On our energetic cycle ride, Surly Brewery appeared just in time for lunch. Our quinoa salad bowls were excellent, as was the beer.
Category: Eat
Revitalized Cheese-Ends
Tip-the-Fridge Week, Day 2. Baked four-cheese mac and cheese. Had five cheese-ends been loitering in the fridge, it would’ve been five-cheese mac and cheese.
Movie Night Treats
At the end of a sunny cycle ride, stocked up on treats for our movie night, a weekly tradition.
Bauhaus Brewery
Cycled over to Bauhaus Brewery for dinner with friends. In addition to beer, we were sustained by the best, most tender slow-cooked brisket from a smoker on a trailer.
Ramen for Lunch
Satisfied my craving at lunch.
Fried Eggplant
Local eggplant from the farmers market is the best at this time of year. I first microwaved slices (8 minutes at 60% in our oven). For breading, I use Japanese panko crumbs. Simple food, served with a dollop of yogurt with mint.
Wednesday Lunch Tradition
My Wednesday lunch tradition at the Minneapolis American Indian Center after a morning of tutoring: bison melt on wild rice bread that’s baked in-house. The salad has a light, citrusy dressing.
Convenient Ice Cream
It’s a little too convenient living one block from an excellent ice cream store. “Existential Crunch” (dark brown sugar, Jameson whiskey, creme fraiche, praline pecan, and cashew brittle) topped with a small scoop of “Umeshu Chocolate” (dark chocolate and Japanese plum wine).
Local Splurge-Eats
Bacon brats from the farmers market for dinner. Ice cream from Izzy’s later. Local splurge-eats.
Minnehaha Scoop
Cooled off at an ice cream shop I’d never noticed before in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis.