Posts Tagged Dinner
Home, sweet home.
I am still home in Fort Lauderdale, guess I just love it that much! 
I really do love being home with my mom, we’re super close.
This morning started out very quickly, I slept until almost 8:30(I had to stay up and finish New Moon!) I then quickly got dressed for my run and then we took Leo to the groomers! We dropped him off for the day and then headed to a park nearby.
I snacked on this Kashi bar for a mini-breakkie.
It stinks not having something like a Garmin around because the trail on the park was really hard to follow and I never knew exactly how far I was going. I decided to use time as my witness.
I definitely did ~5 miles. Four miles takes me about 55 minutes, and I ran a total of 1 hr. 15 minutes with a long warm-up and cool-down. I may have done a little more then five but I’m not sure.
It wasn’t the easiest run, my legs felt SO heavy the whole time. It was also warm!! Not too bad with the breeze but still warmer then I have been running in. Still, I completed five miles!! YAY!!
I forgot to take a picture post five, but I will on my next five miler, Wednesday.
We spotted a Jamba Juice right by the park and decided before we even got the park that post-run fuel would find us there! My mom walked and jogged a bit and I ran! We met up at the car after and headed over. I worked at Jamba Juice summer of my Sophomore year, it’s my absolutely favorite smoothie store and sadly there’s none in Orlando. Boo! I took advantage and was happy to see they had…
OATMEAL!!!! Perfect.
They use organic steel-cut oats, cook it in soymilk and you can pick a fruit topping and it comes with brown sugar CRUMBLES! These were crumbled straight from heaven. Seriously, you know I am just getting used to liking oatmeal and I ate this so quick! The crumbles were like crunchy candy bits in my oatmeal and of course I cannot have oats without some banana. YUM!
I had a “Sunrise Strawberry” on the side. My fave smoothie here, I try and recreate this all the time at home. I had this every shift at work. It’s bananas, strawberries, non-fat yogurt and soymilk. That’s it! It’s very yogurty and yummy.
Perfect post five-mile meal! I am so tempted to get this combo on the way home tomorrow for lunch. I think I will!
Beautiful.
After we ran home, showered and got ready in record speed we got Bo and brought him to the vet. Bo is our golden retriever/chow. We used to be best buds, but then I moved away to college.
He doesn’t usually where shirts, but he has some rough areas he’s been scratching which is why he ended up at the vets in the first place.
Don’t let the smile fool you..
He was scared and spent most the time hiding behind our legs, his usual hiding place.
We picked up my grandma and headed to my favorite place, Whole Foods! I love the Ft.Lauderdale Whole Foods, so big! There’s only one big WF in Orlando, the one near me is tiny!
I hit the hot bar up sooo quick.
Spring mix salad with carrot and chickpeas drizzled with some Annie’s Goddess dressing, teriyaki tofu/rice mix, a little couscous, two baked plaintains, and a roasted corn, squash and peppers mix.
Yum..my favorite lunch spot!
Washed down with a yummy Izze.
We picked up handsome Leo at the groomers then spent some time with my grandfather who is sick. He looks a lot better then he did at Christmas. PTL! I just hope he gets to watch the Daytona race in a couple of weeks, he loves cars and racing.
I decided to stay here tonight instead of driving home. I have had a headache on and off all day and I was exhausted.
This meant, another wonderful home cooked meal!(thanks mom!)
A sausage/beef/turkey burger, yes ALL three, on a whole wheat bun. So yummy! A swiss chard, chopped tomatoes, garlic, shallots sauteed in some EVOO and salt & pepper mix, and mashed potatoes! Mmmm..so comforting and yummy. Love. My mom has blogger approved plates.
We went to run an errand and stopped for a decadent dessert. I LOVE Dairy Queen!!
I got a small blizzard with butterfinger pieces, be still my heart!
Truly decadent, a wonderful treat!
