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SUNDAY BRUNCH: Rialto

Posted on 04.14.2013 by Lindsey • 0 Comments • Leave a Comment! • Orange County, Sunday Brunch

Good morning! Do you have your cup of coffee in hand? Or tea…there seems to be more tea around lately. Or is it just me? For the record, I have zero intentions of crossing over to the lighter and healthier side. I thought I’d just make that clear from the get-go.

And…on to brunch at the lovely Rialto Cafe in Downtown Fullerton. This 1920′s movie theater turned cafe is a must. They’ve created the perfect balance of retro & chic.

I asked my waitress to order for me, again. It tends to be my thing. Thankfully, most of the people I brunch with chalk it up to the fact that I blog. I must want the most frequently ordered item on the menu or the waitress’s favorite entree. But really, I just get overwhelmed by menus. I’m not that cool…just paralyzed. How should I know if I want bacon & blue cheese in a quiche or sprinkled over a fried egg? I don’t.

Well, I didn’t know until I took the first bite of my bacon & blue cheese quiche. I for sure always want the bacon & blue cheese in a quiche. And you probably do too! Try it. Let the blue cheese melt in your mouth while bursts of bacon pop all around. Seriously. Best. Quiche. Ever.

However, not my best pictures ever. Somehow I got to the cafe without my camera. Oh, well. Thank you iPhone!

How do you like your bacon & blue cheese?

Happy Sunday & brunching…

 

SUNDAY BRUNCH: Quinoa Breakfast Bars

Posted on 04.08.2013 by Lindsey • 0 Comments • Leave a Comment! • Recipes, Sunday Brunch

These babies are delicious, hit your sweet tooth, and do a body good! Multitasking is their number one skill.

I like these because you can make them on Sunday and have a couple days of healthy, on-the-go breakfasts. There are TOO many mornings that I am running late and don’t have time to make breakfast. These transformed my mornings.

Ingredients:

-3 cups cooked quinoa
-1 can (15 ounces) coconut milk
-1/2 cup honey
-1 cup dried prunes
-1 teaspoon of vanilla
-3 tablespoons cocoa powder
-1/4 cup brown sugar
-Cinnamon to taste
-1/2 cup slivered almonds

 

Directions:

1. Bring coconut milk & prunes to a boil. Reduce to a simmer.
2. Simmer until you can mash the prunes and coconut milk together.
3. Add honey & vanilla.
4. Add cocoa powder & brown sugar.
5. Add cinnamon & slivered almonds.
6. Add cooked quinoa. You can add flour to thicken the consistency. It should not be runny. Everything should stick together nicely.
7. Spread in 13X9 glass baking dish lined with parchment paper & bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.
8. Let cool & cut into desired size squares.
9. Wrap individual bars in parchment paper for convenience.

Finally, let them transform your mornings!

What is your favorite convenience breakfast recipe? Please share!

SUNDAY BRUNCH: Blue Frog

Posted on 02.25.2013 by Lindsey • 0 Comments • Leave a Comment! • Orange County, Sunday Brunch

I finally brunched this weekend!!!! Yay to the yay.

We, my childhood friend Marissa and I, hit another little cafe in Old Towne Orange called Blue Frog. It was hoppin’…pun intended. Haha. What can I say? I’m in a great mood and it’s about time!

Guess what I started with??? If you guessed coffee then you’re correct! I’m pretty sure I told our cashier that she was my favorite person of the day as she handed over the steamy cup of wonderful goodness.

It was busy so we had plenty of time to catch up before our food came. Sometimes I don’t understand the whole “let’s go grab a meal and catch up” thing. We aren’t supposed to talk with our mouths full, right? Thankfully, we dodged the whole awkward situation of trying to not talk with food in our mouths.

I enjoyed the egg muffin, as suggested by a Blue Frog employee and Marissa gave two thumbs up to the breakfast burrito. I’d be interested to know if breakfast burritos are as popular in other states, countries, cities, homes…you get the idea. It seemed like more people ordered breakfast burritos than anything else! What’s the deal?

