Family Brunch and Grilling!

I have to say I am SO lucky to have my family!! Every family function is a foodie's dream :)

Sunday's Birthday Brunch for my grandmother was no exception...although I was slightly disappointed that there were no scones, but I got over it real fast when I had one of these:

Homemade caramel rolls!! Caramel Rolls (or sticky buns as we like to call them), are a family staple...even 1 of my uncles makes homemade dough to whip these babies up! Usually they involve a sweet yeast dough, rolled with cinnamon sugar, and placed in a pan with a mixture of brown sugar, butter, maybe Caro syrup? Which caramelizes on the bottom while baking then the whole pan is flipped over after they are done to let the caramel drip down.

THESE however, were made with HOMEMADE CARAMEL!!! Don't know what she did (My aunt...one of them, I have 5 on this side of the fam)...made a caramel for these and they were AMAZING!!! Thank god I split it with Brian.
Other DELICIOUSNESS from the day:

Asparagus Frittata

A spinach and cheese frittata with potato crust

Poached salmon with a yogurt dill sauce
the BEST roasted vegetables I've ever had...must of been roasted at a lower temp for longer because they were SO caramelized! (potatoes, onions, sweet potatoes, cauliflower, Brussels!)

1/2 of a chocolate croissant (I think it was Nutella in there!)...mmmmmm

One dessert: A wild berry tart by my pastry chef aunt (it was at her house)

There were also 2 black bottom pies and a gorgeous rum cake with whipped cream frosting! I wish I could have one of these at the wedding but they need to be refrigerated up until it's served so it wouldn't work out on display.

My only gripe I ALWAYS have is that I eat too much!! Oh but its SO worth it :)

Brian and I had big plans to take advantage of the GORGEOUS weather and grill out! (Hard to believe I was grilling outside yesterday when it was SNOWING all day today...grrrr).

We had a big package of chicken tenders marinating in:

• olive oil
• cider vinegar
• lemon juice
• lime juice
• brown sugar
• salt & pepper
• garlic
• I think that's it...Brian made it
  
  

It marinated overnight which made the chicken SO flavorful. We also amazingly saw some corn on the cob at WF's!! SO excited! We threw that on the grill as well.

I also FINALLY made KALE CHIPS!!

• Kale
• Olive oil
• salt & pepper
• freshly grated Parmesan
• 375 for 15 min

AWESOME!!! Now I see why these things are so popular. Brian even loved them...said they were a great substitute for potato chips and obviously much healthier :)

We were still not that hungry from Brunch but we had a little; my plate:1 1/2 pieces of chicken, corn, Kale! With a POM cocktail (Pom, lime seltzer, lime wedge)

COME BACK WARM WEATHER!!!

Yoga Update:

Finally got back into yoga on Saturday (work just gave me no time Thurs and Friday).

Brian and I did Yoga for Runners after our run! Yes it was his first time...pretty funny, but he did good. He said it was REALLY hard and he probably wouldn't normally have the patience for it. I was happy he tried it though :)

Sunday morning I did 30min Morning Flow.

Tonight I went to my 90min Hot Yoga class...I think the 90 min can make up for missed yoga last week :) Man it was SO Hot, a lot hotter than normal!! Sweaty sweaty!!