It’s been a wonderful day of eats. My stomach is happy! I am now going to ice my knees a little late since they are bugging me. :-\ I can tell I definitely did five miles. This is another weekly PDR for me! YAY!! I ran eleven miles this past week. Makes me happy.
I am off to start a new book and sip on some tea.
Goodnight!
Katy
16 comments January 16, 2010
Empty fridge blues
Yesterday I managed to make a super delicious lunch even though we didn’t have much in our fridge!
Mmm..pita pizzas are so wonderful!
I made mine with a whole wheat pita, some tomato sauce, a sprinkle of blue cheese and a little bit of reduced fat provolone. Topped with some frozen organic broccoli florets I cooked up and a couple drips of truffle oil I got in Italy which added an earth decadence.
Three large peeled carrots and it was a colorful, yummy lunch!
I also brewed some iced pomegranate green tea. I brewed two tea bags in about 1/4 cup of boiling water and then added some cool water and ice with a squirt of agave! Light and refreshing.
After I digested, I headed out for my four miler. LOVED IT!! It wasn’t easy but I loved it. I am falling in love with running. I am becoming a runner! 
I refueled with an Oikos yogurt and some warm cinnamon H2H. Yum! Perfect fuel.
I also iced my knees and shins, although I do feel a little pain in my right knee and left shin. Any tips on good stretches?
When Adam got home we headed out.
We first headed to the bucks of stars for a little reading time. I enjoyed a grande nonfat iced vanilla latte. I think this is my new fave!
Dinner was scrumptious as it always is. I covered my plate with salad and corn, and took a scoop of our broccoli, cheese and chicken casserole.
Also, a biscuit with a little butter and honey. So good. Oh my gosh.
Dessert was a cookie, a peppermint kiss and a cup of milk.
Adam and I drove separately so I could go hang out with some friends of mine for my friend, Jamie’s, birthday today!
Happy birthday Jamie! She heads back to Italy on Sunday until July. I am praying I see her in Italy before I see her in Orlando.
I got home pretty late and let myself sleep in a little longer to get my eight hours in. As much as I wanted to get up early, I know rest is necessary for recovery after running and working out so I try to be careful and get plenty of rest!
I was really in a pickle this morning with breakfast, I didn’t have any pickles. I didn’t have much at all.
I made a smoothie with some frozen peaches, mangoes, strawberries, milk, flax and a little plain Oikos.
Two egg whites, some whole grain crackers and hummus.
Can we say random??
All together now..
I think every time I have a lame meal I should follow it with a picture of this guy.
I am off to go refill the fridge after I eat a snack so I don’t buy out the grocery store.
I got some great questions from you guys when I announced I am going to be setting up the FAQ question on my new site which should be debuting soon, hopefully by February 1st. I would still love to answer more questions. To help with that you can head over here to my Formspring page to ask me questions anonymously and I will gather a bunch and answer them on the page. Thanks!
Also, I will be announcing the giveaway winner in my next post! Be sure to check and see if you won some delicious Oikos.
Katy
11 comments January 14, 2010
Splurge night
Sorry I went MIA last night, we had dinner with the in-laws and I just want to spend some time with Adam. The hubs comes first.
Last night was definitely a splurge night.
I had to take a picture of the sky last night on the way to my in-laws house. Wasn’t it gorgeous?
I started out with a beer..that was wrapped in it’s own snuggie..
..and we ate wings!! Mmmmm..
Okay, yes I had more then two. I had some raspberry wings(we bought the sauce back home, so good!). I mostly had my favorite mild sauce with a little blue cheese.
Mild? No no..that would be hot with butter to make it mild..mmm hot butter.
I did eat at least three times this amount of veggies.
Then I splurged with a large scoop of vanilla ice cream and dark chocolate sauce.
Ummm..I threw a bunch of bananas on it.
That makes it totally healthy, yeah?
It was a fun, relaxing night with my in-laws that Adam and I needed.
I woke up this morning and had some cereal.
I need to go grocery shopping tomorrow, so breakfasts will be more exciting soon!
I am now looking into finding a job and researching some stuff. Job searching is quite overwhelming but I trust the right thing will come along.
Don’t forget, today is the last day to enter the Oikos yogurt and tote giveaway!! The winner will be picked tonight and announced tomorrow morning!
Also, progress is being made on the new site, not sure on a debut date but I will let you know! I am so excited to reveal the new name and new site to you all very soon! YAY!
Katy
1 comment January 13, 2010
The Last 36 hours
When I got home from marathon spectating, the numbness wore off and the lack of sleep hit me like a ton of bricks. I felt like a zombie!
The hunger also hit me hard. Adam was so sweet and offered to make me lunch! He also took pictures of it for me.
I had some of this delicious V8 Butternut Squash soup. So delicious!
Along with a grilled cheese using whole wheat bread and reduced fat provolone!
I then passed out on the couch. I woke up a couple of times to find that he had put Friends(my favorite show ever) on for me before he went to get work done at a coffee shop. I slept for three hours!
I woke up already ready for something else. I knew with my increased exercise, lack of sleep, and the cold weather I was really risking a cold(I can already feel one slowly brewing..eek.) I decided to pull out the big guns with a green smoothie.
I blended;
-Handful of spinach
-Peaches
-Mangoes
-Plain yogurt
-Nonfat Milk
-Amazing Meal
Take that sickness, in your face! Or..please go away?
Anyways, Adam stopped at Publix on his way home and made me a delicious meal!
Mashed sweet potatoes, organic chicken(thanks babe!!) with a blue cheese, spinach, onion, and mustard topping as well as a lot of fresh green beans! Yum!
I ate with a little cranberry H2O.
I slept for about nine much-needed hours and woke up ready to eat a delicious breakfast.
I know this looks boring but I LOVE cereal!
I mixed some Post banana nut cereal with some Kashi warm cinnamon heart to heart. They were SO delicious together! I also broke up this large banana into the mix. Yum!
Lunch was a whole wheat pita toasted and then stuffed with Sabras roasted red pepper hummus, fresh broccoli, carrots, spring mix, one slice of reduced fat provolone and balsamic. Yummm!
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With sweet potato circles on the side. I find that when they are just cut in circles, they crisp a little better.
These are so delicious. I just mixed a little EVOO with chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, and a little kosher salt and mixed all of the sweet potato circles in the mix. Then baked at 400 for about 45 minutes. I would try 375 next time, but they were yummy!
After I digested I head out for my two miles on the plan for today. I tried to bring Leo with me, but he made it about a quarter of a mile and then had enough, I brought him back to the apartment and finished the rest of my run. It went really well, I felt great!
When I got home I made a light green monster? Although I did not have anymore spinach. 
Grocery run tomorrow! It’s amazing how fast our fridge empties.
-Peaches
-Mangoes
-Fat-Free Milk
-Amazing grass
-One large banana
-Flax
We were seriously lacking groceries so we broke this out for dinner. Adam bought it last week because we had a coupon.
I checked the stats and while nutritionally it seemed not too bad, the ingredients list left me disappointed. High fructose corn syrup? Seriously? We agreed we wouldn’t be buying this again!
Our appetizer was half of this bag of edamame steamed, and then sprinkled with kosher salt.
I added the rest of our fresh broccoli into the pan to add a little freshness and bulk it up some.
This was my bowl.
After I ate, I headed out for girl’s night at my former roommate and best friend, Mandy’s house. Mandy loves chocolate and I was having a serious sweet craving. I texted Mandy to see if I needed to eat dessert before and this is pretty much how it went:
Me- Is there going to be chocolate tonight??
Mandy- It’s Mandy!!
In a very, duh Katy kind of fashion. I can always count on her to provide the chocolate!
We baked up a box of Ghiradelli boxed brownies, oh yeah..the good stuff!
With a nice cold glass of milk! Mmmm..I also had another small piece.
I am now home about to crawl and bed and continue on with “New Moon”. I am more then half-way done and can’t wait to finish! I have already seen the movie so I can’t wait to get to Eclipse. I also have so many other books I cannot wait to read!
Oh and one important note..I forgot to mention that the Oikos giveaway is open to U.S. residents ONLY! I am SO sorry to my international friends! I just realized I forgot to put that. If you have yet to enter, head on over to the giveaway! I am extending it until Wednesday to give you extra time to enter!
Have a great night!
Katy
2 comments January 11, 2010
Keith & Amanda’s wedding day
I decided to break up two posts, one for yesterday and one for the marathon today so don’t worry, the spectator recap will come either tonight or first thing tomorrow!
So yesterday was a crazy day!
I had a hard time getting started with my day since I had so much on the schedule and had to definitely change plans or else I was going to be super stressed!
I had to say no to the blogger luncheon since I wouldn’t have been able to stay for long at all if I had gone! My mom was going to be in town and I was going to see her in Tampa but since the roads were going to be icy(crazy) she didn’t want us driving on slick roads. I chose to see her for just a little and we decided not to head to Tampa! Phew!
I walked to the gym in the sleet to run four miles, which quickly turned into 2.25 miles due to legs feeling sore, and time. It was better then nothing to me.
Then, I had lunch with my mom, my step-dad Dave and their friends. Ironically enough, we ended up at the same place as the blogger luncheon was but a different location!
We met at the Peach Valley Cafe’ in Heathrow which is North of Orlando.
It was a very quick lunch but still great to see my mom and Dave!
I ordered the veggie wrap and a side of fruit.
The spinach wrap was filled with more spinach, marinated portobello mushrooms, sprouts, avocado, tomatoes, carrots and a sun-dried tomato spread.
It was a little bland, I added a little salt and pepper to the top of both wrap until I reached the sun-dried tomato spread which added a nice saltiness to the wrap.
I ate everything but the coleslaw, I am not a big coleslaw fan!
I rushed home to quickly put my dress on and then headed to the wedding early to help hand out programs. It was so fun to see friends I haven’t seen in a while and to watch two amazing friends of ours get married.
Amanda is a really good friend of mine who was also my bible study leader all four years of my college career. She is such an amazing person and Keith is an incredible guy, he and my husband were actually roommates. She was even my bridesmaid and he was one of our groomsman. Today was their day!
After the ceremony we drove to the reception, it was a beautiful set-up!
Dinner started with a salad and ranch dressing.
I was so excited to see brown bread! But it was rye and not the honey wheat at Outback, still good! I ate half of this roll.
Dinner was squash, roasted potatoes, broccoli and chicken in a white gravy.
Then..dancing ensued!
For the father-daughter dance they started with a very emotional, slow song and then it turned into “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” that her whole family joined them for. I was told when she was little, Amanda and her family would dance to this song. It was so sweet that they danced to it on their wedding day!
Once the cake was cute we were served! They actually only had one real layer of cake on their actual wedding cake and that went to the bridal party. This chocolate cake was SO GOOD!! Super rich and decadent, I even left a few bites!
It was such a beautiful wedding, and I had the best time celebrating with Adam and my closest friends.
Another funny story is that Amanda has ALWAYS wanted it to snow in Florida, she had literally prayed for it her whole life. At church, her prayer request would be for snow. It snowed on her wedding day! How amazing is that? Sure it was at 4 a.m., but it definitely snowed! Too bad it meant for FREEZING picture taking.
Congratulations Keith and Amanda!!
The reception went until about 10 and we headed to a friends house and hung out there for another couple of hours, a lot of our friends are heading back home or back to Italy(missions work) so we soaked up as much time as we could with them! That just meant I wasn’t getting much sleep before waking up for the marathon! But it was still worth it.
I will recap our day at the Disney marathon tomorrow morning, I am BEAT!