Happy brunching to all you out there! And please, I’d love some answers to the many I posed…

 

 

SUNDAY BRUNCH: La Galette Creperie

Posted on 02.03.2013 by Lindsey • 0 Comments • Leave a Comment! • Orange County, Sunday Brunch

There is a crepe place that I pass almost everyday and every time I try to remember to remember to go for Sunday Brunch. I’ve never remembered, but I did finally make it to a creperie.

La Galette Creperie is right on the main beach in San Clemente. I’m a fan of laid back establishments that serve fancy food. Yes, I think crepes are fancy.

My sister and I shared a savory and a sweet dish to solve our indecisiveness. Our savory crepe was filled with apple sausage and rosemary potatoes. We followed it up with a crepe filled with pears soaked in wine.

They serve up their dishes with as many fresh ingredients as possible. Divine. We devoured them. Every last fork full.

I don’t know about you, but I can’t be that close to the sand and not dig my toes in.

If you make your way to La Galette, keep in mind that it is cash only. It is absolutely worth a trip to the ATM.
Happy brunching and beaching from SoCal!

 

SUNDAY BRUNCH: Roasted Corn

Posted on 05.20.2012 by Lindsey • 0 Comments • Leave a Comment! • Other, Sunday Brunch

Seattle is split up into different neighborhoods all with their own uniqueness, culture, purpose, passion, and style. The U-District is a perfect example of one of these neighborhoods. It’s the stomping ground for University of Washington students. Coffee shops, used book stores, old movie theaters, consignment shops, convenience stores, trendy clothing (Urban & American Apparel), bikes galore, bubble tea, and pubs call the U-District home.

This weekend, 10 blocks of booths selling deep fried everything, jewelery, soap, purses, and anything else you can think of lived on the streets of Seattle’s U-District for the street fair of all street fairs. Seriously people they even had deep fried peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Who even thought of that?!

Street fairs are chaos. A bunch of over-stimulated people walking around eating more sugar than they know what to do with while trying to rationalize a tie-dyed t-shirt purchase. Love it! As I walked around among them I was overcome with gratitude for what Seattle has taught me: I cannot let the rain rule my life. Yes, it was raining today, but the world still showed up to stroll the streets. That’s beautiful in my opinion, especially since in Southern California (where I grew up) water falling from the sky is cause for an emergency broadcast. Reality check- weather happens and so should our lives.

Anyway, while strolling in the rain my roommate and I picked up some roasted corn, blackened salmon, and salad. I know what you’re thinking, “where is all the sugar and deep-fried food?” We opted to indulge in people watching instead of food. Don’t feel too bad for us though, our corn was decadent. Seasoning roasted corn is like building an ice-cream sundae. Lime, chili powder, cheese, salt, butter, hot sauce…the list just goes on and on. It’s a big production!

Thank you U-District for letting me stroll your streets while eating some darn good corn! It might be one of the last times my boots hit your gravel. Sigh.

Have a lovely evening…

SUNDAY BRUNCH: Mother’s Day, Cyclops, & the CBEST

Posted on 05.13.2012 by Lindsey • 0 Comments • Leave a Comment! • Other, Sunday Brunch

On Mother’s Day twenty-twelve I feel it necessary to tell you that my mom has a HUGE heart. I’m her daughter by marriage, but her heart is big enough for her 2 sons and me too and always has been. We are a blended family. I love this term, because it is the perfect illustration of what we are: lots of people coming together with the willingness to “blend” in order to form something new. The past is not swept away. It is merely blended with the past of others to create a new present. I love it. We love it. I’m sure I can speak for our entire family when I say, we love you mom! Here is some family photo love from my brother’s wedding. My mom is the happiest in it. Beautiful.


Being that my mom is literally 1,180 miles away (I Google mapped it) there’s not much happening on the Mother’s Day front here in Seattle. I did call my lovely madre (pretty much the only Spanish I use on a regular basis) to tell her I love her, and I sent her a sticker for her car that says “Chapman Mom,” along with a note promising to spoil her next year when I can be with her (more about the move tomorrow…).


