Posts tagged ‘scallops’

April 16th, 2012

Revisiting the Weekend

by Tiff

Did everyone have a good weekend?  I sure did!  Well… I did before SNA (Sunday night anxiety) got to me.  Anyone else get that?  Needless to say, I’m not quite ready to start another week yet.  I figure I can ease into it by taking one more look at the weekend.

Friday: Kevin and I recently booked a trip to Barcelona and Prague, and to celebrate, I created a Spanish meal.  It was gazpacho, fresh bread, and Trader Joe’s Spanish cheese sampler (Cabra al Vino, Iberico, and Manchego).

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Of course, we enjoyed this with Toro tempranillo outside on the porch.

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Sunday: I needed something lean yet fun.  I found this recipe from Trader Joe’s website, but I made some changes (big surprise, right?).  I omitted the bacon and used 1 (heaping) TBS of Earth Balance instead.  I also used celery instead of leeks since I needed celery later in the week anyway.

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Major yum.  I didn’t measure my spices, but I threw in rosemary, garlic powder, and some thyme.

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Let’s celebrate that trip just a little more, shall we?

Source: bbc.com via Elizabeth on Pinterest

 

 

  • Been to Barcelona or Prague?  If so, what’s a must-see or must-do?
  • How was your weekend?
July 12th, 2011

Belated Weekend Recap

by Tiff

I know that weekend recaps usually occur on Mondays, but this one is a little behind.  I really wanted to post my new workout the very same day I started it. 

As you probably know, Kevin and I hosted company this weekend.  I didn’t get to try any of our visitor’s home brews, but he left a few for Kevin and I in the fridge.  Yawhooo!  If you all ready Saturday’s post, you know there’s another timebomb in my fridge.  It’s crazy, but I didn’t get into that either even though it’s my favorite beer.

So what did I do?  I’ll show you through a lens.  Naturally, the pics focus on the food and drink of the weekend, but I don’t think you really want pictures of me grocery shopping and cleaning my house.  Didn’t think so…

On Saturday, we went here:

brewery

The local brewery also offers some food in their taproom, so the guys ate lunch there.  I, on the other hand, checked the menu online before we left and saw no healthy options, so I enjoyed a pb n’ jelly sandwich on the way.

peeb sammich

The guys got one of these.  Normally I’d be jealous, but I was happy with my brew.

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I was driving, so my portions were more like this.

mr & mrs beer

On the way home, we stopped by here and got these.  I’m not even a fan of buffalo blue cheese chips, but I had a couple anyway.  Fail. 

buffalo blue cheese chips

We stopped by a beer store on the way home, and Kevin picked up a six pack.  I wanted a pack of non-alcoholic beer, but the shop didn’t have any that was cold.  Bummer.  I stuck to water until dinner.

Speaking of dinner – the picture says it all.

bronx bomber pizza

*** I totally switched gears Sunday, and my heart/kidneys/liver thanked me. ***

I ate TJs raisin bran for breakfast with almond milk and black coffee.  I cleaned all day, except for when I took a trip to TJs.  My body was tired, and my feet were hurting!

Kevin and I both had grilled eggplant, grilled onion, spinach, and hummus pressed in a wrap for lunch.  (Not Pictured)  It was so tasty I made mini ones after without the wrap.  Aren’t they cute!?!

snackums

For dinner, I made scallops for the first time.  Scallops, grilled eggplant, red onion, orange bell pepper, and of course, olive oil.  It was totally fusion and totally rockin.  I served Kevin brown rice with his.  Oh, and we split a mango for an appetizer.

scallopsThis was so good!  I cooked the rest of the scallops again last night, but I served them with the rest of the black beans, brown rice, spinach, onions, lime, and cilantro.  I put the cilantro with most of the spinach and the juice of half a lime in the food processor so that it would mix well with the beans n’ rice.  Another interesting dish.

cilantro scallops

Have you made up any odd/unique/fusion meals lately?