Blue Bee Cider

I am a girl who enjoys a good drink every now and then.  I usually stick to my daily glass of wine or a beer, but sometimes a girl just has to have a glass of cider.  A few weeks ago, a friend of mine hosted her birthday at a new cidery here in RVA. We pulled up to the parking lot, and were a little taken aback at the location…it looked pretty scary.  But walking in, we new this was going to be awesome.  It is a tiny little room where you can taste all of the different ciders and enjoy some light snacks.

 I love me some cider…Bold Rock, Crispin, Angry Orchard…you name it.  But this cider takes the cake.  They have many different kinds and they are all brewed in their own special way.  They even have one that is based on a 200 year old recipe.  Fiance’ and I have quickly become obsessed with the Aragon 1904 cider.  It is so light and tastes just like sparkling apple juice. I highly recommend this for a fun afternoon!  Some local stores are starting to carry Bluebee now too!

omelet cups- protein in a cup!

Fiance’ is a frequent participant of the crossfit workout phenomenon in order to prepare for the military…and as an avid crossfitter, we tend to TRY to follow the Paleo diet (notice the word TRY.  We eat at the fabulous Richmond restaurants WAY too often to consider ourselves Paleo…).  Every Sunday night,however, we do a little bit of meal prep.  I wanted to share these tasty little breakfast treats that we make for the week.  Hand-held omelet cups!  They are so simple, save really well in tupperware, and taste fantastic…even when reheated!  Take a look at how we prep these tasty little morsels.  I like to eat this with a slice of sprouted grain toast in the morning.  If i’m feeling adventurous…i’ll throw some avocado on there as well!

Start out by preheating the oven to 400 degrees.  Take a muffin tin and line it with PARCHMENT paper cups.  We have tried other muffin liners and they haven’t worked as well.  We also tried to just grease the pan, but that ended in us losing a muffin tin…RIP muffin tin…

Chop up whatever veggies you want to toss in.  We went with bell peppers and jalapenos this time around.  Heat up some cocnut oil in a non-stick pan and sautee your veggies.  They taste AWESOME in coconut oil.. It’s not sweet at all…just adds a nice flavor. (note the red wine…red wine is totally Paleo…right?)

We also added in some chorizo.  If you want to add in meat, make sure you cook it before hand. The muffins don’t stay in the oven long enough to cook meat thoroughly.

To make a dozen of these suckers, we use about 14 large organic eggs.  Fiance’ really wanted to get in on the blogging action tonight….Just toss the eggs in to a bowl and whisk away.  Add a little salt and pepper to taste if you want!

After the eggs are beaten thoroughly, evenly divide the eggs into the muffin cups.  After you put the egg in, put in your veggies and meat.  It tends to make the egg mixture rise a little, so keep that in mind when you are filling the tin with egg.

Pop those babies in the oven for about 15-20 minutes at 400 degrees F.  Just keep an eye on them…it really varies depending on your oven. If you like them a little runny, so be it!  I like my eggs well done and fluffy!  They will rise pretty big when they are done!

Look how fluffy and delish those look!  Pop them in the microwave for 20 seconds in the morning and you have a breakfast to go!

Ingredients:

14 large organic eggs

1 red peper

1 green pepper

1 jalapeno

3 links of chorizo (or whatever meat you want!)

a few pinches of cheddar cheese

salt and pepper to taste

1 tbs. coconut oil

Steps:

1. Line a muffin tin with parchment paper liners and preheat oven to 400 degrees F

2. Beat 14 large organic eggs until completely scrambled.  Add salt and pepper to taste. Set aside

3. Chop up jalapenos, red pepper, and green pepper into small cubes and sauté in coconut oil until tender

4. fill muffin tin cups about half way with beaten egg

5. put in desired amount of meat and veggies

6. top off with any remaining egg.  They will grow when you bake them!

7. sprinkle with a little cheese if desired and slide into the oven

8. bake for about 15-20 minutes, depending on desired consistancy

Java Rub Pork Chops

One of me and fiance’s favorite meals:  Java Rubbed pork chops with spicy curry roasted broccoli.

Here is the recipe!

Java Rub:

6 Tbs coffee
2 Tbs kosher salt
2 Tbs brown sug
2 Tbs sweet pap
2 tsp blk pep
2 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp onion pow
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp coriander
1 tsp cocoa

Mix it all together in an airtight container.  You can save this stuff forever!

Spray some thing cut, bone in porkchops with olive oil and generously sprinkle them with the rub.  Throw on the grill or in an oiled skillet until done.

I wish I could tell ya how to make the broccoli, but all we do is cut it up, throw it in a bag with olive oil, and throw in as many spices as we want.  We obviously throw in some curry powder and red pepper flakes.  Spread it out on a pan and roast in the oven until crispy!

40 Weird Things That Happen When Your Boyfriend Is Your Best Friend

Basically me and fiance’ in a nutshell….

SERENDIPITY AND CREATIVITY

1. He sees you in true form. There’s right before bed, zit cream and all. There’s drunk you with eye liner smeared on your face and nacho cheese in your hair. There are a lot of you’s he has endured. It’s actually laughable how bad you have looked around him and how little you care.

2. You’ve become so comfortable with each other that embarrassment is no longer a factor.

3. You have each other’s outfit ensembles nearly memorized. “I’m wearing the maroon shirt” “With the tan shorts and brown watch?” “Yup.”

4. You have had moments where you both felt like you couldn’t stand anyone else but each other for the moment.

5. Your families are way too comfortable around you both at this point and absolutely nothing gets held back.

6. You become obsessed with certain restaurants and foods for different periods of time.

7. You two have…

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It’s so shiny!!

Let me tell you alllllll about this rock that fiance’ put on my finger.

First of all, no, our proposal was not something out of The Notebook.  There were no doves or flash mob dancing to Bruno Mars, but it was so so perfect.  Poor poor fiance’ had a big thing planned at an apple orchard, but the beans were accidentally spilled during a family dinner.  I tried to play it off, and wait until Sunday to let him ask me, but the second we were alone, the tears started pouring because I was so happy.  He kept trying to deny it, but when we got home, he got down on one knee and asked me.  It was so perfect…because it was so us and so personal.  We tried to get ready to go get drinks, but we were so exhausted from the excitement that we put on comfy clothes, got bottles of champagne, and watched movies all night.

LOOK AT THAT RING!!  It has a beautiful story behind it.  The center diamond was from my moms first engagement ring, the left diamond was from his moms first engagement ring, and the right diamond is now OUR diamond.

The Book of Mormon at the Altria Theater

Last weekend, fiance’ and I were lucky enough to score last minute tickets to the off-Broadway production of Book of Mormon at the Altria Theater.  Let me tell you…if you like musicals or not, this is the best thing I have ever seen.  IT IS SO FUNNY!  Even fiance’ who hates musicals, was singing the songs on our walk home and was cracking up.

 

Book of Mormon was written by the creators of South Park, so I think you can imagine how horribly wrong it was…but thats what made it so good.  Do not see this if you are easily offended.  The set list includes some pretty racy songs, and a whole scene in which the mormons are…violated…by Hitler and Jeffery Dahmer.  Here is a clip of the opening song: