Saturday, October 16, 2010

It Starts

Happy Saturday! How goes it? We’ve had a great weekend so far and its just starting. Yesterday afternoon we made our way to Salem to walk around and enjoy the Halloween/Fall sights. While it was fun being outside, we decided to take a tour around the Peabody Essex Museum. I’m definitely a huge museum fan. I always walk out swimming with thoughts about our ancestors and human creativity and ingenuity. So cool.

We did a lot of walking and by the time we got back to my apartment I was ready to get started on dinner. I made easy Indian meal using a jarred masala sauce (just like last time, but the store didn’t have my Seeds of Change tikki masala). I sauteed onion and eggplant and then added a can of chick peas, peas, and the simmer sauce. I also made some jasmine rice with raisins and heated up some whole wheat naan from the store.

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This morning, we were up bright and early with the beautiful sun. I made some coffee and scrambled eggs for my parents while I stuck to a couple pieces of my mom’s delicious brown bread toasted with smart balance and a nanner sliced and topped with sunflower seed butter. So good.

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Our plan for today is to go into Boston and walk the Freedom Trail – culminating in a lovely dinner in the North End.

What do you guys have going on? I hope you have a great one. :)

Edited to Add: My uncle’s surgery went well yesterday – his doctor seems very positive about the outcome and we’re all so relieved that it is over. Thanks so much for your well wishes, guys. XOXO

3 comments:

homecookedem said...

I would LOVE to be in Salem right now!! I bet it's so awesome to be up there in October!!

Your Indian meal looks amazing... drooooollllll!! And your mom's brown bread sounds so wonderful. I love foods that not only taste good, but hold a sentimental place in our hearts. Hehe, your banana is too cute!

Have a wonderful day at the Freedom Trail!! Today we're going to hang out with friends and then go to a wedding... tomorrow is my next baby shower!! So excited!! :)

lee said...

Those jarred Indian sauces are always so good. Have you had the packaged Indian stuff from Trader Joe's? It's also really good.

Have a great weekend!

Sarena Shasteen - The Non-Dairy Queen said...

I love museums! I could get lost in them forever! So glad you had a great time and I hope yesterday went well too! Enjoy your family Emily.

I am so glad your uncle is doing well and I hope he continues to improve more every day!