simple weekend recap: edition 10

Late last week, I headed over to the new waterfront area restaurant, Trade,

 to try a few small plates (and cocktails)...

Grilled squid and fried tentacles with beans, olives and vinegar peppers

Baked mushroom and ricotta tart with lemon and endive

...before heading to Mike's Pastry for some cannolis and a lobster tail.

I made a chicken (and soup) to fend off the flu season...

 

...and a nice neighbor left some goodies from her garden 

on our porch (squash, parsley & rosemary)!

 

 

T & I tested out our new, respective, nespresso machines...

 

 

 

 

 

...while the animals rested up for the tough week ahead!

 

 

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simple weekend recap: edition 9

A gray and rainy holiday weekend began with a delicious dinner at 80 Thoreau, as always, with friends. After a late night of catching up, I slept in before heading to a late brunch at Aka Bistro in Lincoln. 

A bowl of warm soup, a massive salad, and the best french fries

 & garlic aioli in the world for brunch...

 

followed by experimenting with finger limes, which are like lime caviar...

little balls of lime that pop in your mouth...

 

 

Sunday morning I made no-knead bread from a Le Creuset recipe, while T installed 

some of our new aesthetic changes to the house...

 

 

 

 

before heading out for date-night at Lolita.

 

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simple weekend recap: edition 3

This past weekend was one of the warmest this year. Moose and Erin were not fans of this heat, and neither was I! The heat was oppressive and forced me to be a homebody tucked in with the shades down and all of the fans on while watching some movies I had lined up.

The weekend started off on the right foot...with bacon! My favorite way to make bacon is to bake it on a cooling rack at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Nice and crispy and not swamped in grease.

 

 

Made some brunch hash with potato, onion, eggs, cheese, and fresh chives. Super easy & quick recipe tomorrow!

 

Sunday dinner was one of my favorite & simplest recipes of all times, shrimp scampi! Recipe later this week!

Now that the heat has momentarily broken...it's time to be social! Later this week I will be heading out for a Whim pop-up series dinner at Smolak Farms in North Andover. Social....and foodie...my favorite combination!

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monday: simple weekend recap edition 1

After a busy weekend of guests rotating in and out, it's back to normal. Went out to two dinners (Bistro du Midi and 80 Thoreau) but was a terrible photographer and did not do well with that aspect this weekend...oops! This is the first of the "monday: simple weekend recap"s. Easy peasy, no pressure Mondays.

 

 

 

 

 

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