Yesterday was my Friday because Isaac and I are headed North for a friend’s wedding today. This is super exciting because I loove long weekends (and weddings are fun too)! Yippee.
More on the weekend later (aka tomorrow) – today I’ll share with you some eventful things that took place this week.
Olive got her hair did.
She wasn’t in the mood for photos so she was giving me the evil eye. I love it when she gets her hair cut because she looks like a puppy again so I made her do a photo shoot anyway.
She still loves me. 
As you already know, I made a batch of spicy pickled cucumbers this week. What you don’t know is that we ate them all in less than two days so I made another batch. As expected, the second batch was devoured as well. At that point I figured it was time to move on to another veggies and decided to make pickled eggplant with basil.
This was another recipe from the The Joy of Pickling and it turned out to be delish. I think I might start pickling everything.
I also got my hands on Mama Pea’s new cookbook, Peas and Thank You – Simple Meatless Meals the Whole Family Will Love.
This makes me so happy because I’ve been anticipating its arrival for months. I haven’t had a chance to try any of the recipeas yet, but I’m definitely excited to get in the kitchen and make some.
And last night we went to Mekong, a Vietnamese restaurant here in Richmond that’s known for its vast beer selection. They’re having a month long 16th anniversary celebration with special beers on tap each Thursday in August. Last night was the first and featured Beligan-style sour ales. Isaac is a beer lover so we tried a lot of the different types – including some that were way too sour for my taste. I liked the ones that weren’t soo sour, like the BFM 2009 Abbey de St Bon Chien. This one was cherry based so it was sour but had a hint of sweetness as well.
To go along with all the sour ales, there was cake.
Two huge cakes, flavored with beer. What else? The chocolate cake had Southern Tier’s Mocha stout with a raspberry filling and the white cake had Buffalo Bill’s Orange Cream Ale, fresh oranges and “Beer is the Answer” written on it.
I had a bite of each and both were delicious. I loooved the chocolate!
Speaking of chocolate cake, this week was also week 11 of my 12 week Body for Life training plan. I’m excited to share my process and thoughts on the plan soon!
Okay, we’re off to celebrate. See you soon!
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Brittany Mullins, HHC
