Typical
[Nice beard!]
Just wrapped up a nice Friday at home. We’re having some fun visitors tomorrow, so we decided to keep things simple at home tonight.
Headed into the bakery this afternoon to take care of some things. I finally dusted off my bike! I haven’t been riding it because my feet are awesome, but it was nice to get there and back again so quickly. We also have to store our bikes in the back in this new house, which means a tramp through wet grass to get to them (and often a wet bike!) so I think I might start keeping it on the porch instead. It means carrying it up the steps, but somehow that sounds more appealing than wet grass, mud and wet backside.
Pumpkin brew for the cook!!!
Back in the days before the bakery, I used to be the busier one. The deal in our marriage is that the less busy person at 6pm is in charge of meals. That used to be Matt (during my internship and then in the year when we were working on the bakery), but now it’s me. Since I work from home most of the time, I can start on dinner while I’m here. Also, despite the fact that gender-wise our marriage is 50/50 equal in responsibilities, I do love the pride that comes with having dinner on the table when he gets home.
These days, our house is like this around 7pm:
Matt at the table, drinking a brew and telling me about the day.. [feet off the table!!] And me trying to keep what I’m cooking a surprise until it’s on his plate. I love having him guess the ingredients of dinner as he takes his first bites!
Tonight, though, it was pretty obvious [last night’s egg-fried veggies, no so much!]
Organic apple chicken sausage “hot dogs” on High Five rolls I requested he make this morning
Along with leftover squash and kale chips
Hit the spot for the both of us!
After dinner, I couldn’t wait to unwrap dessert.
A year ago [actually, EXACTLY a year ago to this day!!!!], KERF reader Emily sent me her Hungry Bars to test out. I absolutely loved them. They are all-natural oat-based bars that taste like cookies – they are so dense. [Maybe they are cookies!? I like to think of them as health bars 😉 ] I ended up freezing them and ate them little by little all fall and winter. Peanut Butter is my fav!
Emily recently launched Bluebird Bakery so she can sell the bars commercially –
They are hopefully coming soon to OpenSky if you’d like to try them!
Along with the box of bars for me to photograph, she sent a few of her new brownies
It was an absolutely perfect brownie – crispy on the outside, fudgy on the inside. A contender against our Great Harvest Cosmic Brownies for sure!
Thanks to so many of you who entered the Goodbite cookbook giveaway! I emailed the winners this afternoon. Congrats to Sherry, Kellie W. and Michelle H. Thanks so much to the rest of you – I enjoyed reading so many of your email messages!
Goodnight!
Kaila @healthyhelperblog! says
YUM DINNER!! Love whole grain rolls for hot dogs/sausages!
Molly @ RDexposed says
Perfect sample glass-Ball!
Sarena (The Non-Dairy Queen) says
It feels good to be in a great partnership, right?! Tony and I are now at the point where we are splitting things since I’m working outside the house now and studying. We’ve always gone back and forth with home responsibilities. When our first son was born, I was the one that went back to work outside of the house and Tony worked from home and watched Jay. The tables switched when Max was born. I can’t say enough great things about being in a marriage with a great friend that respects the roles we have at the different stages in our lives.
Annette @ EnjoyYourHealthyLife says
Okay COOL that you can just *request* a certain bread type to be made! that rocks.
Those bars look seriously delicious. YUMM.
lynn @ the actor's diet says
how cool! congrats to emily!
Katie @ Peace Love and Oats says
They look delicious! I discovered some oat bars that are made in Boulder, CO called Bobo’s Oat Bars, although these look even more dense! The Bobos tend to crumble apart, lol aka I make a mess
Shannon @ My Place In The Race says
Mmmm, the dogs look delicious! 😛
Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga says
I take great pride in having a hot dinner on the table for Scott and Skylar, too. It makes me happy to know my family is eating a hot meal and that we’re together enjoying it.
Your hair must grow like a weed…it looks visibly longer..overnight! In that pic of you in your kitchen.
And congrats to Emily for making her bakery dreams happen. That is so great and her goodies look stellar!
Sana says
Holy brownies :)Now that is a perfect friday night!
Angel7 says
I love healthy bars, especially to take for the family when we are on the go!
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Emily says
Woohoo! Thanks for the shout out!! I can’t believe it was a year ago today! Crazy!! 🙂
KathEats says
I know – what a coincidence!!! Thanks again!
