food

  • On Brand – 21 June 26

    🍴: Mon – braised chicken, fennel, and artichokes — loosely based on this — over cauliflower mash. Tues – shrimp Caesar cabbage. Charred then lightly braised some dewdrop cabbage and did a quick shrimp sauté. It made sense in my head and worked out pretty well — even though I should have cut the dewdrop…

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  • On Brand – 14 June 26

    🍴: Mon – chicken and rice bake with fennel, mushrooms, and peas as inspired by this Tues – I had an event, so rando snacks, while Hampton had leftovers from Teeter Thai. Wed – basicass turkey taco Wednesday from Hampton before my Annwig rehearsal Thurs – I left work early for the big night, so…

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  • 🍴: Mon – simple lemony pasta with bay scallops, salad Tues – pork tenderloin with house Brussels (shredded with bacon, goat cheese, and currants) with mash Wed – out before my final dress and Hampton met up with friends downtown Thurs – stir fry with leftover grilled chicken Fri – leftovers/grazing Sat – a redux…

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  • 🍴: Mon – Burgers. Bacon. Fries. Salad. ‘Merica. Tues – pork tenderloin with a port wine/mushroom pan sauce, pan-roasted potatoes, salad Wed – Japanese Beef and Cabbage with Mentsuyu served on soba noodles from the newest Food & Wine. Hampton nailed it! Thurs – I went from jazz class to working on choreo with Ethan,…

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  • 🍴: Mon – coconut-braised cabbage with crispy lentils and lefse (Norwegian potato flatbread) Tues – almond-crusted salmon with green beans and mushrooms Wed – baked sage meatballs with parmesan orzo and salad Thurs – straight from jazz class from rehearsal, sooooo just a protein shake Fri – Sushi Empire Sat – Craft & Crust before…

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  • On Brand – 19 April 26

    🍴: Mon – shrimp and asparagus risotto to use up a bag of aging asparagus and the rest of that Riesling a friend left. Tues – gyro/taco shenanigans stuffing tortillas with seasoned ground turkey mixed with chopped up pre-made gyro meat that needed to be used up. Tzatziki, a cucumber/radish relish, and air-fried Brussels to…

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  • On Brand – 12 April 26

    🍴: Mon – Easter take 2. Lamb frites with a creamy mustard sauce and garden salad. Very bistro. But only vaguely better with the Crozes-Hermitage blend that didn’t work with the vinegary mint sauce the day before. Tues – Flat 493’s first breaded pork chops (I think?). The breading didn’t perfectly behave, but it was…

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  • On Brand – 5 April 26

    🍴: Mon – Hampton had bought pita for his lunches so we did Greekish burgers in pita with tzatzik and olives, fried Brussels ots. Tues – TJ’s umami butter chicken with potatoes and asparagus. Why have we not tried this before. So tasty! Wed – I had a late meeting before choir rehearsal so I…

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  • On Brand – 29 March 26

    🍴: Mon – Hampton wanted to do burgers tomorrow after we both had 6 p.m. events downtown, so he suggested a veg meal for the night before. We made this lentil and beet salad with some sautéed mushrooms and braised endive. Earthy, tangy, hearty, and no meat was missed. Tues – he was right, Barcelona…

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  • On Brand – 22 March 26

    🍴: Mon – a 30° degree temp drop + tornado warning + what I had to finally admit was probably a cold and not allergies + Hampton’s Friday = boxed Mac and cheese with Italian sausage, salad OTS, no regrets. Tues – I didn’t have rehearsal, so we planned to do bigass salads with shrimp…

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