Waffley Glad

by Emily

We had a really amazing time in Hawaii (several posts are coming soon!) but I am awfully glad to be back home with Webster!

I didn’t make it the grocery until Sunday afternoon but we still managed to eat some yummy things this weekend. Highlights include…

My new favorite yogurt bowl = Trader Joe’s plain Skyr yogurt with maple syrup, blueberries, banana, and blistered peanuts.

Extra spicy, extra veggies hand-pulled noodles from our mall’s fancy food court.

A perfect snack.

Costa Nova made me a fantastic quad iced latte! Plus a waffle with marshmallow and cookie butter!

We thought this frozen kunefe from Trader Joe’s was fantastic. Highly recommend buying if you spot it.

Waffle flavored chicken bites with baby carrots and maple sriracha aioli.

My new favorite veggies bowl = a base of cauliflower rice with soft scrambled eggs, sauteed baby tomatoes, and avocado (topped with Cholula).

The night before we left for Hawaii we celebrated our anniversary at Bowery Meat Company and the night we returned we feasted on leftover duck lasagna.

13Dec2019

Hot Sauce And Cinnamon Gum

by Emily

Flavor themes from this week include – hot sauce, coffee, chocolate.

Highlights…

Fun in coffee. Iced with fancy egg nog.

I had forgotten how much fun it is to have a milk frother!

This bottled New Orleans coffee was delicious and contained 10 grams of protein.

Seasonal fun at Doughnut Plant – a marzipan star and a mint tree filled with chocolate pudding.

Still obsessed with these cookie dough Perfect Bars.

Plain2% Greek yogurt bowl with chocolate sunflower seed butter and fresh blueberries.

Just before I left VA one of my officemates got me hooked on cinnamon gum and lately I have been loving this version from Mentos.

It was Adam’s birthday this week! He got multiple cakes at work and brought me home a delicious slice of s’mores cheesecake.

Amy’s tortilla casserole with black beans frozen meal. Topped with copious amounts of Cholula.

Shredded potatoes with smoked mackerel salad and soft scrambled eggs. Topped with furikake.

Breakfast cheese fries. Sweet potato waffle fries with cheddar, eggs, maple chicken sausage, broccoli, and shishito peppers. Topped later with Kewpie and Sriracha.

My current favorite sheet-pan hash is Japanese sweet potato + bok choy + green onions. Plus salmon candy and cashews on top. Topped with furikake, Kewpie, and Sriracha.

I made a yummy version of this baked Spanish rice recipe. I added fish sauce and green olives and subbed in vegan soyrizo for chorizo. Topped later with Cholula.

FYI – there will be no post this weekend for the best reason ever: I am going home for a few days with a couple of NY friends! Ocean, rum, and warm weather, here we come!

29Nov2019

Good Tidings And Cheer

by Emily

Is everything I have to share this week celebratory in nature? Yes! Thankfully I have a lot to celebrate.

In ongoing goodbye festivities… Some coworkers and I went out for a very dietitian-y lunch at Roots. I had a kale salad topped with miso chili tofu, eggs, and other goodies.

And some coworkers and I went out for a much more on brand happy hour at Vitae – in addition to our cocktails we also got to taste-test some marshmallow simple syrup!

My cousin and her fiance hosted an absolutely fantastic Thanksgiving dinner. There were 14 people in attendance but the platter of nachos I made for our appetizer was probably a still bit excessive!

Most exciting morning of the week? I had eggnog Greek yogurt, cranberry seltzer, and a peppermint mocha.

In yogurt bowl fun… Vanilla bean Greek yogurt with cranberry sauce and granola. And a holiday cheer kombucha on the side.

Wegman’s eggnog Greek yogurt with cinnamon Chex and a banana.

18Nov2019

Oreo Crunch And Apple Brandy

by Emily

This past weekend I took my last trip to New York — last because I am officially moving in 2.5 weeks!!! This move is super bittersweet – I am over the moon to get to live with Adam and Webster and I love NYC but I am really going to miss Charlottesville, and my family here, and my amazing job. I’ll have to really soak in the South the next two weeks!

Our New York weekend was fantastic as always. We had babka and creme brulee doughnuts and walked all over the place. Saturday we met friends in Williamsburg for a walk over the bridge and an afternoon in the city.

Highlights include…

Milk Bar‘s Thanksgiving Croissant. It’s stuffed with turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce.

