{"id":10035,"date":"2009-12-29T13:40:24","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T17:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=10035"},"modified":"2009-12-29T14:10:48","modified_gmt":"2009-12-29T18:10:48","slug":"december-27th-and-28th-2009-hot-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/12\/december-27th-and-28th-2009-hot-action\/","title":{"rendered":"December 27th and 28th, 2009: hot action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello strangers!\u00a0 I promise I am not blowing you off but I&#8217;ve been trying to hang with mah man as much as possible this break.\u00a0 Since he&#8217;s on vacation, this means he can stay up late and sleep as late as he wants.\u00a0 This is where we differ completely.\u00a0 I am a go-to-bed early and wake up early kinda gal.\u00a0 If I could pull off 9 hour sleeps everyday I totally would but with scheduling (I&#8217;m looking at you late-night stick fighting classes!) and timing doesn&#8217;t allow for it everyday.<\/p>\n<p>Scott is opposite, dude rolls into bed between four and five AM and sleeps till noon.\u00a0 Which he can do on vacation.\u00a0 But this means that the time we actually get to hang and spend together is short, therefore I&#8217;ve been trying to make the most of it that I can. <img src='\/images\/biggrin.gif' alt=':D' \/>\u00a0 I know you dig.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday morning I got up for a most glorious 8 mile run.\u00a0 HELL YES!\u00a0 That is my longest run since my half in May, so tossing me some props are most welcome.\u00a0 It was also a great run, clocking in at 01:15.\u00a0 For me, for 8 miles, that is awesome sauce.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to have a full out breakfast instead of the usual wee bowl of granola that I normally have after Sunday runs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10036\" title=\"Coffee, yogurt with granola \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-27-09_breakfast-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Coffee, yogurt with granola \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-27-09_breakfast-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-27-09_breakfast.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Partly because I was hungry and partly because I knew Scott would be sleeping longer and I had no idea when official Sunday breakfast would occur.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually he got up and we chatted for a bit before I got to making us some grub.\u00a0 As typical, after long runs what I really want to do is stuff my face with some protein.\u00a0 Gimme!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10037\" title=\"Eggs, sausage, toast, smoothie, fruit \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-27-09_brunch-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Eggs, sausage, toast, smoothie, fruit \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-27-09_brunch-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-27-09_brunch.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Hello mounds of food!\u00a0 I love stuffing my pretty face with tons o&#8217; food.\u00a0 Scrambled eggs and egg whites with some hot sauce of course, Morningstar sausage patties, and a most fabbo Ezek English muffin with butter.\u00a0 Oranges in the middle and smoothie on the side:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1C Carrot juice<\/li>\n<li>1C Unsweetened cranberry juice<\/li>\n<li>1C Water<\/li>\n<li>Kale and spinach (double pow!)<\/li>\n<li>1 Banana<\/li>\n<li>Frozen blueberries<\/li>\n<li>Frozen peaches<\/li>\n<li>Frozen pineapple<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I cleared my plate save for one sausage patty and patted my food bellah.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of Sunday is pretty much a blur.\u00a0 I know we were doing stuff but at this point I don&#8217;t really recall what all we did.\u00a0 But I do remember that we went out to dinner!<\/p>\n<p>For Christmas one of Scott&#8217;s clients sent him a very generous giftcard to Bonefish Grill and we decided to use it Sunday evening.\u00a0 Normally you have to make reservations because it&#8217;s always busy but this past Sunday a snow storm was blowing in and I figured we could take our chances at not having reservations.\u00a0 My assumption was that most people wouldn&#8217;t venture out and\/or most would still be away on vacation.\u00a0 Worst case, we would have to sit at the bar to wait for a table.\u00a0 Oh the horror!<\/p>\n<p>We arrived and got seated right away, the place wasn&#8217;t packed at all.\u00a0 It was actually a really nice, cozy, and romantic atmosphere.\u00a0 Considering Bonefish is a chain, I was really pleased that it didn&#8217;t feel that way when we dined.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, I do not have any pictures of our dinner.\u00a0 The restaurant had some seriously low lighting and all of my pictures were coming out very dark.