As for brunch, I went basic today. I made a Cyclops. Most people call it Egg in a Basket, but it reminds of the Cyclops from Homer’s The Odyssey. It just does, so I changed the name. I topped it with sriracha and paired it with fresh strawberries and some water with lime. The perfect brain power brunch to kick start my studying for the CBEST (California Basic Educational Skills Test).

What is the one thing you want the world to know about your mom?

Lots of love for all you madres out there. Now time to study…

 

SUNDAY BRUNCH: Preservation Kitchen

Posted on 05.06.2012 by Lindsey • 0 Comments • Leave a Comment! • Other, Sunday Brunch

Who: Five friends and a baby

What: Sunday Brunch

When: Sunday of course

Where: Preservation Kitchen in Bothell, WA

Why: To eat, drink, and be merry

How: Our own two feet actually. We walked up the stone step path through luscious blooming trees where we found the front door to the classically understated brick house that just so happens to be a restaurant.  We stepped inside where a hostess dressed in a simple white on black ensemble led us through the house to our table.

What we did: We proceeded to sip drinks with champagne, orange juice, coffee and lemon (not all together), and eat meals with bacon, herbed ricotta omelets, blueberry pancakes, salmon benedict, and roasted potatoes. The potatoes were my favorite. They just melted in my mouth like butter. Delicious warm butter.

Preservation Kitchen strives to serve locally produced cuisine which is why their menu changes with the seasons. I think there is something very organic about working their menu this way. I’m pondering changing my diet with the seasons as I write this…

During our very springy conversation we talked about planting gardens, why we’ve been seeing families of geese on the highway, Anne of Green Gables, and how we all missed opening day of boating season. Normally I would just say, “next year” to comfort myself, but there was no comforting my sad heart about missing the beauty of 9,000 sailboats sailing on the lake (I’m exaggerating). Instead, I vowed to spend as much time by the lake as possible. I’m happy to report I said hello to Lake Washington after brunch.

Can we talk about their drink called Death in the Afternoon for a moment? I would have ordered this, but I kind of already felt a bit under the weather (cinco de Mayo was last night). I fully plan on ordering Death in the Afternoon one day soon. It might be the English major in me, but once I saw that this was Hemingway’s drink I was sold. Or I will be sold soon.

Do you buy things based on their name or what they’re affiliated with? Maybe a nail polish color or in my case a fancy drink a fancy author once favored.

Thanks for bantering with me…

 

 

 

P.S. You should know that a million pictures were taken, but due to technical difficulties I have only these 2 photos to share with you. If the technical difficulties go away soon I will share the million photos of our food, gorgeous faces, and Preservation Kitchen’s incredible garden. Thanks for understanding.

Fancy that! We have eggs.

Posted on 05.01.2012 by Lindsey • 0 Comments • Leave a Comment! • Random Goodies, What's For Breakfast?

Tuesdays are exciting at our apartment. Before I even wake up we have farm fresh eggs on our porch. Right there! (We actually can have a whole host of other items at the click of a button. That’s right! We can change our order online right up to the night before.) The next morning, I just open the door, open our little insulated porch box, and bring the eggs (and sometimes other items) inside. Some mornings I whip up an omelet or quiche or frittata or some other eggy thing. However, most days I place them in the fridge and rush out the door knowing that breakfast for dinner is in my future.

Today was a fancy Tuesday. I made Caprese Egg Cups for our little home.
I buttered a cupcake tin, layered chopped tomatoes, mozerella cheese, 1 cracked egg, fresh basil, salt & pepper, and baked it at 400 degrees for about 20 minutes.

Wallah!

Have you ever looked into having produce or any farmy groceries delivered to your front door? Do you already? What has your experience been?

Miss Meg, Miss Melissa, and I will be sad to part with our wonderful Tuesday deliveries…also with each other come July. Tear.

Off to work followed by a TB skin test (oh the joys of becoming a teacher)…