Bagel Breakfast

 

This is one of my favorite breakfasts ever. All you need is cream cheese, smoked salmon, and chives mixed together and spread on a toasted bagel. It's so filling, savory and delicious. Plus smoked salmon is super great for you!

Thoughts from the Coffee Shop

I'm sitting in a bustling coffee shop, overlooking the bay and working on my English class discussion. The disjointed conversations around me, the hiss of the espresso machine and the clink of silverware on plates provides a soundtrack for me as I drink my decaf macadamia nut latte. So far, several interesting things have happened. 

A lady has fallen backwards out of her chair...several kind gentleman came over to help her and she pushed them away, embarrassingly and loudly proclaiming that she's fine. 

A small family (they look like tourists) came in with a whole bunch of bananas. They sit at a table and eat their bananas. 

Another man comes down from the loft and he is also eating a banana. 

Yet another lady throws away her banana peel. The coffee shop does not sell bananas. 

The lady in front of me buys $130 dollars worth of coffee, pastries, and a bracelet. 

A couple sitting close to me are arguing about how to say Cuba. The man insists a coo-ba, his wife laughs and says cue-ba. 

There's a lot more even. 

 nothing like rainy days, cozy socks, and school planning :) 

Some of My Favorite Movies

Parent Trap 

Aladdin 

Jumanji 

Dan in Real Life

The Proposal 

Italian Job 

Leap Year 

Christmas with the Kranks 

Father of the Bride

Tangled 

Gelato Flavors I Think Should Exist

 I work in a gelato shop...we have over 50 flavors. 

Our sorbet flavors include grapefruit, lemon, litchi, green apple, mango, pineapple, peach, pear, fruits of the forest, chocolate and strawberry.

Our gelato flavors include mint, cookies n cream, midnight mint, chocolate, ruby chocolate, vanilla, tiramisu, honeycomb, salted pretzel, cherry, cinnamon toast crunch, bon bon, cotton candy, fruity pebbles, butter pecan, lemon meringue, hazelnut, pistachio, coconut, coffee, peanut butter...and more. 

But I have a lot of flavors that I want to be added to our rotation. Here are just a few. 

    snickerdoodle (autumn season) 

    caramel apple (autumn season) 

    turtle (caramel, cashew, chocolate) 

    strawberries n cream

    peaches n cream

    lemon lime sorbet

    Reese's peanut butter cup

    maple bacon 

    cookie dough

    eggnog (obviously seasonal) 

    apple pie 

    rocky road (chocolate, walnut, and marshmallow) 

    strawberry shortcake 

    raspberry white chocolate

    

    

BBQ Burger Recipe

 I shared this in my What I Eat for a Day, but I really think it deserves its own post. I've been very fascinated with cooking recently, so when I decided to have the leftover hamburger for lunch I decided to fancy it up a little bit. 

I started out with caramelizing some onions, I chopped about quarter of a yellow onion into thin slices in a small saucepan on medium heat, stirring occasionally. I love caramelizing onions and these were the best ones so far, soft and aromatic and slightly sweet with a beautiful browning. 

In a small pan I melted a bit of butter with bacon bits and chives picked straight from the garden until the bacon was barely sizzling. I put that aside and toasted a burger bun in the same pan, and then reheated the beef patty with some cheddar cheese. 

For assembly I just piled some onions and the bacon chive mixture on top of the cheese on the burger (it was a bit messy), generously applied barbecue sauce and enjoyed. 

Literally, if the beef patty was made from scratch I think this might've been one of my favorite burgers ever. It was smoky with a hint of sweetness and the chives I think really helped it out. Highly recommend!

Day in the Life [on my day off]

woke up at 6:30 

devos (in Isaiah currently) 

read a little of my book

got ready for the day (this includes lots of cuddles with my cat) 

went downstairs and had a glass of water

made + enjoyed a smoothie 

emptied the dishwasher 

blogged

made a latte for my mom <3 

some research 

played my guitar 

more cuddles with my cat 

said goodbye to the first puppy going home with his new family 

planned out some recipes 

family chit chat 

made a fantastic lunch (cheese dip for my sister, a glorified leftover hamburger for me) 

got ready to head into town 

last day of dog school for Tucker! happy graduation! 

ate dinner 

family prayer

worked out 

got ready for bed 

cuddles with my cat...again 

fell asleep! 

what I eat in a day [monday]

8:00 am water

8:23 am Breakfast Smoothie: frozen blueberries, raspberries and blackberries blended with yogurt, protein powder, and almond milk (I like to put coconut shreds in the bottom!) I love to put frozen spinach or baby greens in smoothies but we were out :(

water :) 

2:41 pm BBQ BACON BURGER WITH CARAMELIZED ONIONS, CHIVES AND CHEDDAR (culinary career? this was one of the best burgers I'd ever had). with baby carrots on the side.

water 

more water 

5:56 Snack (we were in town)

9:26 Tortilla Soup 

water

water :-) 

twin names a-z

 August + Adeline 

Bowen + Birdie 

Carter + Cadence

David + Delilah 

Ezra + Elodie 

Finnegan + Flora 

Greyler + Gracelyn 

Henry + Haven 

Isaiah + Isla

Justice + Janie 

Knox + Kinleigh 

Landon + Lillian 

Mack + Millie 

Nathaniel + Natalie 

Oliver + Oakley 

Patrick + Piper 

Quentin + Quincy 

Rhodan + Rosemary 

Sawyer + Shiloh 

Timothy + Tatum 

Uriah + Una 

Van + Violet 

Wesley + Willow 

Xavier + Xena 

Yuri + Yvette 

Zealand + Zenith