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Dinner Party & Sunday Baking {weekend recap}

November 13, 2017 By Robyn 32 Comments

It suddenly went from the 50s and 60s to the 20s and 30s in New York which has made me want to cozy up inside instead of trek around the city. It gets way colder than that in the winter, but for right now, it feels freaking cold.

So Friday night we stayed warm inside the apartment. My friend Amanda came over for happy hour after work and we drank some wine and caught up on life. And then later on we had our friends Nate + Caroline over for dinner. We hadn’t seen them since their wedding in Switzerland so it was good to catch up and hear about life since the wedding. We snacked on these tasty honey and balsamic tomato ricotta toasts Caroline made.

Nick made chicken bacon and corn chowder in the crockpot. Which tasted delicious but we made the rookie mistake of adding the half and half in the beginning. After six hours in the crock pot the protein in the half and half had curdled….

It still tasted delicious but the visual appeal was meh. Thankfully everyone still ate it. We also made an arugula salad with fennel and pecorino with a lemon honey vinaigrette. Plus bread + butter. And paired it with a Chardonnay we brought back from South Africa.

We ate apple crisp for dessert with vanilla Talenti that was fab. I used butter vs coconut oil in the streusel topping (because I feel like crisp = butter) and I think that made it even better. I forgot to snap a photo so imagine it looked half as pretty but just as delicious as this.

Saturday morning I woke up, read and drank coffee and then prepped for a client while Nick made breakfast.

Bacon + fried eggs on English muffins. The only thing missing was cheese which we realized we forgot to add after eating…

And then I had a new client I was meeting in person at 9am. More than 90% of our clients are at a distance and I’m always doing video sessions so it’s fun once and a while to meet in person.

Nick was out hanging with a couple guy friends in the afternoon. After I finished up the client session, I came home and laid around for most of the afternoon. All of a sudden I became really tired. I think the week caught up with me and body was just like STOP.

I watched a 9/11 documentary (although it’s incredibly sad, I find these kind of documents interesting…) and rested on the couch for a while. I tried to nap but couldn’t which was annoying. So I started looking online for ideas on my winter capsule wardrobe.

Lunch was super random. Leftover arugula salad and a chickpea pancake with butter. You’re going to see some random food on here over the next few weeks as we clean out the pantry. But we used up the chickpea flour floating around in our pantry this week by making these pancakes (which are basically beans in pancake form) for lunch.

And I ate some popcorn later on.

stovetop popcorn

We met up with friends for happy hour around 5 at the Spaniard in the West Village. We will miss both of these couple friends so much when we leave New York. We’ve grown even closer to them over the past 8 months or so and I really hope we can find friendship like this in Boston.

I went with the rosemary Manhattan, which was delicious. I wasn’t in an adventurous mood and know I can never go wrong with a Manhattan. For round two I ordered what Nick got the first time around which was this lemony whiskey cocktail that was refreshing and also delicious.

We ordered a few apps to share. Spinach artichoke baked oysters, spicy duck wings and crudités with pesto. I’m not a fan of oysters at all, but if they’re breaded and filled with spinach and cheese I can get into them.

Almost four hours later we said goodbye and headed home for takeout + a movie. I told you it was cold and that means all I want is my cozy apartment and blankets..

Apparently I watched a lot of dark movies on Saturday because we watched Zero Dark Thirty. It’s about the CIAs decade long search for Osama Bin Laden and I HIGHLY RECOMMEND. I never watch movies longer than 90 minutes and this was almost three hours and I couldn’t look away.

On a lighter note…we ate veggie pizza for dinner.

intuitive eating

Sunday morning I slept in until almost 9am which was glorious. Drank coffee and read this book. I started it a long time ago and never finished so now I’m re-reading. Brene Brown talks about joy + gratitude in this YouTube video and about actually practicing gratitude instead of just thinking about it. Something I’m trying to work on because it’s easier to not be grateful than to be grateful.

Breakfast was more bacon and eggs! This time scrambled eggs with spinach and cheddar + toast with butter and jam.

I baked Sunday afternoon. First up was banana bread –> this is one of my favorite recipes because it’s basically flour + bananas and perfect as a vehicle for any spread. Butter, pb & j, nutella, cream cheese…anything you fancy.