Katy
Add comment January 10, 2010
Disney Marathon Health & Fitness Expo
Yesterday, I woke up early and met up with Ashley to head to the Disney marathon expo. On the way we picked up the lovely Ryan and headed over to the Disney area.
I packed a portable breakfast to eat as we headed out to get Ryan.
Ginger green tea and an Oikos with berries. I brought the Larabar, but didn’t eat it. They had samples at the expo!
I had never been to Disney’s Wide World of Sports, so I was really excited to check it out.
Their were lots of people!
Ashley picked up her information, and was filmed!
After this he took a picture of us three, don’t know where that’ll end up but it was fun!
After picking up her bib number we moved onto the expo. This was my second expo ever and I enjoy the energy from the all of the runners!
I also love samples..
..and we sampled. I had a bite of an oatmeal raisin clif bar. I am not a fan of raisin in baked goods actually, but I loved this!
I also sampled an unpictured Clif shot blocks, SO much tastier then GOO!!! I know what I will be packing during my half!
Ashley picked up her goody bag and then we walked around. It was pretty packed!
We quickly found the Larabar table, we were pretty hungry so we munched. I broke into this beauty.
One of my new favorite flavors, tastes just like a peanut butter cookie! Mmmm!
We headed to the giant Whole Foods in Orlando(LOVE) for lunch..
I had a gift card so I spent more then normal on lunch.
For example:
My favorite..Kombucha!!
I wish I had more money to feed my expensive Kombucha habit. Sadly, I do not.
LUNCH!
I went crazy. I had some couscous with dried cranberries, some shitake mushroom tofu, roasted squash and zucchini, tempeh smothered with onions, a spinach and blue cheese salad with walnuts and three yucca con queso balls. Everything was amazing, the tofu though didn’t taste a lot like mushrooms and was cold. I did have a huge hunk of tempeh for the first time that wasn’t in chili form. I was scared of straight tempeh before, but I tried it and I really like it! I like the texture of it and how hearty it is. I will have to cook some up soon. My favorite were the yummy fried yucca balls, SO GOOD!!! I wish I got a huge box of those. Though, my stomach would hate me probably.
I had so much fun with the girls, but I was about to pass out. It was time to head home!
Once home, I ran some errands and then settled into a hot epsom bath which just soothes to the soul! I then gave Leo a bath, which does not..poor guy hates baths.
For dinner, I think I was sympathy carb loading for you all who are racing this weekend!
Pasta with leftover spaghetti sauce I pumped with some broccoli, I also added some fresh herbs from our “garden”(rosemary, oregano, thyme, and basil).
Topped with some fresh mozzy, YUM! Plus another couple pieces of bread. I just love crusty french bread.
Dessert was pretty decadent as well.
I added fruit, makes it totally healthy. I had two Ghiradelli white chocolate squares and a dark chocolate caramel.
Yummm.
We headed out to hang out with some friends who were in town since my good friends Keith & Amanda is getting married tomorrow! It was fun to hang out for a bit, but we were exhausted and headed home.
I had a snack before bed.
Mmm.
Well, now I am off to brave the SLEET(in Orlando…..) and run. Only kidding, I am running on the dreadmill. I have four miles on the plan today. Apparently even walking to our apartment gym is going to be painful. I don’t know how you guys ran a half today!! Congrats Katy!
I am off to tackle a busy day:
-Hopefully go to the blogger lunch or go see my mom in Sanford although I don’t have much time for either :-\
-I am handing out the programs at my friend’s wedding today, so I have to be there by 2:45!
-Then immediately after the wedding we are heading to Tampa to celebrate a very close family friend’s birthday.
-Then, after returning home late tonight, I am waking up early again to meet up with Ryan and head to the marathon to cheer our amazing friends on and celebrate afterwards!
Needless to say, their won’t be a night post tonight. Busy busy busy day!
I am SO excited for the wedding!! Happy wedding day, Keith and Amanda!!!!
