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Eat your veggies!!

It’s recommended that we eat 5-9 servings of fruits and veggies per day and most of us (including myself) don’t really get that far.  In an effort to eat more and also experiment with new ingredients, we signed up for the “Farm Fresh to You” program.  We signed up for the small mixed box for $25 and we opted for once every 4 weeks for now.  Today our first shipment arrived and we got kale, beets!, spinach, apples, pears, green beans, tomatoes, and baby lettuce.

It’s all organic and the produce comes from local farms.  They send whatever is in season at the moment and you hope that you get stuff that you like.  Can’t wait to figure out how to cook the kale and beets.  Anyone have a good recipe?!

Yummy.

Jes and I had dinner at a new restaurant that opened nearby and I had a really yummy cauliflower creme brulee.  Sounded weird but I was intrigued and ordered it.  I certainly was not disappointed.  It was savory and smooth with a touch of sweetness from the thin sugar layer on top.  It also had with sunchoke escabeche and truffled wild arugula on top for extra flavor and texture.  The rest of the meal was just as delicious but this was by far the highlight.

Saturday Supper

We invited the Sokol-Juns over for dinner last night and Ryan challenged Jes to make a non-beef meal.  So we went into our Ad Hoc at Home book and made some scrumptious crispy chicken thighs over fennel and olives.  I was a bit worried about eating fennel since I hate the taste of black licorice but they were cooked enough that I just kept eating them.

We also had new potatoes and asparagus on the side.  The potatoes were made with the fresh herbs from my “garden”.  Heh heh.

I also made some box brownies and Jack (and his dad) loved them.

You really can’t beat brownies and ice cream. Yum yum!

Little Baby Reese slept through dinner and Koa kept trying to get a better sniff of her.  Fortunately, Jack has learned to be a Big Brother and said “Don’t eat baby sister, Koa!”  It was pretty darn cute.

Food, Drinks, and Buttons

I attended my first Yelp Elite event on Monday and Jes was my +1.  The event was going to be just around the corner from home so it was a good one to RSVP for and luckily I got in!

So after work, we walked to the restaurant and had a fun time eating, drinking, taking photobooth photos, and people-watching.  I was a little worried about what kind of people I’d have to be in the same room with but it turned out to be a pretty big venue and everyone was just doing their own thang.

I also managed to collect an array of miniature buttons that were sprinkled on all the tables.  I heart free food and drinks with a little shwag on top.

McWino Birthday

Last Tuesday was my 35th birthday.  I had just gotten home from LA and Jes was still in NYC.  Luckily, I have some pretty good friends at work and they were happy to celebrate with me on a school night.  In February, we had a Happy Hour on my roof with wine and Chicken McNuggets.  We had such a good time that we decided to have Round Two for my birthday.

We ordered McNuggets and fries, packed Oreos for dessert, and had 4 bottles of wine to share.  Didn’t finish it all but it was fun trying.  It was also the last day of the heat wave in SF, which made it perfect for a rooftop HH.

The girls and I had a fun time snacking, drinking, and laughing and they all made it home safely.  I had a great birthday and went back to work the next day feeling happy to be a year older.

Here are the photos.

An Evening of Food and Wine

Last night Project by Project SF held their 1st Annual Plate by Plate Event to raise funds for APA Family Support Services.  I volunteered to be one of their photographers so I got to attend at no cost and tasted food and wine from local restaurants and wineries.  It was quite a production and Susie didn’t seem to rest all night.  I bought Jes a ticket but he ended up having to volunteer for a couple hours too.  He somehow got roped into pouring champagne at the front door for a good hour or two until I said something to one of the organizers.

I also got to meet Chef Dominique Crenn of Luce.  She competed for the title of the Next Iron Chef and Jes and I have had many awesome dinners at her restuarant here in SF.

The food was tasty and the wine was flowin’ all night. I some pretty yummy appetizers and had a really yummy lemon cupcake with raspberry frosting (pictured above).

They also had a silent auction and we won tickets to an SFPC Christmas performance for $20 and I scored a bag for $20. The Lams bid on and won a painting that one of their friends created.

There were a few “celebrities” in attendance too.  I didn’t recognize any of their names so I had to look them up ahead of time so that I knew who to take photograph.  One of the girls was Jamie Chung from the movie “Grown Ups” and “Real World San Diego” (above) and the other was Tammy Jih from Amazing Race.

The DJ was spinning all night and there was also a band playing during the latter half of the event.  It definitely was quite the party and we had a good time.

Here are the rest of the photos I took last night.