\u00a0 Instead of fighting with the camera trying to get everything perfect, I put it away and enjoyed a lovely date night with my hubs.<\/p>\n<p>While I can&#8217;t show you pics of my dinner, I can show you some hawt cracker on banana action.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10038\" title=\"Scott and I \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-27-09_us-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Scott and I \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-27-09_us-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-27-09_us.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Ooo la la!\u00a0 Our server for the evening took our drink orders and then immediately returned to check our IDs.\u00a0 She thought we were young and if we were old enough to order drinks, we were probably around 23 at most.\u00a0 When she read Scott&#8217;s ID and then mine, she flipped out. <img src='\/images\/lol.gif' alt=':lol:' \/>\u00a0 We are now friends for life.\u00a0 Love you, server!<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of friends, <a href=\"http:\/\/healthingit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Olga<\/a> recently asked her readers who their best friend is (sorry grammar snobs, I realize you are probably cringing now at that sentence).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10039\" title=\"Scott and I \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-27-09_us2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Scott and I \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-27-09_us2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-27-09_us2.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Done.\u00a0 It&#8217;s Scott for the win!\u00a0 He is the only one who knows <em>the whole me<\/em> (because he&#8217;s the only one I show <em>me<\/em> to, everyone else gets bits and pieces) and accepts that 100%, no questions asked and loves me unconditionally.<\/p>\n<p>We had a very lovely dinner and I do wish I had something to show you.\u00a0 Scott had a winter special drink called a Winter Classic or some-such and it was a white cosmo with floating frozen cranberries in it.\u00a0 It was really pretty and super tasty (although a bit strong, whew!).\u00a0 I had a shiraz-cab blend.\u00a0 We started off with some steamed mussels and I also had the house salad.\u00a0 Very tasty but very small.\u00a0 I had salmon with spinach on top and veggies on the side.\u00a0 Scott had mahi topped with crab and lobster.<\/p>\n<p>He also had the most amazing dessert which was a dark chocolate creme brulee.\u00a0 I know!\u00a0 I had a few bites and it was fantastic.\u00a0 Considering I don&#8217;t even like creme brulee, that&#8217;s saying something. I only had a few bites though because I was saving room for my own dessert.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10040\" title=\"Wine and cookies \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-27-09_wine-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Wine and cookies \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-27-09_wine-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-27-09_wine.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Perhaps you think passing up some dark chocolate creme brulee for some vegan spelt chocolate chip cookies is lame, but for me it is anything but.\u00a0 Part of the enjoyment of dessert for me is also the environment.\u00a0 Yes we were out to dinner and having a great time but dessert I like to be a little bit more of an intimate experience.\u00a0 I like being in my jammies, on my couch, with a glass of wine and my boys.\u00a0 Creme brulee is nice but I don&#8217;t know exactly what it is made from and how much of what it has going on.\u00a0 Plus I&#8217;m not in my jammies. And well, that just isn&#8217;t right.<\/p>\n<p>Cookies and a glass of wine on my couch will be tops every time. <img src='\/images\/biggrin.gif' alt=':D' \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Monday was basically non-excitement tied up in a bow. :p\u00a0 It&#8217;s a rest day for me and thank goodness because it was crazy cold and windy yesterday.\u00a0 Plus I must have been sitting odd at the restaurant because my foot was hurting.\u00a0 It hurt to walk too!\u00a0 I realized I must have strained it while eating dinner.\u00a0 I would love to explain to you how but I don&#8217;t know if I could without reenacting it.\u00a0 I know when I cross my legs, the foot that is on the ground I tend to prop up at an odd angle.\u00a0 I must have overdone it at dinner.\u00a0 Whoops!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-28-09_pot.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10046\" title=\"Oatmeal pot \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-28-09_pot-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Oatmeal pot \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-28-09_pot-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-28-09_pot.