Tag: food

Following another of our family traditions, we had bagels, cream cheese, salmon, pastrami, roast beef, homemade pesto, swiss cheese, and sliced onion for breakfast. And lately, we’ve also had Scotch Bonnet on the table for those who like to add a little heat (that would be me). When we meet with our extended family, we also have corned beef, but I skipped that this year. But one thing that made it very special for 2020 is that the bagels were homemade. Super yummy, with good ingredients.

The timing of the breakfast varies… sometimes happening before opening gifts, sometimes after, and many times both. This year it was before the gifts which is fine with me because that gives me more time to wake up and have coffee! I guess the older the kids have gotten, breakfast seems to come first as they have more self-control with their gifts and can wait a bit longer. 😊

For those celebrating, I hope you had a nice Christmas!

Tonight’s yummy dinner… and the egg turned out perfectly. 😊

The request from Mariko came in for me to make chili, and I was happy to oblige. 😊 The photo above shows Mariko’s bowl of “chili-gohan”, which is essentially chili over rice (gohan means rice in Japanese). From there, you can top it with whatever you choose.

Mariko and I both went with jalapeños, cilantro, Mexican sour cream, cheese, avocado, and a fried egg. I’m not sure what Bay and Koa had, but below you can see Koa’s bowl. His preferred method is to mix everything up. Not the prettiest, but to each his own!