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Thanksgiving Weekend Things

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Hang in with me here on this “3 things” theme, okay?

3 Things I Renovated This Weekend:

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Our kitchen!  The tile (and all the super hard to remove glue) is gone!  Hardwoods today!  Also, I swear I just got permission from Joey to post this hilarious picture.

Our bathroom.  We just had paint to touch up and a mirror to hang, both of which we did on Saturday.  I LOVE how it all looks.  Pictures to come, I promise.

Our hallway shelving.  Apparently old houses have built in shelving units?  I decided to put our collection of paint samples to use by doing a gray ombre shelf pattern.  I’m not quite done yet but I like what I see so far.

3 Things I Bought This Weekend:

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This red rose.  We ran out to the store on Wednesday night after I mis-measured and botched the green bean casserole (doh!), only to find a ticket on my car.  Apparently the city street sweeps once a month and Wednesday was the day.  I had no idea 😦  The rose was my cheer up mechanism.

Brown boots.  I threw away my way worn out pair earlier this year without anything to replace them and it’s been a real struggle.  Okay, maybe that’s dramatic, but there have been so many times where I’ve wished I still had that way worn out pair rather than no pair.  I finally bit the bullet and bought a pair that was on sale at Nordstrom.

A facial package.  I just realized that this is a list of 3 things I bought for myself which seems pretty selfish, but this one was in celebration of Small Business Saturday so that counts as selfless, right?

3 Things I Ate This Weekend:

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This giant crepe.  There’s a breakfast “joint” real close to our house that we’d been dying to try so we finally walked over yesterday morning (having your kitchen torn up is a great excuse to go out!).  Their specialty is hash but I went the crepe route and wasn’t blown away by the food.  The latte, however, was worth going back again.

Short ribs, polenta and bacon brussel sprouts.  We tried out a new restaurant (Prohibition) with Hannah and Josh on Saturday night and loooved it.  It wasn’t in the best neighborhood but the food was good, the drinks were delicious and it wasn’t too crowded.  We will be back!

Dinner delivered by my family.  They came over to see the house progress and brought a ton of food from Noodles since they knew we didn’t have a kitchen.  They are the best 🙂

3 Things I Watched This Weekend:

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Guys, did you get as caught up in the Harry Potter marathon as I did this weekend?  HP was my jam when all the movies and books were coming out.  Every summer I would buy then read the entire book in days.  Because that’s what all middle schoolers were doing during their summer breaks, right?  I was so zoned into the premier of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 on Saturday night that it was slightly embarrassing.

Lots of James Bond.  And all I can say is… More please!

The end of the Auburn/Alabama game.  Okay, I couldn’t care less about football but even I thought the end of this game was crazy.  How sad were those child Alabama fans that were crying after that final play?

3 Things I Laughed About This Weekend:

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The homeless lady who knocked on the glass next to our window at dinner and blew kisses at Josh.  And also that our dinner bill came inside a book that customers are allowed to leave their mark in.  That bottom left comment is so poetic, isn’t it?

All the old men dancing on Friday  night when we went to see a potential wedding band.  They were going crazy for “Shout.”  That’s the unofficial wedding reception song, right?

Joey throwing a fit because I packed his precious bag of candy when I boxed up our kitchen.  I think he actually thought he would die without Reese’s Pieces.

What 3 things did you do this weekend?

Weekend Things: Lemon Ricotta Pancakes with Blueberry Sauce

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This weekend I…

Got a special package delivered straight from New Orleans. <— Thanks, Uncle!

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My mom said I shouldn’t have shared with everyone at work.  I argued that then I wouldn’t be able to brag that I have family in New Orleans or see the look on people’s faces when you say “don’t accidentally eat the baby!”

Enjoyed Friday evening Happy Hour.

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We tried a new place in Louisville.  It was cute, affordable, and the pizza was delicious but it just wasn’t the Med.

Cooked a delicious Saturday night dinner.

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Beef stroganoff, mustardy brussel sprouts and red wine.  I’m on a mission to become a wino but I currently know nothing about wine and am paranoid that liquor store employees are suspicious when I wander around the wine section for so long before finally making a decision.

Had dinner and well, more King Cake at my parents’ on Sunday  night.

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My mom found the baby, continuing my streak of not finding the baby.  FYI this is a Mardi Gras tradition.  You hide this plastic baby inside the King Cake and the person who finds it in their piece is in charge of hosting the party the next year.

Other weekend highlights would include…

An outdoor run, seeing Gangster Squad (Ryan Gosling, you so cool), me pretending to work on the puzzle but actually just watching TV instead while Joey comes up with some systematic way to finish all the sky parts that are left, coffee with Hannah, bottling our beer and booking a trip to Vegas for my sister’s 21st birthday!!  I think I’m more excited than she is.

Oh!  and Lemon Ricotta Pancakes with Blueberry Sauce!

Last week we made “the lazy man’s quiche” aka a fritatta, with ricotta cheese.  It was delicious by the way, but we had leftover ricotta that I didn’t want to waste, so ricotta pancakes were born.  Lemon and blueberries are the obvious pairings for such pancakes and they turned out to be really delicious.

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Lemon Ricotta Pancakes with Blueberry Sauce

For the pancakes:

  • 1 cup AP flour
  • 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1/2 cup ricotta
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg white
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • 1/2-2/3 cup milk (enough to get batter to the right consistency — you want it slightly thick)

For the blueberry sauce:

  • 1 cup blueberries
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • juice of half a lemon
  1. In a large bowl, combine flours, salt, baking soda baking powder and sugar.
  2. In another bowl, combine ricotta, egg, egg white, milk and lemon juice.
  3. Add ricotta mixture to dry ingredients, mix until just combined and allow to sit for 5 minutes.
  4. Heat a griddle, and drop batter by the 1/4 cup once hot.  Once bubbles start to form, flip pancakes and cook on the other side.
  5. While pancakes are cooking, combine blueberries, water and lemon juice in a sauce pot.  Bring to a boil, then mash blueberries, reduce heat and simmer 5-10 minutes or until thickened.
  6. Top pancakes with blueberry sauce and devour!

Now what to do with the 1 cup of ricotta that’s still left over.

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What did you do this weekend?

Do you know what a King Cake is?

What’s your favorite weekend breakfast to indulge in?