Katy
Make sure you enter the Oikos giveaway! You have until Tuesday.
6 comments January 9, 2010
To whittle or not to whittle?
Hello hello!
I had another awesome day of relaxing, cleaning, and working out.
I actually had another training day and I ran three miles!
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Whittle My Middle
When I got home I wondered..to whittle or not to whittle?
Of course the plan is five days a week but I was sore and could definitely feel the work I had done yesterday.
I talked to Angela and settled on doing the workouts but being careful to listen to my body and if I felt outright PAIN to not push it!
I was able to get a decent whittle time in..(;
Front Plank- 60 seconds
Side plank- 30 seconds each side
Torso Twists- 50 Reps
Plank ups(w/out leg ups): 10 reps
Boat Pose: 3 sets of 10
Bicycle- 2 sets of 30
Boy did I whittle my middle today and it felt good! Until tonight, now I just feel sore.
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To refuel I chose breakfast!
Two egg whites, two(plus one) piece of turkey bacon, and a small glass of fat-free milk with a couple teaspoons of lite chocolate syrup.
YUM! Perfect refuel.
Tonight our Wednesday night group reunited for the first time since the holidays!
It felt like forever since I had seen them, so a reunion was wonderful.
I always look forward to the meal’s Joyce provides for us.
Tonight, she ordered in.
Olive garden!! YUM!
My plate:
I had this plus another scoop of salad, another meat ball, and half another breadstick.
I wasn’t even full, I could have eaten a whole ‘nother plate. Mmmm!
I also had a shortbread cookie and scoop of coffee ice cream for dessert but my camera wasn’t around me to grab(we were sitting as they were passed out).
Great meal!
Now I am off to drink some tea, read a bit and then head to bed! I am thinking of doing yoga in the morning but considering how sore my body feels now, I may just give my body a rest for the next couple days since this will be the longest weekly mileage I have run, well, probably ever. What do you think?
I think I should just see how I feel tomorrow!
Have a great night!
Katy
3 comments January 6, 2010
A Sunday Full of Friends
Sundays should be a day of rest, but today it was super busy! A great kind of busy though.
We headed to a different church today because Marko, our great friend from Italy, was in town.
On our way to church, we stopped by Dunkin Donuts for a quick breakfast since we still haven’t gone grocery shopping yet!
Adam asked for whole wheat a few times. Apparently that means plain bagel. I ate 3/4 of one slice on the way to church and ate the rest later.
Along with a small iced coffee skim & sugar!
After church, we went to hang out with friends for a bit and picked up Publix subs for everyone. Mmmm..
I had a Boars Head turkey on wheat bread with lettuce, green peppers, banana peppers, and tomatoes.
We headed home for just a little bit before heading to a get together with some of the people closest to Marko.
I snacked on pita chips & dip mostly, nothing worth taking a picture of.
This is Adam and I with Marko. He’s so great!
We got home around 10 and I still needed a substantial dinner. Super late dinner..but dinner.
I read off everything we had out loud into song form..
“What can we make with swiss miss, almond butter, larabars, cheese, gatorade, water, pasta noodles, tuuuunaaaa!”
I managed to find enough for a yummy, albeit unbalanced, dinner.
A sweet potato, some roasted-toasted chickpeas and a black bean burger.
Mmmm…
That hit the spot.
I didn’t run my four miles today I HATE that..but to be honest, seeing so many friends in one day made it so worth it. I do need to start buckling down with my training though and I know it.
13.1 … I got my eye on you.
I will talk about my day a little more tomorrow, but Adam and I need some time together before he goes back to work for real tomorrow.
Goodnight friends!
Katy
3 comments January 3, 2010
Us vs. The Cookie Dough
For lunch Adam surprised me with Annie..well, Annie’s organic mac and cheese.
What’s a classic partnership with mac and cheese? Well, hotdogs..duh!
I managed to make this a colorful meal by munching on carrots and half a bag of cooked spinach. Mmmm..
I cooked the spinach with a very small amount of EVOO, onion powder, garlic powder, and S&P.
We used the all-natural hotdogs I had scrounged for at the grocery store. I never read labels before but I got chills, hotdog is the notorious “stuff what you can into a meat product” item. The organic meat hotdogs were three times the price of regular and well, Adam is harder to convince on that subject and I couldn’t blame him. For a dollar more I found an all-natural hotdog that, while not organic, did not use hormones in their meat and had some pretty good stats. Lesson learned: READ LABELS!!! You can find decent alternatives to notoriously “bad” foods. Plus these hotdogs were DELICIOUS! Sooo good.
I was going to meet Adam at a coffee shop down the street but given the torrential downpour, I stayed home and rested. I did not sleep well last night AT ALL. I had read once that alcohol may keep you awake, I researched and found this on Women’s Health magazine’s website which told me that while alcohol makes you drowsy, it keeps you from falling into deeper levels of sleep. Hence, why I was tossing and turning all night! I only had a couple glasses of wine and a glass of prosecco but that’s more then I usually have at once and I think it was definitely a factor.
For dinner, we headed to Adam’s parents house. I spent time with my mother-in-law Kay, while Adam headed out to do some work.
I had a sweet potato with a little butter and S&P, green beans with slivered almonds, mushrooms, and steak. Steak isn’t my favorite, I ate about half of this. I love filet, but most steak is too fatty for me. I just had the texture. This was delicious, but I still only need a few bites of it.
When the boys headed out, Kay and I set out to conquer this:
My mom made this for them, it’s a cookie mix. She then hand wrote the recipe out.
She found this on Food Network’s website. There were a whole bunch of recipes, cute huh?
Problem is, they sort of described the directions wrong. Or they didn’t explain them enough. See, there is cocoa powder in the mix. Well, they called for Dutch-process cocoa powder which has baking powder included. Most people just use regular and I’m not sure if my mom did this but the first batch didn’t spread or rise AT ALL. They ended up being “Super Chunk Balls” which sound fun, but they were too crumbly. I googled(TGFG..thank goodness for Google) and found the reviews which told me that lots of people had the same issue. The dough was SO dry and dame out crumbly.
I added another egg and a splash of milk, if you’re a baker you know that you mix the wet first and the dry first and then usually combine in some order. So this was risky, but it was that or stick with what we had which were yummy, but missing something.
The second batch was SUPER tasty, even if they didn’t look too appetizing.
Kay and I then watched (500) Days Of Summer:
I LOVED this movie! The music, first of all, LOVE! I need this soundtrack. It’s also very different, which I really like but not done in a cheesy way at all. It reminded me of one of my favorite movies, Garden State. Although they were nothing alike, if that makes sense. Just very creative and funny. I love Zooey Deschanel too. I highly recommend this movie!
I am now typing from the dining room table. Aka the “office/dining room/flower holder” Adam bought me flowers, he apologized that they were carnations but there are some daisies in there. Either way, he bought me flowers and no matter what kind they are I am so thankful.
One of my goals is to do blog work here so that I am not always on the computer, which can happen when I blog from the couch, which I usually do. This will help me focus. So yay.
Oh and tomorrow is my Dad’s birthday!
{Happy Birthday DAD!! <33 Love you!}
Goodnight!
Katy
6 comments January 1, 2010
The Final Meal of 2009
Well, my final meal of the year was a four-courser and I delighted in it to the fullest!
Before I dive into the feast, I will recap my breakfast this morning.
I could NOT sleep for the life of me last night, I tossed and turned SO much! A nap may be in store very very soon!
Breakfast this morning was…what I could find. I wanted eggs but we were out. It’s the beginning of the month so our budget is replenished. Grocery shopping will commence this weekend!
I had a half-cheese sammie. I toasted a piece of bread and spread a little smart balance on but once I realized we didn’t have eggs, I microed it with a slice of reduced-fat provolone cheese and folded in half. I also had three pieces of turkey bacon and a clementine. This clementine was pretty dry though and I didn’t eat much of it.
