Greek Food Fun- OPA!

Friday night, we were going to surprise the girls with going to one of our family’s favorite places to eat; a greek place named OPA! They have delicious Greek and Persian food.The girls were feeling a bit under the weather, so we didn’t end up going. Today they started acting more like themselves. This am we woke up and went to Waffle House.

So tonight we decided to go to OPA, and it was so delicious! We had Falafel as a starter -no pictures- everyone dug in before I could take a picture. My husband had a gyro wrap, and I had a tilapia sandwich. The girls ordered spaghetti and meatballs. Of course we had to order baklava! We all loved our dinners!

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Date Night: Umaido- Ramen Restaurant

There are lots of things that make me happy; My kids, husband, pets, wine, cheese, summer, flip flops, lounge chairs, King of Pops Popsicles, – well, the list can go on, really… I am a pretty easy girl to please. One of things on my happy list that always makes me giddy is a good bowl of noodles.

I am aware that there are many types of noodles out there. I am not biased. I nominate all nationalities of noodles for my number one! But there is one noodle who has gotten a bad rap in the past, but has emerged victorious the last few years. Ramen. Ramen makes me happy!

I have lots of awesome memories of eating Ramen from when I stayed at my grandparents house all the way to my vegan college days. Not even the “good” kind of Ramen, like I’m about to show you. It was never really those freeze dried noodles that were the problem. It was those dried “flavor” packets filled with MSG and who knows what else. Really, who knows? I never like to eat things I can never pronounce. Luckily for me, I can pronounce shrimp, squid, and scallops. Oh, and pork belly. Yeah, that is a good one… Well, at least I can pronounce them in English, not so sure about Japanese.
http://www.umaidos.com/

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p.s. Don’t be afraid of the shrimp…they are delicious and succulent jewels of the sea!

Girls’ Night! Pizza!!!!!

Tonight was a girls’ night with my little ladies. What do you want for dinner? No one could answer me. E asked me what I wanted. Pizza was my answer. Everyone was on board, so this happened…004

Cheesy Bread
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1/2 veggie with feta (for me) 1/2 plain cheese (for the girls)
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Eating Out- Egg Harbor

We have been trying to find new places to eat at for brunch. As much as we love Waffle House, we like trying new places and having variety on the weekends. This place was not too far from us, a little less than 20 minutes. The Egg Harbor Cafe is a great place with lots of variety for breakfast and lunch. I got the Bacavado Omelet- Omelet made with bacon and avocado. My side was cheese grits plus an english muffin with delicious jam. My hubby had the meaty skillet with potatoes. Awesome!
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My girls had Rainbow Pancakes, and French Toast Sticks. They were in love with their plates!
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