Weekly Wanderings {week 19}
#lovewins
Antique.
Variety.
All the caprese, all summer long.
Fried catfish
Grilled salmon with mango salsa. Good stuff.
Rain!
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Links I’ve loved lately:
Some days work feels like this…
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#lovewins
Antique.
Variety.
All the caprese, all summer long.
Fried catfish
Grilled salmon with mango salsa. Good stuff.
Rain!
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Links I’ve loved lately:
Some days work feels like this…
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{photo credit: thethingswellmake}
a few of my favorite things on Fridgg this week:
the crackle crust on this cake! {Homemade Hooplah}
yes to all the ice cream sandwiches {Vanilla and Bean}
i would not complain if this breakfast magically showed up every morning {A_Boleyn}
the cutest tuxedo brownies {Sugarhero!}
summer means popsicles are allowed for every meal {Everyday Maven}
the flavor combination in these caramels sounds amazing {This Little Home}
another interesting flavor combo {Koki Doo}
everything about this curry soft-shell crab sounds like Son’s dream dish {Estalystic}
all the dumplings, all the time (and i love this photo styling!) {Oh, the Things We’ll Make!}
patriotic popsicles for the win! {Oh, the Things We’ll Make!}
pretty perfect puffs {Kitchen Sanctuary}
any asian eggplant dish automatically goes on my must-try list {The Endless Meal}
can you tell it’s totally popsicle season? {Shweta in the Kitchen}
i always love a good quesadilla, especially when there’s pulled pork involved {Babaganosh}
a potato dish fancy enough for a party {A La Place Clichy}
someone invite me to a picnic… i need a good excuse to make this potato salad! {Vanilla and Bean}
always love a good onion ring {Life Love and Good Food}
cheese + bacon + HOKKAIDO MILK BREAD = the bread of my dreams! {A_Boleyn}
craving these flakiest biscuits {Shrinking Single}
pork belly <3 {Krumpli}
all the chocolatey chocolate cupcakes {The Chewy Life}
thinking i need to buy some ricotta to try this mango dessert {Coconut Craze}
salmon, garlic, dill butter… all the deliciousness {Cooks with Cocktails}
any excuse to have something this indulgent for breakfast! {Charlotte’s Lively Kitchen}
speaking of indulgent breakfasts, this grilled peach parfait sounds fabulous and oh, so summery {Kitchen Sanctuary}
my Friday Fridgg Favorites are a very small selection of the photos and recipes on Fridgg that I’ve loved in the past week. this is by no means an all-encompassing list of what’s awesome on Fridgg this week. take a look, and find your favorites!
do you have a favorite that I didn’t mention? let me know in the comments!
When you have a case of the Mondays… a fun breakfast helps. 😀
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Met some friends at Manpuku for Japanese BBQ.
… or Korean BBQ? I’m still not entirely sure.
Either way, it was seriously delicious.
And soooo much food. It wasn’t super pricey, but we still all left very satisfied.
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Took Son’s dad to Little Saigon for Father’s Day.
They have about a bazillion little food-to-go places, where you can buy tons of different Vietnamese foods to take home and eat later.
We somehow ended up stopping by seven of them. o_0
(I may or may not have snuck a piece of this bò lá lốt while Son and his dad were in another shop.)
Then, for dinner, we ended up at a snail place (which happened to also be the seventh food-to-go shop).
Yes, snails. In the egg rolls. It was actually pretty tasty!
Super spicy fermented pork belly (I didn’t try this one)
Pandan waffle (I *definitely* tried this one… quite a bit. 😀 )
Balogna-type meat, with snails. The fried ones were really tasty.
Banh beo – one of my favorite Vietnamese foods.
Banh canh… kind of reminds me of Japanese udon.
Banh bot loc la. The food just kept coming… and unfortunately by this time I could only have a bite of it, but it was tasty! We got some to go. 😀
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And, on Father’s Day, a repeat of the hot milk cake I made for his birthday this year. Good stuff. ^_^
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Currently reading:
I finished Perfect State, by Brandon Sanderson, in about a day. An interesting short story worth reading, especially if you’re a fan of his Reckoners series.
