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WIAW - Birthday Eats

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SO SORRY for the delay in posting! I was cooking near my computer on Tuesday night (of course) and spilled a bit on the keyboard…panic ensued and IT support saved my computer this morning. Phew!

Monday was Nate’s birthday, and I’m so excited to share our fantastic day of eats with you! Linking up with Jenn for this What I Ate Wednesday. I was lucky enough to be able to work from home this week and not travel, and Monday was a perfect example of making great use of my kitchen AND taking advantage of the San Francisco food scene.

BREAKFAST

No birthday is complete without pancakes! I made my gluten-free Banana Oat pancakes which are so simple, healthy, and SO GOOD. I topped mine with PB and more bananas, while the birthday boy went for the good maple syrup. Sightglass french press coffee on the side! This picture is of Nate’s big @$$ stack of pancakes..looked much better than mine which I kind of burned.

20150803_092830 LUNCH

Nate swung by Chino’s Taqueria for some pretty amazing looking tacos. This place is a real find in the Richmond district - a great local and authentic vibe. He had three tacos which each could honestly have been their own burrito. I came home and whipped up a salad of mixed greens, chicken, and roasted eggplant and sweet potatoes. I made the tahini lemon dressing from my Mediterranean Salad which I honestly can’t get enough of!

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SNACK

Thoughts on my water/lemon ratio?

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Pink lady apple sprinkled with cinnamon and a little PB for a snack. While I generally like to stick to 3 large meals a day, I’ve been trying to snack a little more in the afternoon to encourage less eating at dinner. I hate feeling overly full when I go to bed. However, we feasted this night so the snack certainly didn’t help because we ate and drank to our heart’s content for Nate’s birthday!

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DINNER

I made this reservation exactly a month ago - we finally got to go to Nopa!! Nopa is one of the most famous restaurants in San Francisco with lines always out the door. It’s also super casual and not pretentious at all, which I love about it. Nate started with the little fried fish (anchovies) and I had their corn soup. So good. We also shared this plate of warm marinated olives…

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For my entree, I had the Moroccan vegetable tangine which was delicious. Nate enjoyed a bun-less burger with broccoli on the side!

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I also enjoyed a glass of wine and this really great cocktail. This one had lime and grapefruit juice and honey and gin - perfect mix of tangy and sweet. We must have taken this photo like 100 times but Nate kept saying that I looked like I was in pain..this might have been the best one and it’s still not great. 20150803_200947

And no birthday would be complete without ice cream for the birthday boy, and then a scoop of vegan coconut berry ice cream on a gluten free cone for me from Bi-Rite next door. And then we waddled our way home.

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  4. Happy belated birthday to Nate! It’s so sweet you have that special breakfast ritual of making pancakes on birthdays. And your Morrocan tagine for dinner looks really good.
    On a random note I think it’s nice you have fresh flowers out in your home - that’s such a nice touch.
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