{"id":7062,"date":"2009-07-19T10:56:18","date_gmt":"2009-07-19T14:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=7062"},"modified":"2009-07-20T01:35:14","modified_gmt":"2009-07-20T05:35:14","slug":"july-18th-2009-catch-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/07\/july-18th-2009-catch-up\/","title":{"rendered":"July 18th, 2009: Catch-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi guys! I’m putting Friday night’s eats in this post because it’s small and not too terribly exciting. While Scott I and pondered the dinner situation, we munched on a small snack.<\/p>\n

\"Raisins<\/p>\n

Raisins and peanuts! I love this combo! I was just slightly picky but not hungry at all. Lunch filled me up very well and held me over for a long time. Yeah we did eat lunch late but I didn’t get even slightly hungry for dinner until 8pm. :O\u00a0 And we sat down to eat pushing 9pm.\u00a0 Since it was so late, the last thing I felt like doing was pulling out pots and pans to make something.\u00a0 Thank goodness for leftovers!<\/p>\n

\"Pizza<\/p>\n

Pizza! I only ate two slices though and like one bite of the third.\u00a0 I was content and didn’t need the third slice so I didn’t eat it.\u00a0 Plus there was a possibility of dessert so I was saving room.<\/p>\n

We watched TV and sipped and munched:<\/p>\n

\"Red\"Cookies<\/p>\n

Red wine and a pistachio macaroon for me from WF<\/abbr>.\u00a0 The other one is cappuccino flavored and Scott ate that.\u00a0 I ate the entire thing but should have stuck to the outer perimeter because the middle part had a thicker concentration of filling which was just too sweet for me.\u00a0 I should know better by now!\u00a0 I didn’t feel icky or anything afterwards, which is good! But I still ate it even though I didn’t care for the extra sweetness which I should have just stayed away from.\u00a0 Then I hit the sack for some ZZZZs.<\/p>\n

After a slight sleep-in I got up and got moving on Saturday. The one thing I love about Saturday mornings is that I can just pour my cup of coffee and sit down.\u00a0 Now I love morning runs and workouts but there is something calming and relaxing about being able to sit down with a mug of steaming coffee first thing instead of having to wait for it.<\/p>\n

\"Coffee\"<\/p>\n

I sipped on coffee while sitting in the office doing stuffs.\u00a0 Once I heard Scott fumbling around upstairs indicating he was up, I made some breakfast.<\/p>\n

\"Oatmeal\"<\/p>\n

Oats! With two nectarines chopped up and added right before serving.\u00a0 I love this even more than blueberry oats. :D\u00a0 And peaches in oats are great too! But they have to be fresh, I’ve tried frozen and it’s not as good.\u00a0 It just doesn’t provide the same sweetness or creaminess to the oats.<\/p>\n

After breakfast it was time for some MT<\/abbr>.\u00a0 After class was some quick errands and I mean quick because I was hungry!\u00a0 When we got back home I flip-flopped for ages on what to eat.\u00a0 I knew that my body wanted, and would only be happy with, veggies and fruit.\u00a0 However, we still needed to shower and get back out the door for more errands, so I didn’t want to take a whole bunch of time prepping things. Nor did I want to dirty a ton of stuff only to come back home to it later.\u00a0 I tried so many things. I had leftovers from yesterday’s lunch taco but I wasn’t feeling that at all.\u00a0 I heated up an Amy’s meal for Scott and some soup for me.\u00a0 One taste of the soup and it was blah! Couldn’t do it.\u00a0 Finally I bit the bullet and chopped up two veggies.<\/p>\n

\"Crackers,<\/p>\n

Carrots, cucumber slices, and some kashi honey sesame to dip in PB<\/abbr>.\u00a0 Melon goodness again. Scott was picking on me and calling this my appetizer plate. :p<\/p>\n

No smoothie because I didn’t feel like dragging the blender out.\u00a0 I know, I know! I wanted to keep lunch light and simple since it was later in the day and we needed to get moving.\u00a0 We had to run to Sam’s to pick up salad mix and veggies, then to Target just because, and some other places.\u00a0 Those errands took the rest of the day.\u00a0 We came back home to put things away and fed Rocky dinner.\u00a0 Then Scott said he wanted to take me out to dinner.\u00a0 Ooo!<\/p>\n

