Sesame Crusted Yellowtail & Kale

We've outdone ourselves tonight. Dinner wasn't served until 9:30pm because Dylan rode his bike home, and then I had to log on and do a bit of work, so we got a late start in the kitchen. But it was well worth the wait. We made a sesame crusted yellowtail (locally caught here in SD!) that involved dredging the fish in plain flour, egg wash, then a black & white sesame seed mixture, browning the fish in a pan, then finishing in the oven. Meanwhile, on the stove top we had kale with spring onions and white wine going, along with the sauce for the fish: garlic, ginger, shitake mushrooms, white wine, chicken broth, soy sauce, honey, scallions and butter.


The kale and spring onions were from our CSA. This meal was insanely delicious.

Turkey Burgers & Asian Coleslaw

This dinner was Dylan's creation and was ready to eat when I got home from spin class tonight. The Asian coleslaw was chopped up cabbage, carrots, green onions, cilantro, ginger, garlic plus a dressing with rice wine vinegar, soy sauce, brown sugar, peanut butter and vegetable oil. It came out totally awesome and a great complement to the turkey burger.

Yes, I do realize how lucky I am to have a gifted culinary genius for a husband! There is nothing like coming home to a meal this good after an intense workout.

CSA Dinner

Recently we joined the Be Wise Ranch CSA program - and today I picked up our second box of locally-grown, organic produce. This week's box contained avocados, beets, blueberries, blackberries, carrots, kale, grapefruit, parsnips, spring onions, oranges, pluots, radishes, spring greens and zucchini. Last week we made some amazing dinners with our produce, and it looks like this week we are on track to do the same. Tonight's dinner was pan-fried, locally caught sea bass (that I picked out with Connor this morning at our fish market). I made a soy/maple/orange glaze reduction to drizzle on top. We served this next to roasted carrots, parsnips and spring onions from the CSA, with a sprinkle of cilantro on top. Another awesome meal!


In other news, Connor is cruising along furniture! He is doing this very cautiously just like he does everything, and he is still figuring out how to get down. But he is definitely standing up all the time now, and it seems like walking won't be too far away for our mellow kiddo.

Brioche / Father's Day

We have gotten back into baking. Yesterday we made spinach, pine nut, shallot and cheese filled brioche in preparation for a Father's Day brunch today with a few friends. This is a recipe that we have made several times before and it is always a good one.


As the brioche came out of the oven, Dylan was feeding Connor his dinner. Connor saw the puffy, golden pastries and started reaching his chubby little hands toward them saying "Bawahbahawa", which is a frantic nonsense expression he uses when he really, really wants something. He ate a brioche for dessert.

Today, Father's Day, was a great day. Patrick & Marcelle (and 10-month old Addie) came over for brunch and we ate the brioche, mimosas, peach/tomato/feta salad with peaches from their tree, and a leafy green salad. Food and company both were amazing. This afternoon we took a walk and just goofed around with Connor before his dinner and bubble bath. It is pretty funny that we always cram into the tiny bathroom to be all together for the bath...Connor in the tub, one of us on the stool bathing him, the other perched on the (closed) toilet making goofy faces and asking "what does a cat say?". But being all together is the way we like it! And Connor now answers that question with a confident "Maauuww".

Up and Down

Tulsa / Ann Arbor

Opening birthday presents with Grandma Nancy:

Afternoon fun at Riverside Park:

Swimming laps in the Vaughn pool:

Crawling around in the grass at the park:

Enjoying a Drillers game at the very cool new downtown stadium:

Playing with Two-Speed:

Hanging out with Chris & Bev (and Connor's new Ugli-doll):

Playing with Great Gram Graham:

Crazy acrobatics with Aunt Elaine:

Petting the goats at Domino Farms:

Reading books and modeling U of M gear with Grandad Peter:

Feeding the geese at the Huron River:

Enjoying our last dinner by the Grill King (Peter):

The Hold Steady

On Tuesday night, we did something that we rarely ever do anymore. We got a babysitter for Connor, and met our friend Dave at Pizza Port in Solana Beach for pizza and pitchers, then walked over to the Belly Up to see The Hold Steady play on the day that their new album was released. It was fun to spend time with Dave, a good friend that we don't catch up with as much anymore. And the pizza/home-brewed beer combo was incredible as it always is at Pizza Port. The show was awesome - great energy, and a nice combo of old and new music. Courtesy of Dylan, we have a short video. The camera does move a lot, I think he was trying to capture Dave's excitement, but at least you can hear the music pretty well!