I did drink the yummy glass of 1/2 white grape/pomegranate juice and 1/2 H2O though!
Onto last night! We met up with my in-laws at Roy’s. I love the atmosphere of this place. It’s Hawaiian fusion cuisine. I love it!
One of the things I love about this place is that instead of bread, they serve complimentary edamame! It’s salted and, according to their website also has a little sugar and japanese red pepper seasoning. So yummy with a slightly spicy kick. I snacked on a lot of these. We ordered another plate after this one.
My first drink was my signature favorite, an amaretto sour. It’s super sweet and tastes just like candy. I limited myself to this one, since it was so large!
With dinner, we brought our own wine. (Great money saving tip) It’s only a $15 uncorking fee! Adam brought back tons of wine when he lived in Italy and times he visited, this is at least worth $100 and he spent probably the equivalent of $40 on it. Pretty good deal!
We drank a 2003 Barolo. Oh..my..gosh. Unbelievably good! The aromatics were incredible, and it was just the perfect red wine. Not too heavy for the seafood we ate and not too dry either. It was wonderful.
They had a special menu for New Year’s Eve and a welcome note in the menu for the evening..
I was so ready for this culinary journey.
My first glass of wine.
We got to choose one item from four sections. I started with the crispy duck spring rolls. The four of us shared mostly everything!
I ate two of these.
Adam ordered froie gras which is goose liver. I have never had it before and these days I won’t say no to trying much. It was amazingly buttery with a light crispy sear on it. Really good.
This was my sample plate..I had some shrimp with a little bit of white cheddar grits with roasted pepper as well as half a duck dumpling.
I chose the lobster bisque which was a lot thinner then most bisques BUT it also had large chunks of lobster which you won’t find in many lobster bisques. It was good but I barely made a dent in it. It was made with chive oil as well as applewood smoked bacon which I got bits of as I ate, the salty smokiness worked so well with the cream and buttery taste of the lobster.
Adam ordered a mushroom consomme which was so meaty and delicious.
For my main course I ordered the “Mochi dusted Hawaiian Opakapaka” which was served with a sweet potato puree, bok choy, and carrots in a “macadamia nut garlic Meuniere sauce”.
According to “The Gutsy Gourmet” a meuinere sauce is brown butter, parsley, salt, and fresh lemon juice.
It was incredibly good.
The fish was a very mild, pacific crimson snapper. The sweet potato and bok choy sold me on this dish and nothing on this plate dissapointed. I couldn’t make a huge dent on it, because I was getting so stuffed! I ate about 1/3 of the fish, all of the sweet potato, one half of the bok choy and the carrots. The sauce was delicious.
I also had a bite of lobster risotto. Yum!
We were feeling sleepy from all of the food, so before dessert I ordered an espresso..mmm..
For dessert, I chose..
“The Study of Chocolate Decadence”
I mean, can you say no to a dessert with a name like that?
A chocolate truffle, a chocolate torte with a peanut butter center, and both white and dark chocolate fudge in a raspberry sauce.
I ate half each. It was SO rich!
I also had a few bites of Adam’s dessert..
“A Macadamia Nut Financier Cake” which had vanilla ice cream, and a fig syrup.
His was super delicious as well, I enjoyed a taste of the cake and fig syrup as well as a few bites of his ice cream. So nice of him to share!
After dinner we headed to a local restaurant that Adam’s father and brother play at and I had a glass of prosecco to celebrate the New Year.
We went to a party afterwards but we left when some of our friends did since we didn’t know many people there and were home by 11:30.
We were exhausted and I was happy to be with Leo and my husband and watch Friends. We watched the ball drop and stayed up a little bit longer.
What a great last day of 2009. The first day of 2010 is feeling like a day of rest, hey I have a WHOLE YEAR to get ready for!!
Katy
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