My
summer holidays always go by so quickly - just like that I am back to work on Monday. I am going to miss my walks in the morning. This summer has been so unbelievably beautiful, and basically every day after breakfast I went on a 6 km walk. It felt so good to get up and get moving early in the day.
This summer I also got really into
baking bread, and made a loaf probably at least twice a week.
Over the past couple weeks my homemade bread made it's way into most of my
breakfasts:
But sometimes breakfast didn't include bread:
And other times I had my friend
Keith's homemade lemon rosemary
bread:
Other eats over the last couple weeks have included this tomato, basil, burrata
salad:
Borscht with
perishke (Ukrainian cottage-cheese filled buns with cream):
Veggie burgers:
Ginger noodles with chicken and broccoli:
Goat meatballs with
salad,
potatoes, and chimchurri sauce:
Ribs with
corn and
potato:
Christopher made an amazing
Korean BBQ sauce for the ribs that I hope he makes again soon.
Maple-glazed, pepper-crusted
salmon with
halloumi-stuffed portobello and
salad:
Chicken Alfredo pizza with black olives, corn, jalapenos, parmesan, and cheddar:
Jerk pork chops with
corn, and halloumi, mushroom, tomato
skewers:
I've baked a couple
pies in the past two weeks. Our friends gave us a box of apples from their yard, so first up was an
apple pie.
And this week I made a bourbon,
chocolate pecan pie:
And because we can never resist the special
Lays flavours when they come out, we bought a bag of
Grilled Cheese Lays chips:
They were okay, but nothing special.
This week has been one of the busiest in recent memory for
social get-togethers. On Tuesday it was my
mother-in-law's birthday so we took her and my father-in-law out for dinner to
Avenue. We all shared the pork belly, asparagus, and feature small-plate (asparagus risotto) to start:
I ordered the
pork chop, and Christopher ordered the
scallops and
peas and carrots, but we ended up
switching meals after a couple bites (this happens sometimes; actually usually we just share everything we order). He liked the pork chop dish more than I did, and I thought his peas and carrots were pretty yummy.
His parents had the
chicken and the
beef wellington.
We had a really nice night out with them!
On
Wednesday evening we met up in the
park with our friends
Keith and Fanta, as well as
Matt and Alissa and their two girls. Keith BBQd
ribs and made some delicious
bread and
coleslaw to enjoy with them. We brought a
corn salad, and everyone brought
beverages.
It was a beautiful evening, and we really enjoyed spending time with these great friends. We sat outside visiting for hours.
Last night we cooked
hotdogs over the fire for a
work gathering over at a coworker's place.
Tonight we're headed to my
sister's for dinner,
tomorrow we're going to a
wedding, and on
Sunday we have an
event as well! It's the week of
social engagements for us!
What are you up to this weekend?