And then I was in the mood for classic chocolate chip cookies. But half way into measuring out the ingredients I realized we don’t have a hand mixer, so instead I used a whisk which I think made for flat cookies. But they still tasted delicious and now I have three dozen chocolate chip cookies in my freezer. Not a bad thing.

We ate a bigger breakfast on the later side, so I snacked throughout the afternoon on a couple cookies and piece of banana bread with nutella.

I debated moving my body because 1) I wanted to and knew it would feel good but 2) I was being lazy and didn’t want to change out of my pjs. I eventually decided that my body would feel best actually changing out of my pjs and moving around. Although I have lots of Sundays where I don’t change out of my pjs and don’t move my body and that’s okay too.

I headed down to our apartment gym and warmed up on the elliptical for a few minutes and then made up my own weight circuit. Afterward I felt good and was glad I changed.

I showered, made a quick smoothie (same one from last weekend) to take with me and headed to church. Nick had to be somewhere before and left earlier than me. I talked to a friend on the bike ride up to church. The sermon was on Matthew 6:18-34 and all about having faith and not having anxiety which was very fitting with all the change happening with our move.

green smoothie

Dinner was salmon + potatoes + green beans. But it was the tiniest salmon portion because we only had one filet in the freezer.

But that was fine by me because that just meant I had extra room for apple crisp + ice cream.

For the first time in a long time I tossed and turned last night for a while and couldn’t fall asleep. I’m getting a later start today after sleeping in this morning…hence a later post this morning 🙂

Hope you had a great weekend too. Share what you did in the comments or link to a recipe you made!


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  1. Emily Swanson says

    November 13, 2017 at 10:57 am

    Nothing beats a classic chocolate chip cookie. It has to have all the butter and brown sugar and chocolate. 🙂 And that bacon corn chowder sounds and looks sooo yummy to me. I always crave soup when it gets cold. I hope you all get acclimated to those new cold temperatures. 🙂

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  2. Amber @ Bloom Nutrition Therapy says

    November 13, 2017 at 12:59 pm

    I hope you decide to post your Winter capsule. I’m so intrigued by the Capsule idea and was putting together a Fall capsule (or trying to) after your previous post. I don’t know why, but I feel so overwhelmed by it!! I think that defeats the purpose a little bit. I’m not sure why it’s so difficult for me. I would like to learn more about the thought process that goes into which items you choose and how you decide if you DO write about your Winter capsule. Great post!

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    • Robyn says

      November 15, 2017 at 12:43 pm

      I think I felt less overwhelmed when I first cleaned out my closet and started pitching things or donating. I’ll write about it 🙂

      Reply
  3. Allie says

    November 13, 2017 at 1:23 pm

    I’m so excited for you to move to Boston! I’ve lived in Boston for forever, but used to travel to NYC a lot for work and I so prefer the pace of Boston. It’s still got a lot of the appeal of a big city but feels MUCH less overwhelming. My boyfriend was living in NYC up until this September when he moved back here (where we met) and he’s continually commenting on how much better he feels here. I hope you love it. Have you guys decided on a neighborhood yet?

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    • Robyn says

      November 15, 2017 at 12:42 pm

      I think I’m going to be similar to your bf 🙂
      We haven’t decided yet! Are thinking South End, Cambridge or Charlestown depending on what we find. Obvi all of them are so different. I’m going to update on the blog next week 🙂

      Reply
  4. Amanda says

    November 13, 2017 at 3:23 pm

    dreammmmy food this weekend! I did homework all Friday, but lounged and brunched and drank with friends Saturday. Not bad at all 🙂 Have a great week, Robyn!

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    • Robyn says

      November 15, 2017 at 12:40 pm

      BRUNCH IS KING. Love it 🙂

      Reply
  5. Nicole @ Bento Momentos says

    November 13, 2017 at 3:43 pm

    Great post! Lots of fun times with friends and delicious eats. 🙂 I am definitely guilty of staying in my PJs all day when I have nothing planned… great idea to get out and moving!

    Reply
    • Robyn says

      November 15, 2017 at 12:40 pm

      <3 sometimes we need an all day PJ kind of day

      Reply
  6. Maggie Niemiec says

    November 13, 2017 at 5:19 pm

    This all looks so delicious and fun! I need that apple crisp in my life. I just bought the same Ann Voskamp book, and I can’t wait to read it.

    Jena and I went to a dinner event Friday night 🙂 You would’ve loved it!

