Chili When It’s Chilly

by Emily

It was a great week in packaged coffees. Grady’s Cold Brew = 11/10 (it’s my very favorite!). P.S. how great are our flowers??!

Black Hands can = 9/10.

Blanchard’s can = 7.5/10.

Other beverage fun included Polar hibiscus cloudberry seltzer.

And this killer cocktail combo – cinnamon hibiscus tea, Goldschläger, and club soda.

Snack attack. Strawberry sage kombucha, a caramel chocolate granola bar, and an Autumn Glory apple.

Can you believe I didn’t try a Coolhaus ice cream sandwich until after I left New York? We were super impressed with this.

Our dinners this week were definitely on a theme. Chili. Ground turkey / black beans and baked beans / sweet onion and poblano pepper / tomato paste and crushed tomatoes / clove, cumin, smoked paprika, brown sugar, fish sauce, liquid smoke, and gojuchang. Topped with cheddar, plain Greek yogurt, and jalopenos.

Bacon and cheese wrapped hot dogs. Turkey hot dogs and halloumi cheese wrapped in turkey bacon on a whole-wheat bun with ketchup. With a side of green bean fries.

Bacon chili cheese hot dog casserole. Double layers of cauliflower rice / turkey bacon / sliced turkey hot dogs / green onion / leftover chili / and sharp cheddar. Topped with plain Greek yogurt and hot sauce.

Yum!

19Oct2018

Maple – Marshmallow – Cinnamon – Pumpkin

by Emily

The flavors in my title were mostly enjoyed separately this week, but my goodness wouldn’t they be good all together?!

I missed last weekend’s post because I was out of town at a Nutrition Support conference.

Highlights from this week included…

A new all-time favorite coffee combo – Grady’s Cold Brew Concentrate with maple sweetened condensed milk!! P.S. Grady’s is the best home-brewed coffee that money can buy. P.P.S. The maple SCM is not to be missed either, if you spot it at your store I recommend buying multiple cans.

Pumpkin power homemade trail mix. Pumpkin Puffins / Pumpkin Pie White Chocolate M&M’s / roasted pumpkin seeds / pecans.

A cookie and coffee date at Sweethaus.

Pumpkin & Spice Siggi’s yogurt topped with Pumpkin Spice Frosted Flakes.

New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Atomic Pumpkin beer. It was cinnamon-spicy and quite enjoyable.

This month’s Snack Crate.

Homemade basil turkey burgers with roasted green beans and TJ’s root vegetable medley. I burnt the burgers just a little but I covered it up with ketchup and mayo.

Green curry bowls. Cauliflower rice cooked with coconut milk topped with ground turkey, onion, shredded carrot, green bell pepper, zucchini, and basil sauteed with green curry sauce.

12Oct2018

Pumpkin Everywhere

by Emily

It was a good week for pumpkin; I snuck it into my coffee, smoothie, pasta, beer, and nachos! Highlights from the week included…

La Colombe Pumpkin Spice Draft Latte.

Homemade salted maple cold foam coffee.

Pumpkin pie smoothie. Pumpkin puree, plain Greek yogurt, sour cream, maple syrup, clove, and skim milk. Pumpkin smoothies end up basically being puddings!

Homemade fall flavors trail mix with Maple Cheerios, raisins, salted peanuts, and yogurt covered peanuts. Plus a SweeTango apple.

Adam and I went on a date to try the new Cannoli Bar. Cannolis aren’t really my thing, but our bicerin – that’s drinking chocolate with espresso and frothed half and half – knocked my socks off.

Whole Foods hot bar. Including coconut chicken tenders, furikake fried tofu, horseradish and scallion cauliflower, vegan curry, plus an assortment of other veggies.

This cheesy veggie bowl was one of my favorite dinners I’ve made all year. Roasted broccoli / roasted potatoes (cooked similarly to this recipe) / topped with a take on vegetarian queso fundido – sharp cheddar, sour cream, green onion, yellow onion, serrano pepper, and Trader Joe’s vegan chorizo. I enjoyed this so much I ended up eating my entire bowl followed by most of Adam’s!

Pumpkin nacho night! Trader Joe’s pumpkin tortilla chips baked with green onion, yellow, onion, sharp cheddar, and maple chicken sausage. Then topped with copious amounts of Cholula and sour cream. Plus roasted broccoli on the side.

Pumpkin on pumpkin on pumpkin dinner.

Trader Joe’s pumpkin pasta tossed with a sauce made of pumpkin puree, sour cream, shallots, spices, sage, maple chicken sausage, soyrizo, and parmesan cheese.

Plus pumpkin beers. I thought the AleWerks pumpkin ale was too sweet (though Adam was a big fan) but really enjoyed the Punkin Ale from Dogfish Head.

Pumpkin purchase recommendations? All of it! Every product (and recipe) was delicious. The La Colombe and AleWerks items weren’t quite to my taste, but Adam enjoyed them both so I can’t say I wouldn’t recommend trying them yourself.