Currently re-reading Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan. I discovered his writing sometime last year, and instantly read everything I could find that he had published. Although he’s a new author, I would put him on the same level as Robert Jordan or Brandon Sanderson (who, I believe, is Brian McClellan’s mentor). The third book in the trilogy, The Autumn Republic, came out earlier this year, and I put off reading it because I didn’t want the series to end (please tell me I’m not the only one who does that?), so I’m now re-reading the first two books (and all his Powder Mage short stories and novellas) before getting into The Autumn Republic.
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Links I’ve loved lately:
What is the greatest good? How do you make sure your money makes the most impact when donating to charities?
If you’re a nerd like me, then you’ll probably find this article about Obama and his geeks very interesting.
GOATS. IN. PAJAMAS. The best thing I’ve watched all year. 😀
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Weekly Wanderings posts may include affiliate links. All opinions are my own.
{photo credit: Frosting and a Smile}
a few of my favorite things on Fridgg this week:
all over these doughnuts {Homemade Hooplah}
buttery, cheesy, garlicky deliciousness! {Lemon and Lime Thyme}
my favorite indian dish {Pepper Garlic Chicken}
indulgent… but still kinda healthy from the oatmeal, right? {Worth Whisking}
i’ll take any excuse to have chocolate and peanut butter for breakfast {Pack Momma}
super cute, and tasty too! {Estalystic}
can’t go wrong with curry rice and cheese! {Otaku Food}
the tastiest-looking zucchini pasta i’ve ever seen {45 Degrees}
ramen carbonara is my favorite mash-up {Dude For Food}
this pinata cake is so much fun! {From My Lemony Kitchen}
always with the chocolate peanut butter {Frosting and a Smile}
the prettiest beet salad i ever have seen {Eatwell 101}
a totally indulgent, but still healthy, smoothie {Eva in the Kitchen}
such beautiful styling {CaliZona}
in a burger mood, now {Love Bakes Good Cakes}
i adore jam in layer cakes {Jane’s Adventures in Dinner}
have i ever told you that maple doughnuts have always been my absolute favorite? {SugarHero!}
a beautiful, beautiful mulberry tart {Vintage Kitty}
a perfect summer cake {A Night Owl}
the prettiest patriotic pie cookies {Homemade Hooplah}
i’d love a bowl of this strawberry mousse {Simply Stacie}
such a tasty-sounding skillet pie {MJ’s Kitchen}
you can’t go wrong with peanut butter-banana ice cream {The Endless Meal}
fabulous-sounding salmon {The Endless Meal}
love this idea for frosting photo styling {Love Bakes Good Cakes}
look at those beautiful crackly tops! {Eatwell 101}
this chicken is finger-lickin’ indeed! {Krumpli}
a most father’s day appropriate steak sandwich {Cooks with Cocktails}
this garlic parmesan soda bread sounds delicious! {This Little Home}
love the sound of this thai chicken flatbread sandwich {Bobbi’s Kozy Kitchen}
my Friday Fridgg Favorites are a very small selection of the photos and recipes on Fridgg that I’ve loved in the past week. this is by no means an all-encompassing list of what’s awesome on Fridgg this week. take a look, and find your favorites!
do you have a favorite that I didn’t mention? let me know in the comments!
This week in my world…
Typical lunch.
Sent Son to the drugstore because we were out of potato chips, and he came back with these. Not complaining, they were actually pretty delicious.
Toast.
It felt like vacation… because the only time I’m ever somewhere that it’s this hot and humid at 9pm is on vacation. ^_^
Ear.
Gardening vicariously though the tomatoes my brother and his girlfriend planted at my dad’s house.
Baby tomato! (Also, wall.)
Some days, supermarket sushi will have to do.
Classic Santouka ramen.
Tried Rita’s Italian Ice for the first time, on my dad’s recommendation. Got the mango and vanilla gelati, and LOVED it.
Spicy tuna onigiri from the Mitsuwa Gourmet Fair. Tastes like the onigiri from Japan. <3
This onigiri was the bomb. It was even named “The Bomb”!
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Links I’ve loved lately:
Reading as therapy? I’m totally down with that.
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Weekly Wanderings posts may include affiliate links. All opinions are my own.