A Holiday Weekend

I hope your holiday is spent seeing something beautiful and eating something delicious.

Sunday Funday

There are a lot of great brunch places in the city.  And I've eaten my way through plenty them, throwing back mimosas all along the way.  But sometimes, a girl has such specific cravings, that no one restaurant could possibly satisfy them all.  And so, you have to throw your own 6 course brunch party, just to make sure no stone is left unturned.  How do you kick off an eating bonanza like that?  With burrata and oven roasted truffled tomatoes...obviously.

And after such a light first course, the best thing to serve next is clearly bacon "steak".  Bacon "steak" is what happens when you ask your butcher to cut you 1 inch think slices of bacon, and then you slow roast it in the oven at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.  It's kind of the best thing that happened to me all day that day.  And my apartment didn't smell half bad either.

But bacon "steak" doesn't like to be alone.  So I made a little chimichurri to drizzle on top.  You could drizzle this chichurri on a car tire and it would taste delicious. 



And then, for course 3, I accidentally made one of the best dishes I've had in a very long time.  I shouldn't take full credit, but...I will.  Technically, it was significantly helped by my dad's sage-cornbread dressing, which I make sure to freeze, and keep in reserve at all times.  This sunday, the dressing was surrounded by a dairy-free (because clearly this meal is healthy) oven-roasted mushroom soup.

There was no talking during that course.  Well, that's not completely true.  At first bite, someone did say "Are you serious with this?!"  And then we went back to eating in silence.  Becasuse sometimes, there are no words.  Fortunately, I soon found my words to announce: "The next course is ready". 

I would be disgusted with myself if it weren't so delicious.  And truth be told, we had to put on some music and have a 20 minute dance break before I served this course...just to make a little more stomach space.

And then, because I recently bought an ice cream maker...and because I made the mistake of telling my friends they could each select a "flavor of the week"...and because it was finally the week for my most calorically irresponsible friend to choose...we had cinnamon toast ice cream for dessert.

Hhhhh....I need a nap.  And potentially to do a juice cleanse for 3 days.