8Oct2018

1st Week Of Pumpkin Month

by Emily

It’s Pumpkin Month! Check out this year’s stash –

Here is some of the gourdy goodness I’ve eaten so far…

Pumpkin milk iced coffee.

Chobani pumpkin with maple Cheerios.

Trader Joe’s pumpkin yogurt with Justin’s maple cashew butter, plus a rave apple and a chocolate chip cookie.

Other tasty things from the past week include…

Duck confit hash from Farm Bell Kitchen.

Mexican candy with guava paste and dulce de leche.

Grapefruit yogurt drink with mango jelly and popping grape boba.

Vietnamese caramel chicken with jasmine rice and sauteed bok choy and shredded carrot.

Shrimp fried rice, cooked on a sheet pan. <– this is such a fantastic idea! We will definitely use this method again

Spinach and artichoke chicken (similar to this recipe) with roasted cauliflower.

24Sep2018

Frozen And Frothed

by Emily

Top five from the weekend…

{1} A variety of fancied coffees.

This combo is still rocking my socks off.

I made a frozen coffee at home in the blender.

And had a much more successful frozen granita at the farmer’s market.

Plus a latte from Snowing in Space with nitro draft espresso!

{2} A birthday cake pop-tart from Wonderment.

{3} Cupcakes and coffee at Sweethaus.

I had a quad iced latte and a cookies and cream cupcake with Oreo pieces baked inside it.

{4} Best brunch in Virginia at Junction.

I had chicken and waffles with habenero maple syrup.

Plus we want to go back and try every cocktail on the menu! The Paloma was out of this world – blanco tequila, Aperol, salted grapefruit cordial, lime.

{5} We made fantastic bbq chicken sandwiches. Chicken roasted with paprika (cooked like this) then brushed with bbq sauce (Stubbs but mixed with butter, honey, and Sriracha) served on a bun with smoked cheddar and Kewpie mayo. Plus roasted green beans.

Have a great week!

21Sep2018

Yum Yums And Cheer

by Emily

I had some real flops in the dinner department this week, and I don’t photograph my work lunches, so most of what I have to share in this post is dessert!

I tried chocolate oat milk in my iced coffee and I didn’t totally hate it.

Wegman’s coffee counter shopping treat, salted caramel cold foam iced latte. Cold foam gets two thumbs up from me, I would get it again on an unflavored latte.

The cookie butter flavor at Red Mango is hands down the best frozen yogurt I’ve ever tasted! Topped with mochi and butterscotch chips.

Homemade tahini cookies stuffed with m&ms. A riff on this recipe because No. 2 Pencil’s cookie recipes are all genius.

Chipotle salads are my favorite restaurant meal at the moment and I’m not even ashamed about it. My perfect combo = greens, chicken, extra fajita veggies, corn salsa, hot salsa, sour cream, and cheese. Eaten at home with a super tasty Dogfish Head Dragon and Yum Yums beer.

This salad was a homemade dinner success! Sauteed broccoli slaw / shredded chicken breast / toasted almond slivers / a food processed sauce of cilantro, parsley, orange juice, lime juice, evoo, honey, and rice vinegar.

7Sep2018

What I Wish I Was Eating

by Emily

I didn’t do the best job of photo taking this week, so instead let’s talk about food a bit. For funsies, 10 items I’ve been obsessing about recently –

coffee – always
plucots – I feel like my summer season of plum eating was way too short this year, I didn’t eat a single dinosaur plucot
Insomnia Cookie – we’ve been getting cookie delivery way too often recently! But their s’mores cookie is chewy and loaded with marshmallows and I’m smitten
grilled romaine lettuce – my aunt served this last weekend and it was mind-blowingly good
chicken and waffles – I need to go back to Mother’s Ruin for their Cholula glazed version asap
bubble tea – this winter I think I want to try to make an eggnog with boba happen
cheesecake – I haven’t actually eaten cheesecake in months and months but it keeps popping up in my online scrolling and always sounds so delicious!
okonomiyaki – I haven’t been able to get my Americanized version out of my mind
cookie butter frozen yogurt – we had some last week at Red Mango (with mochi and cookie butter drizzle!) that was just fantastic
homemade ice cream – another item that’s been dominating my online reading, mostly because Stella Parks keeps being the best at what she does

And here were the highlights of what I’ve actually been eating…

Coffee for the week = TJ’s French Roast.

I’m still having a moment with trail mix, I seriously eat at least one bag a day! I guess that probably should have been on my obsessions list!

Other snack specials included this new flavor of Luna Bar.

And really tasty french onion dip my aunt sent home with us.

The most exciting thing on earth, however, is that they sent us home with crab cakes!! Eaten with roasted brussel sprout and aioli.

I made a great casserole. Shredded chicken, black beans, cauliflower rice, onion, bell peppers, and green salsa, topped with an amazing tortilla chip and cojita cheese crumble.

What foods have you been obsessing about recently?

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