finally got a mandolin......officially became a life changing kitchen tool.............
these however...completely unnecessary but needed them for some reason....little Japanese food picks or something with animals on them!
Zero at the vet again......waiting for her steroid shot to combat major itchiness.....good thing she isn't competing in the Olympics......
she gets so many complements on her harness...except everyone always thinks she's a boy.....she's just not a pink kind of dog.......
the other night, my Mom made the insanity that is Christina Tosi's Compost Cookie from Momofuku Milk Bar. I brought some home from NY last February and these taste exactly like them - but veganized.....
the stack she initially gave us was a little bigger but Phil and I have been going through them pretty quickly....
phil and I had brunch this past weekend at Olive and Thyme......
they make an amazing matcha blast drink!
it felt like were in Napa - nice to escape for a bit before you have to do something mundane like get a smog check..............
yay for the end of a short week - the weekend couldn't get here fast enough! first thing we'll be doing Saturday morning is trying these pickled radishes/carrots/jalepenos I made the other night.....
then it's checking more things off my to do list around the house - take out old AC wall units, do a lot of little patching and painting from the aftermath of AC being put in, make a succulent chandelier for the patio, spray the old surfboard orange, tend to the veggie garden, etc...........can't wait!
my latest bedtime reading........
I've been waiting all week just to be outside in our backyard for the day!
started with Watermelon Lime agua frescas (just watermelon, lime juice, and water in a blender)...........
and tried my hand at grilled pizzas (from here).........
sausage, basil leaves, mozzarella medallions and basil pesto.........
and sausage with arugula, gruyere, and tomato sauce..........
you really have to work fast with these once they're on the grill, but good thing I like my pizzas to look rustic................
off to make a surfboard table...............
My parents helped us out bigtime a couple days before Christmas -knowing we had to host Phil's family on Christmas day - they came and did the yard (we had just had a huge windstorm) and filled all our empty window boxes with succulents......
the house looked perfectly put together! This was our little early brunch spread on Christmas day......
We've got a makeshift dining room at the moment.....
Beautiful poppies from Sheridan Gardens nursery - they lasted about 2 seconds but they sure were pretty...................
A couple of Virgin Bloody Mary's to start the morning (made with our juicer of course).........
Although, I've never had a Bloody Mary and I'm not sure what's in one - mine has tomatoes, apples, kale, parsley, and oranges, and tabasco of course. It tastes more like a tomato gazpacho - pretty good!