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I busted out the new oatmeal pot to make some breakfast.\u00a0 Interestingly enough I did not make oatmeal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10041\" title=\"Coffee and oatbran \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-28-09_breakfast-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Coffee and oatbran \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-28-09_breakfast-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-28-09_breakfast.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I made a huge bowl of oatbran.\u00a0 That pot is a Cuisinart hard anodized 1.5qt pot that also has a lid.\u00a0 In case you were curious.<\/p>\n<p>Once Scott got up and had been up for a bit, I busted out a really easy lunch.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10042\" title=\"Can opener \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-28-09_canopener-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Can opener \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-28-09_canopener-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-28-09_canopener.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Another new item is this can opener that can multitask as a bottle opener.\u00a0 It&#8217;s completely stainless steel which means this baby can go in the dishwasher to be cleaned.\u00a0 Most can openers cannot, so they get cruddy, rusty, and gross.\u00a0 My new jaws of life will always be sparkly!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10045\" title=\"Smoothie, soup, snacks, fruit \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-28-09_lunch-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Smoothie, soup, snacks, fruit \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-28-09_lunch-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-28-09_lunch.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Lunch was a smoothie:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1C Carrot juice<\/li>\n<li>1C OJ<\/li>\n<li>1C Unsweetened cranberry juice<\/li>\n<li>Kale<\/li>\n<li>Frozen blueberries<\/li>\n<li>1 banana<\/li>\n<li>Frozen peaches<\/li>\n<li>Frozen mango<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Amy&#8217;s lentil soup which is amazing.\u00a0 A side plate of carrots, cucumbers, and crackers with some fruit hanging out in the back.<\/p>\n<p>After lunch we kicked it the rest of the day gaming and when I say the rest of the day, I mean that quite literally.\u00a0 Ah downtime couch potato action is lovely at times.<\/p>\n<p>I put together a really simple dinner for us and it&#8217;s one we&#8217;ve been looking forward for a while.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10043\" title=\"Dinner time \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-28-09_dinner-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Dinner time \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-28-09_dinner-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-28-09_dinner.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We had salads and a cheese tasting plate.\u00a0 The salads were typical salads with a different dressing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>White wine vinegar<\/li>\n<li>Olive oil<\/li>\n<li>Dijon<\/li>\n<li>Honey<\/li>\n<li>S&amp;P, garlic powder, and some Italian seasoning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The cheese plate had, from left to right, starting at 12pm:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gorgonzola<\/li>\n<li>English Farmhouse cheddar<\/li>\n<li>Parano<\/li>\n<li>Tuscan Cheddar<\/li>\n<li>Manchego<\/li>\n<li>Dry Jack<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the middle was:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Smoked salmon<\/li>\n<li>Chicken sausages<\/li>\n<li>Mustard, honey, and peach compote<\/li>\n<li>Crackers in the way back<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Splash of wine for kicks.\u00a0 I tried some of the gorgonzola on a sweet cracker with honey.\u00a0 Totally not my thing; not horrible, but I didn&#8217;t really dig it.\u00a0 I was disappointed in the manchego because it was lacking depth and bite.\u00a0 The dry jack was okay and the farmhouse cheddar was divine.\u00a0 Parano is one of my faves so it&#8217;s always awesome.<\/p>\n<p>We chatted for a bit while we ate and had a really great time.\u00a0 After dinner, just a tad more gaming then it was off to bed for me.\u00a0 I was totally tired!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello strangers!\u00a0 I promise I am not blowing you off but I&#8217;ve been trying to hang with mah man as much as possible this break.\u00a0 Since he&#8217;s on vacation, this means he can stay up late and sleep as late as he wants.\u00a0 This is where we differ completely.\u00a0 I am a go-to-bed early and 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