Four things I ate this week…
Stumptown Founder’s coffee brew with TJ’s chocolate almond-cashew milk.
Watermelon juice. Kids, it is June!
Heirloom naval orange with vanilla bean yogurt and a new flavor of Polar Seltzer I didn’t care for.
Cheesy chicken and brussel sprouts. This recipe but with low-fat sour cream, minced garlic, smoked paprika, and cheddar in addition to Parmesan.
Important FYI – It’s National Doughnut Day today!!!
Highlights from this week included eggs served three different ways, a new take on pesto, and my current favorite snack combo…
The week started out on a high point – a breakfast date at Golda.
Quad espresso + ice + cream.
I had the grilled asparagus toast – strawberry-chili mostarda / alfalfa / ras al hanout / soft egg / charred lemon / local sourdough.
Homemade coffee combo = half and half, ice, and Stumptown Founders blend.
Snacks of note include fresh alfonso mango with cottage cheese.
Our Deadpool movie snack was right on the nose. DP 2 was not as good as the first movie but still laugh out loud funny.
My current favorite snack combo is roasted chickpeas with blistered peanuts. Eaten in bulk.
Tuesday – my early day, when I leave the house before 6 am – I drove across town after work to attend what ended up being a very disappointing lecture on TPN. The speaker ran a bit late and I didn’t start heading home until after 9 pm, at which point I was basically whimpering from hunger. Suffice to say, this is the most satisfying Chipotle bowl that’s ever been eaten!
The other three nights I cooked legitimate meals and had some major successes in the kitchen! Like a Mediterranean frittata, complete with a new recipe page.
Replete with feta, zucchini, and sumac.
One night I made okonomiyaki. We use three eggs and a heaping 1/3 cup flour for 2 servings. With shredded garnet yam, roasted cabbage, and ginger. Topped with Sriracha, Kewpie mayo, green onion, and seaweed.
I also tried a new take on pesto that turned out to be delicious. The last time we made homemade pesto we found the raw garlic and basil to be a bit too spicy, so this time I cooked them. Sweet onion, green onion, and garlic sauteed in evoo / basil cooked with the onion for 90 seconds or so / tossed in the food processor with more evoo, parmesan, and pine nuts. Served with whole wheat pasta with baby kale, toasted white beans, and roasted heirloom tomato.
Weekend plans include a bridge walk, a bar date, and a bbq spot.
Highlights from the week…
Coffee coffee! Irving Farms Blackstrap Espresso with half and half.
Things that taste like cake! Hot chocolate that was pretty good and a candy bar that was pretty meh.
Blackberry yogurt bowl with chopped plums and Flax Plus Multibran Flakes.
Plain Greek yogurt with black sesame halvah from Seed + Mill and an envy apple on the side.
Dinners this week were easy (and very chip forward) but good. The best night I ate a crappy sandwich on the train because… I went to the ballet! My aunt brought me along with her to see Misty Copeland in Giselle. It was beautiful and fantastic!
Chips and dip. I made homemade onion dip – sauteed sweet onion and green onions, turkey bacon, fresh chives, sour cream, and kewpie mayo. Dipped with gojuchang kettle chips, baby carrots, and bell pepper. It turned out very well and I definitely went back for more chips to keep scooping.
Nachos! Toasted tortilla chips / homemade nacho cheese sauce (you literally just melt together mild cheddar and sour cream, it was crazy easy) / ground turkey sauteed with taco seasoning and onion and bell pepper / green onion on top.
Warm broccoli salad. Roasted broccoli / turkey bacon / chives / raisins / blistered peanuts / sour cream, sugar, smoked paprika, and rice vinegar.
I work the next five days but I hope everyone else has a fun weekend!
Three things I liked this week:
{1} Mint iced coffee! Irving Farms espresso roast / half and half / homemade vanilla mint simple syrup.
{2} Kefir and apple work snacks.
{3} Starbucks’ prepared sandwiches that I’m weirdly obsessed with. Chicken and artichoke flatbread with provolone and sun-dried tomato pesto.
Three things I loved this week:
{1} Homemade turkey cheeseburger fried rice.
Leftover brown rice stir-fried with soy sauce and liquid smoke / sauteed onions / roasted cherry tomatoes / ground turkey sauteed with fish sauce, ketchup, and mayo / eggs / cheddar cheese.
{2} Dinner at Pig and Khao. I went with a girlfriend for her first visit and she loved it!
I ordered not one, but two, new to me dishes that were amazing. Mushroom salad with shrimp and fried garlic and green papaya salad with chicken and crispy taro.
{3} Dinner at Freeks Mill that knocked our socks off.
We started with roasted baby carrots with marcona almonds and herbed goat cheese.
And we ordered all the poultry on the menu for dinner. Chicken for Adam, smoked Poulet Rouge with wild mushrooms and spinach.
Duck for me, dry aged duck with fried cranberry beans, fennel, and rosemary honey. <– this was the singe best thing I've ever eaten!
Three things I’m obsessing about that you don’t know about yet:
{1} Nonfat quad iced lattes from Hungry Ghost. There are three HGs on my walk to work and it is becoming a problem.
{2} Stolen Dance by Milky Chance. This song is basically magic – I listened to it on a run and I swear my legs moved 50% more quickly than usual.
