week 2 include…

Iced coffee with black walnut extract and sweet cream creamer.

Stumptown cold brew coffee box.

Who knew that Perfect Bars were so freaking delicious?! This peanut butter chocolate chip one was basically cookie dough.

Stonyfield chocolate yogurt pouch (7/10), a Kiku apple (8/10), and a chocolate peanut butter filled Clif bar (9.5/10).

I brought these yummy coconut candies back from St. Thomas.

Shiner S’more is officially my new favorite beer.

Guzzled while assembling everything but the kitchen sink cookies with caramel, kettle chips, toffee bits, caramel chips, and chocolate chips.

This quickie packaged foods dinner was sooo good. Chicken and cheese pupusas + bbq chicken chips + roasted broccoli + Trader Joe’s Zhoug sauce.

I have an unhealthy obsession with the “Asian” section of Wegman’s hot bar.

We made insanely, over-the-top, decadent double cheese burgers with Beyond Burger patties.

Two patties on a brioche bun with mayo, turkey bacon, and smoked cheddar slices. Plus kettle chips and veggies from the Whole Foods’ hot bar – curry caulilini and roasted rainbow carrots, mushrooms, and root vegetables.

Then later in the week we did a similar thing with Boca Chick’n patties.

We made killer sheet pan hash browns. Potato, sweet potato, purple sweet potato, olive oil, smoked paprika, green onion, turkey bacon, and red, yellow, and orange bell pepper.

Topped with Zhoug and fried eggs.

4Jan2019

Hello, 2019

by Emily

Highlights from the new year…

The 454 Horse Power coffee from Kicking Horse is roasty and smooth.

I bought these Chobani Gimmies products because I’m a marketer’s dream but I ended up being shocked by just how much I loved them. Marshmallow yogurt!!

Chewy things. Cow Tales are one of my favorites and the honey nougat from Trader Joe’s wasn’t bad either.

This No Resolutions IPA from Bronx Brewery was very on the nose for January 1st drinking.

We made crock butter butter chicken. I loosely followed this recipe except that I used chicken thighs, added tomato paste, and used way less butter. Served on top of a blend of cauliflower rice and broccoli rice.

We finally tried the Trader Joe’s cauliflower gnocchi and now I totally get the hype. Served with swiss chard, lemon brown butter sauce, and 2 fried eggs on top.

P.S. I’ll be taking a blog break through the weekend. My uncle passed away over the holidays and I’m heading home for a few days to be with family.

1Jan2019

Goodbye, 2018

by Emily

We finished out 2018 with some fun – a three-day weekend anniversary trip to NYC!

Favorite Friday activity = Checking out the holiday decorations at Chelsea Market.

Favorite Saturday activity = Meeting up with friends for lunch + dinner and a long walk through Brooklyn in between (Park Slope, Gowanus, Downtown Brooklyn, Cobble Hill, Dumbo).

Favorite coffee = Birthday cake iced latte at Milk Bar.

Favorite breakfast = Croissants at Cafe D’Avignon in Dekalb Market Hall. They are the best in the city and we’re obsessed. The coffee isn’t bad either.

Favorite lunch = Ramen at Chuko. I had the sesame garlic ramen with woodear mushroom, spicy mustard greens, and scallions topped with poached egg, fried tofu, and garlic chili oil.

Favorite drink = Frozen Painkiller at Ramona.

Favorite dinner = Oxomoco. We told the waitress to stop us if ordered too much – she didn’t but I’m not mad! The tamarind orange margarita was good.

The Rosita – mezcal, sherry, grapefruit, and hibiscus – was even better.

The caesar salad with wood fired romaine and cotija masa crunch was the best I’ve ever had.

Masa fried cauliflower with black mole, butternut squash crema, pepitas, and oregano.

Charred carrot tamal with green garlic and hoja santa mole.

Tlayuda Oxomoco – camote, quesillo, pipian, pomegranate, and brown butter. <– Adam’s favorite dish of the night

Chicken al pastor tacos with grilled pineapple, crispy skin, and salsa morita.

We powered through two desserts because we knew they’d be amazing. Oaxacan chocolate cake with coffee ice cream, cajeta, and walnut crumble and black sesame curd with black sesame crumble and pasionfruit raspado. <– my favorite dish of my life

Hi, 2019!

21Dec2018

…And A Partridge In A Pear Tree!

by Emily

This post includes five sweet things, four holiday theme items, three types of eggnog, two homemade dinners…

Stumptown Cold Brew with Trickling Springs egg nog.

Grady’s Cold Brew with Promised Land Holiday Nog.

I made my banana toffee magic bars for a cookie exchange at work and they came out really well! I subbed in caramel chips for butterscotch and it think it was an upgrade.

Sweethaus‘ holiday cupcakes are somehow eight times better than their already fantastic regular offerings. Eggnog and gingerbread with meringue frosting.

Hardywood’s gingerbread stout is stupid good and dangerously easy to drink.

This lavender can from Kombucha Town is my current favorite kombucha; it’s very mellow.

Fancy tuna salad makes an easy dinner. A mix of tuna and smoked sardines with mayo, dijon, and capers / roasted brussel sprouts / baby carrots / Trader Joe’s everything crackers.

But Wegman’s take-home meal section makes an even easier dinner. Spicy general tso chicken with fried rice and seaweed salad.

And one night I did legitimately cook – a protein, some veggies, and even a sauce. Asian take-out style tofu! This recipe but with oven fried tofu (similar to this method) in place of chicken. I also used rice vinegar instead of red wine vinegar and added in some cashews.

7Dec2018

Stuffed With Joy

by Emily

Peppermint and egg nog > nonholiday flavors. But even the nonseasonal bites were tasty this week. Highlights include…

Coffee = Coffee Mate sweet cream cold brew.

Also a peppermint mocha La Colombe can with a surprisingly good peppermint bark Clif Bar.

Limited seasonal item eggnog shake from Cook Out.

The best snacks of the week came from our Snack Crate. Particularly these chewy items that were all a bit milky in a delightful way.

Chicken fajitas stuffed peppers. A blend of shredded chicken, sauteed onion, fajita seasoning, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, and cojita cheese, baked inside green bell peppers.

Homemade buffalo chicken macaroni and cheese. Plus simple side salads, dressed with evoo, honey, lavender salt, and garlic and herb cashews.

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Perfect Perfect Bar

Send Nood(le)s

Double Bacon Cheese Beyond Burgers

Hello, 2019

Goodbye, 2018

…And A Partridge In A Pear Tree!

Stuffed With Joy