Midlife Creative

It seems like people in the South like to talk about food as much as Minnesotans like to talk about the weather. Today Mark tried to sign Malia up for tennis lessons and the receptionist got so caught up in explaining the area restaurants when she found out we were new in town that she completely forgot about the tennis lessons and Mark had to bring her back to task several times. Tonight, we went to a small group dinner with a local church and the entire conversation revolved around “burger week” in Macon, how people should cook their grits (a question I brought up) and what constitutes a good sweet tea. That’s just fine by me. Let’s talk about food.

Easy Meals from this week

Chicken Cacciatore

Sushi Bowls

This meal took some time, but was definitely worth it. Malia did all the research and pushed for this one, and I’m glad she persisted.
Everyone topped their rice with the ingredients they liked. We had salmon, shrimp, and crab (but you could just choose one meat or go vegetarian). Veggies were cucumber, avocado, carrots, and dried sea weed. The sauce we used was called YumYum and we found it at Kroger’s. The recipe calls for a mixture of mayo and Siriacha sauce, but we couldn’t find Siriacha, so we opted for a premade sauce and it was perfect.

Eating Out

My favorite restaurant we have eaten at was probably Tony’s, an Italian restaurant in Chattanooga, but since I didn’t get any photos, I’ll share my 2nd favorite – First Watch. I was surprised to find out it was a chain because the food was so fresh and the service seemed more like something you would get in a small, locally owned business. I ordered the breakfast skillet, Mark got the quinoa bowl, Malia had avocado toast with eggs and Ivy got waffles.

Coffee

Last but not least, let’s talk about the most important meal of the day – Coffee!
I do love a good cup of coffee and was happy when my friend Jen Levin thought ahead on this and gifted me an Aeropress coffeemaker for the trip.

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