Dani Delicatessen says
Are her bars vegan? I looked on the website but it doesn’t seem like she has any ingredient/nutrition info up.
KathEats says
I don’t think they are
Cait's Plate says
I had nearly the same dinner the other night! Love it.
Ali @ Peaches and Football says
I’m a brownie fanatic. They look wonderful. Enjoy them for all of us! 🙂
kathleen @ the daily crumb says
wow! those bars look amazing. going to check out emily’s site right now 🙂
and not to mention those hot dogs. yum! nothing like hot dogs and beer on a friday night. have a great weekend, kath!!
Christine @ Oatmeal in my Bowl says
I hear how good kale chips are, but I still have yet to try them. *sigh*
Dinner and dessert both look wonderful! Especially went complemented with a great brew. I just tried the Shipyard Smashed Pumpkin Ale. So yummy!
Lauren @ Lawfully Wedded Wife says
That dinner looks delicious! I always cook dinner and then my hubs always cleans up and does dishes. The cleaning up is the part I hate the most so it works for me! 🙂 I passed through your neck of the woods today, I should have stopped at the bakery! Next time for sure.
Lindsay says
What a delish dinner! And I totally understand the getting the dinner on the table pride. My hubby is the only one working right now, and whilst he still aids in clean up, and does make a mean weekend breakfast, I do a lot of the cooking…good thing I love to do it!
And those bars look YUMMMMM!
jenna k says
reading about your and matt’s dynamics as a couple makes me so excited to get married one day! y’all are too cute.
mmm those brownies look divine- i’ll be trolling open sky till i see them!
Emily says
Your kitchen is super cure! I love the open cupboard with the jars of grains!! I will definitely have to try that out…
Gina @ Running to the Kitchen says
I know exactly what you mean. There are some nights when my husband gets home and I’m literally pulling dinner out of the oven as he walks in the door. There’s something very 1950’s about that that I love 🙂
J3nn (Jenn's Menu and Lifestyle Blog) says
Even though Dustin and I both work from home, I do 100% of the cooking. And even if he is only 10 feet away while I make the entire meal, he has no idea what it is until he sits down to eat it! He has zero interest in the kitchen, which is fine by me!! He’ll be my sous chef if I ask, but other than that, it’s all me. Love the control. 😈 hehehehe And it does make me happy for him to get excited about what I made. I take food pretty seriously, ha.
Good luck to Emily and her new endeavor! The bars/cookies sound YUMMY!!
Khushboo says
That’s so awesome you can just tell Matt what kinda bread you want in the morning and he’ll whip it up! Your equal partnership marriage is wonderful!
Lauren says
I do the same thing for my husband. I try to keep him out of the kitchen for as long as I can so he can be surprised when I unveil his plate.
On a totally separate note, I’ve been thinking about you lately girl. I hope all is well. (I’ve been thinking about our convo at the HLS and you’ve been on my mind) Wishing you all the best always. 😉
KathEats says
🙂 I forgot which convo this might be referring to, but all is well!
Lauren @ What Lauren Likes says
Yum! Dinner looks great 🙂
Hillary says
That’s pretty much the deal in my relationship, too. Either we split the duties 50/do in the kitchen (I do the chopping, he does the other prepping, we share dishes, etc.), or whoever is less busy/stressed/exhausted takes over. So far, so good!
Jo says
When you say store your bike on the porch, I’m assuming that means it’s *locked* to the porch. I don’t know what it’s like where you live, but in my city, if a bike’s on the porch unlocked, it’ll be gone in an hour. But maybe C’ville’s a nicer town!
KathEats says
Yup! Def. locked
Julia H. @ The Petite Spiel says
The crispy-fudgy combo: that IS the perfect brownie!
It must be so nice to know that if you’re in the mood for some high five rolls, you can just say, “Hey hubby, make some!” Perks of having a bakery, I suppose!
Michaela says
I love how equal your relationship is! SO important! You seem so perfect with each other 🙂
And Emily´s bars look amazing!
Hope says
I like how you are able to balance your relationship. That is so important. Your dinner looks excellent! I love chicken sausages.
Those bars look really delicious too! 🙂
Lauren @ Oatmeal after Spinning says
I love the deal you guys have. My hubby and I definitely need to discuss that! I generally end up cooking because my work hours start and end much earlier than his- but I still don’t always feel like making dinner myself.
Is the sausage from Whole Foods (made in house)?