I feel like it takes me so long to feel “back to normal” after a vacation. This maybe partly due to the fact that I continue to have a half empty suitcase on my floor for a good week after returning…
Well this weekend I finally did all my laundry and even spent some time in the kitchen!
Nothing too time consuming, but it was nice even to have a sit-down breakfast.
An old standby…French Toast! I made it with TJ’s Whole Wheat Tuscan Pane which is a pretty dense chewy bread so it needed to soak in the egg mixture for much longer.
With bananas, strawberries, real maple syrup and butter!
Great way to start the day.
The simple meals got even better as we approached lunch time.
We had taken Bromley to the dog park, and on the ride home I started getting excited for BLT’s!
We had some gorgeous tomatoes that were ripe from the garden and what better way to eat them than with salty bacon, lettuce, and toast!
Also super excited to use the bacon from our latest Meat CSA!
This is hands down the best bacon I’ve ever had!
Sandwiches ready for assembly!
Lightly toasted bread, a little smear of mayo, and the rest.
The key is to cooking the bacon on med/low….if you cook it too high, it starts to curl up and bend and that doesn’t make for easy sandwich assembly. Cooking it for longer on med/low gets it just as crisp but still maintains its shape.
Lots of bacon :)
And a deli pickle for good measure.
I savored every bite!
Why are the simplest things always the best!
I kind of want another one right now.
It’s also been really great getting back to a normal workout schedule! My legs are still sore from Saturday morning Crossfit:
7 time:
5 sandbag cleans
5 back squats (at 80% of your 1 rep max)
5 strict pull-ups
The sandbags are 60lbs. I can clean over 100lbs using a barbell but these sandbags are really awkward!
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Then the squats! I haven’t done a 1 rep max in a while, but my most recent 3 rep max was 140lbs so I used 110 for this workout. 35 of those…are hard.
It was a good one and I am feeling it!
Oh and did I mention we had a little belated anniversary dinner Saturday night at Menton! :)
All in all a great weekend.
What’s your favorite sandwich???
Yum!! That french toast looks ridiculous good!! And there is nothing better than fresh tomatoes. Favorite sandwich? Caprese!
ReplyDeleteI made French toast this weekend too! I wish I had strawberries and bananas with it. Yum! And that BLT looks amazing.
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