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The remainder of last night's chicken breasts got marinaded in lemon and garlic overnight. Grilled it tonight and served it with the rest of the pasta, pesto and some sun dried tomatoes.

 

Wood-fired vegan pizza





Bao rolls: two with panko breaded avocado and mango habanero aioli, one with crispy tofu and ginger pepper relish

Tater tots topped with tofu bacon and garlic onion jam


A drawing on the wall of the restaurant:



Vegan chorizo breakfast burrito:

 

Hope you enjoy your vacation with alot more ice cream to come! : )


French Breakfast on Saturday at Maison du Pain an authentic boulangerie, pâtisserie and southern French bistro



With so many delicacies, the choice was really not easy: fresh croissants, pain au chocolat, hot and cold Tartines, delicious soups, hearty quiches, fresh salads and finest pastries.

That's what we've ordered:



A bowl of Cafe au Lait and a bowl with warm milk with honey:



Pain au Chocolat- chocolate filled croissant and the best Croissant ever- so lightweight and buttery at the same time:



Apple Tarte Tatin - an upside down fruit pastry, made with caramelized apples and puff pastry:



Apple Tarte Tatin can be seen in the first picture, unfortunately we didn't snap a picture of the Tarte Tatin.

Soft boiled egg with french Baguette with Olive Oil:



Tartelelette Framboise with Meringue topping- delicate, lightweight made of whipped egg whites and sugar, and a rich fruity filling with fresh framboise:




Sunday's Breakfast:

Smoothie with Spinach, Pineapple, 2 Tablespoons Protein Porridge (Cocoa and Date) and Chia Seeds:



Greek Yogurt with Cornflakes.

Fried Eggs with Coconut Oil and Tabasco, Bacon with Cherry Tomatoes, Sesame, Almonds, Pomegranate Seeds, and Basil:

 

... Dinner at Maison du Pain



Homemade Ice Tea



Croque Delicieux- grilled Brioche with Pesto, buffalo mozzarella, and crabmeat



Salade au Gratin – Goat cheese, avocado, dark bread, walnuts, and honey




For dessert: Chocolate Cake

 

Sunday dinner is lamb meatballs (mint and paprika) with sweet potato oven chips. Making up some dipping sauces: creamy sun dried tomato & mustard with somehing or other. Some feta and couscous.

 

Pics!

 

Sorry. I'll try and take pics next time.

The sweet potato fries came out a bit charred in places but that doesn't affect the flavour, thankfully. You definitely need to toss them in oil as best you can, rather than just dribbling, to avoid that but, for obvious reasons, I'm trying to reduce the use of oil. The lean*ness of lamb made the meatballs a bit more dense and "smooth" , like swedish 'balls, than I would have liked. Going to use porridge oats rather than breadcrumbs the next time. Flavour wise though I was very happy with the mint & paprika. I often find that you can easily overdo mint and not have enough parpika. But I managed to get it just right this time. It was only about three grams of fresh leaves and two tspn of paprika. 1lb of lamb mince and 50g of breadcrumbs (made from some little italian garlic toasts). Got 12 reasonably sized meatballs out of it.

Made the dips using 2/3 yogurt to 1/3 light mayo for both: semi sun-dried tomatoes, lemon and seasoning blitzed in the food processor. Mustard and a little honey in the other.

 

Ooo! Positano is on my bucket list. I have an Italian colleague who says it's one of the most beautiful areas in the world.

 

i had a weekend of delights including pear white tea at my favorite (Star Wars themed) cafe:



and piles of sushi at a place i hadn't tried yet. meant to take a picture of the beautiful salads and nigiri, but was too hungry at first and forgot!



this gorgeous tree greeted me this morning as i crossed the campus on my way to work.
it's still definitely summer, but Fall is coming! : D

 

Looks like someone needs to start a “scenic views” thread, or maybe one about photography because those are gorgeous pics.

 

Made tofu scramble with chorizo this morning.

 

@Rodney-2187 is right, we need a scenic views thread!

... @NinjaRen haven't had the luxury of going on a vacation, but the trip to this french boulangerie on Saturday and taking a Cantina/ Social Media detox for a whole weekend really helped to recharge our batteries. We're thinking about doing this more often : D

 

OH...MY...HEAVEN.

 

what a stunning photo !

@Addi Ras i see that you were thinking of me (hence the 2nd spoon there ) - but i'm not overly keen on lemon... could you get something chocolatey next time?

 

a minute? would not be an issue if i was there.. it would be gone long before it had a chance to melt