{3} Moving??! I’m not sure how I haven’t blogged about this yet, but yes, we’re moving! Adam is doing his Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at UVA next year. So we’re moving to Charlottesville. In 50 days. !!!
Important things first – the pink and purple trees in our complex are amazingly gorgeous.
This is the immediate view out of our front door and it makes me smile every day.
My purple hair finally got too patchy to be cute, while remaining highly pigmented in a few spots, and my hairdresser had to make me super blonde to get rid of it all.
I had a fantastic weekend – including a Lower East Side day, a Williamsburg/Bushwick day, and a Long Island day – and we ate all the things! I love New York, I love New York, I love New York.
We checked out OddFellows‘ new coffee and ice cream spot and I had an iced latte with toasted marshmallow milk.
I also had a toasted marshmallow iced latte (good, but not as good, obviously) from Sweetie Pies on Main while we walked around Cold Springs Harbor.
Japanese shaved ice from The Little One. Strawberry sauce / sweetened condensed milk / roasted strawberries / coconut whipped cream.
Arcade games and drinks at Barcade. <– one of my favorite spots in the city even if I’m not very good at Pac Man or Tapper
Craft cocktails on tap at Yours Sincerely. Adam got a tasting flight and I had a Folsom Fizz with bourbon, cola syrup, and almond.
Snacks at Smorgasburg. Belgian fries with malt vinegar aioli and chipotle ranch.
Noodle bowls at Just for Fen. Can JfF be my new living room? The space was so cute!
And the food was wonderful. I had smashed cucumber salad and spicy chicken rice noodles with housemade chili oil, pickled radish and cabbage, baby bok choy, scallion, cilantro, and peanuts.
Dinner at Forrest Point. On the patio!
I had a fried chicken sandwich with jicima and blue cheese slaw.
The few things we ate at home were pretty great too. Trader Joe’s scallion pancakes are the best frozen meal of all time. Served with baby carrots and bell peppers.
I made us delicious rice bowls. Brown rice / red, yellow, and orange bell pepper sauteed with onion and garlic / chicken breast slow-cooked in the crockpot with salt, pepper, oregano, cumin, garlic, lime, and orange juice and then shredded and broiled until crispy / sharp cheddar / TJ’s tomatillo roasted yellow chili salsa.
Plus mojito milkshakes! Cruzan rum / homemade mint simple syrup / lime juice / vanilla ice cream / ice.
I don’t have much to share this week, when your vacation is unexpectedly extended by two days your return home plan for a massive grocery haul turns into a five item mini trip and then you end up eating sandwiches two meals a day for two days straight.
I also took myself on a fun breakfast date in Dekalb Market Hall, and enjoyed an everything bagel with scallion cream cheese and an amazing iced latte.
I do have a few leftover island photos to share!
P.S. I adored being home, but oh man, do I love Brooklyn.
P.P.S. I am off from work today (all I could handle post-vacation was a two day work-week!) and I have exciting plans to eat all the things.
My three day weekend is actually a ten day weekend! I took a week+ off from work because I am going home for Carnival. By the time you read this post I will (hopefully!) be on a plane to St. Thomas.
Here were the top three from the past three days…
{1} Coffee (coffee, coffee).
[a] I am still loving Trader Joe’s shade grown espresso blend.
[b] I found my new spot for coffee and cookies – For Five Coffee.
They served me an perfectly roasty and creamy quad iced latte.
And they have crispy yet cakey cookies from Duchess Bakeshop, including unicorn cookies stuffed with cheesecake.
{2} Fun in packaged foods.
The chile rellano from Trader Joe’s is my all-time favorite frozen meal and the mojito kombucha was even better than expected.
{3} Our best meal of this year.
Glasserie in Greenpoint pretty much blew our minds. Their deal is Middle Eastern flavors mixed with contemporary techniques in a stunningly gorgeous former glass factory. We swooned over every bite!
Sour from Grimm.
Griddle bread that was chewy and perfect and sort of reminded me of funnel cake.
Roasted cauliflower with cured labneh and marjoram.
An assortment of mushrooms with celeriac puree, hazelnuts, and a soft boiled egg.
Chicken with roasted sunchokes, fried potato, and sesame. I almost never order chicken in restaurants but this was one of the best proteins I’ve ever tasted.
Rose milk custard with candied pistachios for dessert. This was just a bit tangy and just a bit floral and totally delicious.
10/10.
Top five from last week –
{1} My favorite thing I’ve ever eaten! Also the most “me” thing I’ve ever eaten. Quad shot, iced, birthday cake latte (with birthday cake sprinkle sand!!) from Milk Bar.
{2} Vanilla bean Greek yogurt with the amazing Alphonso mango. Plus a guava kombucha.
{3} BBQ from Fletcher’s. I had smoked chicken and cole slaw. Important note: they now sell their amazing sauce to take home. <– highly recommend.
{4} Bahn mi chicken salad. With baby carrots, roasted broccoli, and Korean bbq kettle chips.
{5} Giant Greek salad bowls. Local oak leaf greens from Greenpoint / TJ’s Greek feta dressing / heirloom tomato / cucumber / roasted chickpeas / dolmas.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Eating Chalk 