And we tried a new place but unfortunately we were seated in a very dark section and the pictures did not turn out. Even with me fiddling with them, they look too grainy and blah. So I’m just going to have to talk about our meals.<\/p>\n

We tried a new pub in Dublin called, The Dublin Village Tavern<\/a>.\u00a0 I was pretty excited to try it out because they had a “build your own salad” section on the menu.\u00a0 I’m all over that!\u00a0 We were seated at a very small bar table but neither of us cared. We were out having a good time and hanging together, so the table, while not the greatest, didn’t bother us at all. The company was more important than the seating arrangement.<\/p>\n

One of the items on the menu was warm pretzel bread with queso dip which Scott was all over.\u00a0 He loves him some pretzels so he ordered that right away.\u00a0 I snacked on the pretzel bread which was really tasty! The queso dip was a bit sketchy for me so I stayed away from that.\u00a0 To wash it down we shared a Smithwicks beer.\u00a0 I was pretty disappointed in this beer.\u00a0 It was a Irish red ale made by Guinness and it looked amazing.\u00a0 It had great dark amber colors but the taste didn’t quite follow suite. It was very watered down and tasted flat.\u00a0 Man what a bummer when a dark beer doesn’t taste great!<\/p>\n

Scott also ordered the house chowder for a starter.\u00a0 It was a ham and potato chowder with carrots and jalapenos for some extra depth.\u00a0 I had a small bite (no ham) and it was fabbo!\u00a0 Honestly one of the better chowders I’ve had out at a restaurant.\u00a0 Scott loved it and was trying to scoop the soup up that had spilled on the serving plate. :lol:<\/p>\n

Of course I got a build your own salad!\u00a0 There are two sections: you pick a salad base and then you pick a topper.\u00a0 The salad base I picked was Tavern salad: Mixed greens, bleu cheese crumbles, diced tomato, bacon & red onion.\u00a0 I asked for no bacon and my topper was grilled salmon.\u00a0 I got a balsamic dressing on the side.<\/p>\n

In all honesty I was really disappointed in my salad.\u00a0 I ordered a small and the small size was about the size of a salad you would get with a meal.\u00a0 Very small.\u00a0 The mixed greens was a combo of romaine and iceberg.\u00a0 The salmon was dry and flavorless.\u00a0 To their credit there was no butter or oil on the salmon but there also wasn’t any seasoning or anything.\u00a0 I cut the salmon fillet in half because it actually was huge!\u00a0 Mixed up my salad and chowed down.\u00a0 Since I wasn’t super hungry the salad ended up being a good amount.\u00a0 However, it could stand to have other greens in there especially since one of the other salad bases offered was a spinach salad.\u00a0 Put some of that spin in other salads if you’re going to say mixed greens!<\/p>\n

Scott got a chicken philly sandwich which he liked and that came with fries.\u00a0 I picked at some of his fries because they were yummy.\u00a0 In the end we would actually go back again because the staff and the atmosphere were great.\u00a0 Plus they have an awesome patio which I would love to be able to sit at next time.\u00a0 Now I know to get a bigger salad and a different topper.\u00a0 Also to their credit they have other veggie dishes available which is a lovely thing to see!\u00a0 I wish I could show you pictures! You all know I don’t like experiencing something and not be able to share that with you. :D<\/p>\n

We came home and took Rocks out for a quickie walk then it was time to chill in our jammies. Of course there was wine and dessert!<\/p>\n

\"Red\"VeganA glass of red wine, finally kicking that bottle which lasted us for three days. We rock!\u00a0 And that is delicious vegan chocolate pudding from WF<\/abbr>.\u00a0 It is awesome! I admit I was skeptical because it’s made with silken tofu and I don’t like tofu so I wrongly assumed that I wouldn’t like this.\u00a0 Way off base! It was fantasic.\u00a0 Rich, creamy, and dark chocolately goodness.\u00a0 Scott and I shared a container while we watched TV and snuggled.\u00a0 Then I headed off to bed. Great day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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