    Excited for you and Nick to experience all Boston has to offer so soon!

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    • Robyn says

      November 15, 2017 at 12:40 pm

      What book? The Broken Way?!

      I wish I would have been there!!

      Reply
      • Maggie says

        November 15, 2017 at 5:51 pm

        I bought her book “One Thousand Gifts”! Still need to read “A Broken Way”, too!

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        • Robyn says

          November 15, 2017 at 10:34 pm

          Both super good reads 🙂

          Reply
  7. Nicole @ Laughing My Abs Off says

    November 13, 2017 at 5:25 pm

    What a nice weekend! I’ve had that apple crisp bookmarked for ages and ages, but I think you just inspired me to actually make it sometime soon. My weekend was great; I led a freshman retreat in the Virginia mountains, and yesterday was spent working a campus event that ended up being just socializing and belly-laughing with my coworkers 🙂 Much needed after my crazy busy week last week.

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    • Robyn says

      November 15, 2017 at 12:40 pm

      glad it was fun and relaxing! I need a retreat in the VA mountains 🙂

      Reply
  8. Summer Rae says

    November 13, 2017 at 6:35 pm

    Robyn!!

    We hosted a super groovy surprise disco birthday party! It was awesome – we even made a photo booth! Everyone has a great time and I feel blessed to have been a part of it. (: I hope you and Mr. Nick have a great day!

    This side of Heaven,
    Summer Rae

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    • Robyn says

      November 15, 2017 at 12:39 pm

      Oh wow that sounds like a blast!

      Reply
  9. Megan @ A Continual Feast says

    November 13, 2017 at 7:09 pm

    Ann Voskamp writes so beautifully! That book really changed me and how I practice gratitude in my day-to-day life. About to watch that Brene youtube video now!

    Your weekend eats look delicious- especially that apple crisp. Fall weather and apple crisp go together so perfectly 🙂

    Reply
    • Robyn says

      November 15, 2017 at 12:38 pm

      Love Ann V! Fall screams apple 🙂
      Hope you had a great weekend too!

      Reply
  10. Nancy says

    November 13, 2017 at 10:31 pm

    Love your blog but just have to say that “move my body” sounds kinda weird…why not just say exercise because that’s what it is.

    Reply
    • Robyn says

      November 15, 2017 at 12:37 pm

      movement to me is a much more neutral word, exercise has a lot of morality and judgement tied to it for many people

      Reply
      • Julie says

        November 15, 2017 at 7:17 pm

        I LOVE that you use the term “move my body”! I have been incorporating that phrase into my intuitive journey and it makes me so thankful that I am able to move and that God made our bodies to enjoy the movement. Thank you for the explanation, Robyn!

        Julie 🙂

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        • Robyn says

          November 15, 2017 at 10:35 pm

          Thank you for sharing how it’s been positive to change that language Julie!

          Reply
  11. pam says

    November 14, 2017 at 5:14 am

    Hi, do you have a recipe to share for the chicken bacon corn chowder?

    Reply
    • Robyn says

      November 15, 2017 at 12:36 pm

      I’ll have to get a hold of Nick to find it since he cooked it!

      Reply
  12. Natalie says

    November 15, 2017 at 2:19 am

    1000 gifts is so good! Almost halfway to 1000 gifts on my own gratitude list that she inspired me to make!

    Reply
    • Robyn says

      November 15, 2017 at 12:35 pm

      love that idea of making my own!

      Reply
  13. courtney says

    November 18, 2017 at 11:20 pm

    hey! love everything 🙂 since you updated your site, your links are not external, so any time we click, we have to leave your site and not finish the post. also, we can no longer read your full post on feedly! hope some technical feedback is helpful. xo

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    • Robyn says

      November 19, 2017 at 10:39 am

      Thanks so much for your help Courtney! I have changed the external links to all open in a new window in addition to the internal links (when I am at a site I prefer to never lose my “original spot” — let me know if you prefer internal links opening in the same window. I’m always open to reader feedback! The post length in feeders is back to full length too 🙂

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      • courtney says

        November 19, 2017 at 4:00 pm

        it’s all awesome! thanks, girl!

        Reply
  14. Abigail T says

    November 19, 2017 at 6:48 pm

    Those cookies look great for an ice cream sandwich!

    Reply
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