{"id":12737,"date":"2010-12-20T12:26:23","date_gmt":"2010-12-20T16:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=12737"},"modified":"2010-12-20T12:26:23","modified_gmt":"2010-12-20T16:26:23","slug":"wheres-the-beef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/12\/wheres-the-beef\/","title":{"rendered":"Where’s the Beef"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Hi gang! We haven’t had a chance to chat about life and I miss you terribly!\u00a0 So let’s fix that and discuss!<\/p>\n

Scott and I had a really busy weekend and by Sunday I was spent and ready for some me time and to lay low.\u00a0 I was craving some me time and down time so much that I almost cut my run short on Sunday morning.\u00a0 However the weather was nice (hey 16F IS nice compared to 8F with a negative windchill, ya know?) and I decided to take advantage of it as much as possible and busted out 8 miles for my “long” run.\u00a0 I had some yogurt with homemade granola and homemade chocolate peanut butter (oh yes I did) for some post workout fuel as evidenced by that not so attractive picture.<\/p>\n

I still had some nice “me” time in the morning where I watched some Food TV and snuggled on the couch with Rocks.\u00a0 They switched out some shows and in their place showed The Best Thing I Ever Ate instead.<\/p>\n

Really?<\/p>\n

Who likes that show? Come on, seriously. I want to watch people cook, not watch people reminisce about eating something at a restaurant. Because I’m Klassy and because I wanted to keep up a happier relaxed vibe, I watched 80s videos instead.<\/p>\n

You do what you gotta do.<\/p>\n

Time after time….<\/em><\/p>\n

I eventually pried myself up off of the couch and headed into the kitchen to get Sunday Breakfast started and to get the last of my Christmas baking done.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 More importantly, we needed to eat!<\/p>\n

Guess who had some leftover Maple Bacon Pancakes<\/a> in the freezer?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

You know it! I toasted those bad boys up in the freezer.\u00a0 Extra bacon for good measure, banana, and clementines for fruit action.<\/p>\n

Then it was time to finish holiday baking! I made some candy and some more Chex Mix (that is not staying here thank goodness!), and some spiced mixed nuts.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>No one can rock a homemade double-boiler like this sister right here. Sexy!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>“Are you seriously taking a picture of me melting chocolate?” <\/em><\/p>\n

Also makeup on Sundays? Not happening here at the HQ unless the president is coming over.\u00a0 Okay so that’s the case on most days. Putting on makeup takes up precious time that could be spent recipe developing, tweeting, or blog reading.\u00a0 Priorities people!<\/p>\n

The rest of the day was spent taking a bubble bath and deciding how to play out the next two days before vacation starts.\u00a0 What do we want to do and how do we want to do it?\u00a0 That stuff.\u00a0 Anyone else plan out things like that? We do it with our weekends too.\u00a0 Time is precious and we need to figure out the best way to spend it!<\/p>\n

I have to tell you that both of us were looking forward to dinner so very much! It was cooking away in the crockpot all day long.\u00a0 Mmmmm<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Beef short ribs! This girl needed some meat like you cannot even imagine. Protein please!\u00a0 It warrants a discussion all on it’s own but my body was lacking.\u00a0 I feel much more balanced out now that I have some good protein flowing through.\u00a0 The ribs were cooked in some broth and merlot providing a lovely base for gravy.\u00a0 We also had some roasted carrots, and mashed potatoes with gravy.\u00a0 YUM!<\/p>\n

Scott cleaned up the kitchen which was so helpful! And then it was wine time!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Wine for the evening was Chateau St. Jean merlot from California.\u00a0 It was our first time having this wine and it was lovely!\u00a0 Totally perfect red in my opinion.\u00a0 It was deep but not overly dry or intense.\u00a0 Very smooth and almost refreshing. Yes this picture was taken during the day as I opened this early so I could use it for the ribs.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>“Oh hai, it’s me!”<\/p>\n

We watched an old Sherlock Holmes movie and then watched some Mike Holmes making it a double Holmes kind of night.\u00a0 There was snacking on vegan sugar cookies but sadly no pictures because I wasn’t thinking properly I guess.\u00a0 Then I headed up to bed and put the weekend behind me.<\/p>\n

Did you all have a good weekend? Was it busy or laid back? Are you in the midst of holiday prep or is everything ready to go?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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