Drinks at Serra by Bierria. We tried four things from the holiday cocktail list – a buttered rum, a walnut Manhattan, a gin and blood orange drink, and an apple brandy drink.

Caffe Panna. I had peanut butter oreo crunch with fudge sauce! Also Adam got an affagato and I drank his last sip of espresso and it was genuinely the very best thing I’ve ever put in my mouth.

15Nov2019

Thankful For Nachos

by Emily

Do I have zero chill? Yes. And did I fully lean in to all things holiday/Thanksgiving flavored in the second week of November? Also yes. I couldn’t help myself, I was ready for cranberry and eggnog and cozy cheer!

Holiday highlights from this week include…

Eggnog in my coffee!

Cranberry seltzer.

Pumpkin pie marshmallows.

Thanksgiving nachos. Trader Joe’s turkey and stuffing kettle chips / swiss and gruyere cheese / turkey andouille sausage / roasted green beans / poblano peppers / cranberry sauce.

Thanksgiving totchos. Tots / swiss and gruyere / poblano peppers / green onion / brussel sprouts / cranberry sauce.

Upcoming highlights? I am heading to New York this afternoon to visit ~~Milk Bar’s Thanksgiving croissants~~ my loving husband and dog.

25Oct2019

Apple Pumpkin Chia Chocolate

by Emily

The eight best things I ate this week –

(1) Chobani pumpkin and spice yogurt with (2) pecan butter and (3) a Lady Alice apple.

(4) Siggi’s pumpkin and spice yogurt with (5) chocolate sunflower seed butter. <– the sunbutter was the best thing of the week!

(6) Vanilla chia pudding and (7) a SnapDragon apple.

It was a (8) sandwich week for dinner. Whole-wheat brioche buns with Kewpie mayo, smoked turkey, and Whole Foods’ plant-based smoked gouda.

27Sep2019

Superior Salads

by Emily

Fun things from this week: It’s Friday! // I have plans to see my boys again in less than 15 days! // Yesterday I went to Hardywood with a coworker for happy hour and free pretzels and pimento cheese. // I finally made it to the farmer’s market that sets up on the hospital grounds and had a really excellent iced mocha with macadamia milk. // The weather is starting to get a bit cooler but still isn’t cold yet.

Highlights included…

Local nitro cold brew with maple.

Nothing beats Stumptown.

Strawberry lingonberry yogurt with chocolate peanut butter is a pretty great combination. Plus a Pazazz apple.

Bars on bars.

I had some really excellent topping ingredients on hand so I made this a week of salads. Honey butter almonds and zhoug are fantastic on their own and even better when paired together. Especially with a fun variety of proteins!

Romaine / Greek feta dressing / zhoug / honey butter almonds / baby tomatoes / chorizo seitan.

Romaine / champagne vinaigrette / zhoug / honey butter almonds / celery / vegan chicken salad.

Romaine / champagne vinaigrette / zhoug / honey butter almonds / baby tomatoes / turkey pepperoni. <– pro tip: if you bake pepperoni at 350 degrees for 15 minutes it turns into pepperoni chips!

6Sep2019

Apple Of My Eye

by Emily

It was a good week in theme snacks, snacks in general, actually!

Today is National Coffee Ice Cream day and since I love coffee, and ice cream, and coffee ice cream (and dulce de leche!) I jumped at the chance when My/Mo Mochi Ice Cream offered to send me a box of samples to celebrate. My/Mo Dulce de Leche = coffee ice cream, wrapped in mochi dough, with a caramel core. I 10/10 loved them. Hands down the best mochi I’ve ever eaten. Now I’m dying to find their seasonal flavors!

Meanwhile, in Apple Month… I ate a bag of Trader Joe’s freeze-dried honeycrisp apples that I forgot to take a picture of but totally recommend. Also, pink lady kombucha and Siggi’s with apple.

Other snack highlights include… cold brew with salted caramel dark chocolate milk.

Black sesame cheese crisps.

Cookie dough Perfect Bar with a maple chicken jerky.

Birthday cake marshmallows (while reviewing glycolysis!).

I really loved my dinners this week, thanks in no small part to the fact that they were all smothered in Trader Joe’s zhoug sauce. Salads with romaine, baby heirloom tomatoes, TJ’s Greek feta dressing, TJ’s turkey summer sausage, tabbouleh, zhoug.

The best sheet pan hash I’ve made yet – summer sausage, potato, sweet potato, green onion, and cabbage.

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