A few summers ago I took a different weekend trip to New York City and had this drink for the first time. I've wanted to re-create it since then but was never sure if it was the setting that made the drink seem so great or if the drink was also great on its own. Apparently the drink can stand on its own. Ingredients Fruit popsicles Champagne or other sparkling wine Recipe Get a big wine glass (aka a red wine glass), fill it with champagne, ... Read the Post...
Bruschetta Recipe
My absolute favorite thing to make in the summertime is bruschetta. It's so easy and bright and fresh and barely requires any cooking or effort so it's the ideal meal when it's 100 degrees and 90% humidity outside and you don't want to use heat to cook. Ingredients 1-2 big Heirloom tomatoes (you can use any tomatoes, I just like heirlooms for the colors and sweetness) 3 cloves of garlic 1/2 onion (yellow or sweet) A handful of basil leaves Salt ... Read the Post...
Book Update No. 2
Goals update time! I'm still working on my goal of reading 100 books this year, though things have slowed down a bit since my last update. As much as I wish I'd been able to keep up with my reading pace, I know that I've been busy doing other things (important things) and that's why I've read many fewer books. I read about six books in April (since my last update), which is way fewer than I read in March but I'm going to take every book finished ... Read the Post...
Whole30 Recap
Okay so you all probably remember back when I told you that Brandon and I were going to do Whole30 again for the month of April. Basically we decided to go all-in this time instead of doing a modified version that we did last summer. And today is May 1st aka the day that technically I'm "allowed" to break Whole30 and either do the bit by bit re-introduction of different foods or just say f*ck it and eat whatever I want. Except...I did that on ... Read the Post...