There's a lovely little place that I have recently become completely in love with, Small Kitchen Big Taste in North Haven, CT. I originally heard of this place from my girlfriend who went the high school with the owner. Well, my girlfriend and I grabbed lunch there once and I was hooked! SKBT ended up being who I chose to cater my 30th birthday. As well I have attended two of their events called "Girls Night Out". Last night happened to be my second one. 

This was the food and wine pairing last night. 

Wine was provided by the coolest thing called the Traveling Vineyard, they bring the wine tastings to you! 

Check them out here > www.travelingvineyard.com 

I couldn't get enough of the spicy shrimp pad Thai! So, when Hubster and I were thinking of lunch plans I jumped at the chance for more! 

Want to see more of SKBT? Check our their website > 

www.smallkitchen-bigtaste.com 

Always,

B

Hubster and I are now in a friendly family challenge with his brother and our sister in law for the next 6 month. It's the "Y family abs challenge", so here we go! 

Day 1: Breakfast 

Whole wheat toast, avocado and an egg over easy with a glass of water.

Day 1: Lunch

Turkey burger on a lettuce bib with salt and pepper and cherry tomatoes. Water

Day 1: Dinner

Salmon sashimi and salmon avocado sushi, green tea and water!

Always,

B

It's not an unknown fact that I am a big, huge tea drinker. I gave up coffee last April to cut back on a high caffeine intake, this mainly to help with a lot of anxiety issues I was having. Well, thanks to the world of Instagram I started to follow 'Your Tea'. A company based out of Australia and teas made with Chinese herbs. Finally, after months of contemplating I just bulked down and bought some. 

I started the 14-day TEAtox this morning and will be tracking the results from Day 1, Day 7 and Day 14.  Let's see how this goes! Find them here > www.yourtea.com

Always,

B

Leave it to me to forget about my blog. 3 months I have not posted and this is what I was really trying to avoid.  I guess you can say I have been slightly busy with classes and other things as well. But, with classes coming to an end I can start to pick this back up again! A lot is being planned for the next month, ready or not here I go!

Fridays use to be fun when you were getting out of school at 2:00 and had the whole weekend ahead of you to do nothing. Not in waitress world! Fridays are the start of my work week, they are also what Hubster and I call 'say goodbye to your paycheck' day. Bills all get paid on Fridays, cue sad face.  The weekend brings birthday celebrations for a friend turning 30 and 2 sorority sisters turing 25. Saturday night will be split between both of those. 

Today, I also have to meet with my Academic Advisor on campus and pray that I can stay in my AP2 class "illegally" while retaking AP1 over the summer. Quite frankly if you pass the class, you pass the class, don't put some bogus grade requirement on it that you do NOT tell students about, well ever through out the semester. {rant over}

After today I will be setting myself up for my new routine of food prep, running training and getting my behind back into the gym. When I say "new" I want to throw out there I am no stranger to all of this, I just need to revamp how I was doing all of this before.  Today restarted the use of my amazing juicer, recipes as I go can be found here. 

Well I think that's it for a boring day today. Off to do the house work and other necessary tasks.

Always,
B

Tonight can not come fast enough! Reservations have been made for myself and my best friend AP for dinner at Heirloom in New Haven. A farm to table restaurant. We are both excited to get there and try almost everything we can. There will definitely be a long review later tonight, as well as picture documentation of what I can only imagine will be amazing meals!

Always,

B.

Well it's Day 2 of Spring semester and already I am going to hate my Tuesdays. Well, I will hate Tuesdays more if I don't start prepping food to bring with me. 8am - 9pm is a really really long day to be subjected to campus food. 

Although, I will say that the surprise of them having Chicken Tiki Masala down in Bartels { our dining hall } made my entire dang day!  Moving on.... currently trying to plan out my running schedule. Meaning, what half marathons in CT will be chosen this year. Stay tuned!