Where the Heart Is

Tuesday night... 10PM... and it feels good to be home.

Zak and I had a great time in Nashville, but were both anxious to get back to Milwaukee; back to our apartment, our pets, and most of all - back to normal food!

We got into the airport and decided on our tasks: Zak went to his parents house to pick up Blue, and I went on a grocery shopping bonanza.

Now Zak usually does the majority of our grocery shopping because, ahem, he eats most of the groceries. I typically pick up staples, stuff for my baking projects, and hot ticket items that I match coupons and sales for. After this evening's trip, I have a new respect for Zak and his thrifty produce shopping. Let's just say I picked the wrong kind of apples and spent like $5.16 on 6 - ouch. Also learned that cauliflower costs $4, which seems unjust.

I digress. We got right into dinner... Huge salads with spinach and black beans, and tons of raw veggies: broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, et. al.

I heated up some Trader Joe's multigrain pilaf on the side, topped with some green salsa.

So I ate about half the salad and all of the pilaf, and remembered that I had sliced up a sweet potato and was baking some cheetahs! I put away my leftover salad (lunch tomorrow) and dove in.

Mmmmmmm, is there anything better? These really hit the spot on this cool Wisconsin evening.

A couple hours later, I was ready for something sweet. Enter: Ben & Jerry's Half Baked fro-yo. On the side, an episode of True Blood. I can't get enough of this show!

Hello, Lover.

I am beat and have a million things to unpack. Tomorrow will be crazy with having been gone a few days, but I am hoping to post some photos and such from the rest of our Nashville trip.

A sneak preview... yup, that's a red carpet.

G-night!

Meade & Fro-yo

It's been a fun night!

Zak and I went to Irish Fest and checked out Who's Your Paddy? We were laughing as we walked in because he had on a black shirt and I was wearing blue... everyone else around us was decked out in green. Next time we'll know!

The event was... interesting. I think it may have been a different experience had we arrived a little later, but we arrived a few minutes before it even started - lol. We were by far the youngest people there, and we're both 27! It had been marketed as an event for 21-35 year olds, but I am guessing the average age was 40+. We got our two free beers (Miller Lite - blecchh) and headed out to the main part of the fest grounds where a little more action was happening.

We cruised around the food tents and checked out the options. Lots of potatoes and meat options... We did find a place offering grilled salmon, veggies and a potato for $7.95. Sold!

Zak had already had dinner, but ate about 1/2 of the plate. I ate the other half :-) The veggies were okay, the salmon was a little tough and the potato was pretty standard. 

I saw a sign for Meade and just had to try some! This is an Irish honey wine, it tasted strongly of honey but reminded me of bourbon with its smoky undertones. I really liked it!

We left by like 7:15 - lol. We're old! Here we are on our way out.

Once I got home I remembered I had some Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia fro-yo, so I took care of what was left in the pint... probably about 1/2 cup. Mmmm. No photo, sorry.

We are now enjoying a riveting episode of Law & Order. Coming tomorrow morning - a review of Alterra Coffee Roasters granola. Goodnight!