Seattle Weekend!

Hi everyone! I'm off to Seattle for a long weekend to celebrate my nephew's first birthday!  In addition to celebrating, I plan on cramming as much seafood as I possibly can in the course of a few days, haha.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Lunchtime Links for October 3rd, 2012

• Thought Catalog: How to shop at Target. 
• La Fuji Mama: Milk shokupan.
• How Sweet Eats: Healthy harvest chicken soup. 
• Gallery Girls: Recap from TVGasm.
• A Kitchen Addiction: Brown butter apple yogurt snack cake. 

Tout de Sweet Shop - Salted Caramel Macaron

This may be the only time to date that I didn't buy a vanilla macaron from Tout de Sweet shop, haha.  On the left we have a new (to me) flavor, Salted Caramel, and on the right is their Red Velvet macaron.

The Salted Caramel macaron didn't taste particularly "salted" to me, but that could be because I usually eat these in 2 bites and they're gone, haha.  It did have a nice caramel smell and flavor that wasn't too overly sweet.  I'd recommend this for anyone that is a fan of caramel sweets.  I like that they offer a variety of flavors every time I'm there, and these little macarons are the right amount for a sweet treat! 

Lunchtime Links for October 2nd, 2012

• Closet Cooking: 25 fall recipes. 
• Thought Catalog: 20 embarrassing moments we never want to happen.
• Cookies & Cups: Chocolate chip banana cupcakes.  
• Serious Eats: Grilled cheese sandwiches in NYC. 
• The Kitchn: Smoothie tips and recipes.

Shake Shack - October Custard Calendar

Mmmm, the October custard flavors at Shake Shack are looking pretty fantastic, let's be honest.  There are definitely a few that I will be going out to try this month!

Monday: Red Wine Poached Pear
Tuesday: Maple Bacon Banan-za
Wednesday: Shackenstein
Thursday: Salty Chocolate Peanut Butter
Friday: Caramel Apple
Saturday: Peanut Butter Marshmallow Swirl
Sunday: Pumpkin Pie

HELLO FALL!

Lunchtime Links for October 1st, 2012

• Eat, Live, Run: Classic roast chicken with lemon and herbs. 
• Cookies & Cups: Mud Hen bars. 
• Two Peas and Their Pod: Brown butter pumpkin cupcakes with salted caramel frosting. 
• Picky Palate: Chocolate banana and peanut butter milk. 
• The Cozy Apron: Apple cider hushpuppies.

Football Oreos

Is there seriously a better way to celebrate football season?????  Yes, chips, salsa, and kettle chips are probably up there too, but c'mon - FOOTBALL OREOS!!!!!!!!

As soon as I saw the Serious Eats Oreo roundup, I knew that I had to find the football ones.  I figured they'd be around somewhere this time of year, and luckily I found these at my regular supermarket without much work (MUCH easier than the Birthday Cake Oreos).

Ok, so these are exactly the same as the regular Oreos, they are just shaped differently.  The cookie, the filling, everything except the structure is exactly the same.  That being said... a minor detail like that isn't going to stop me from enjoying these throughout the football season!