I'm behind!

I was pretty busy last week with work travel, and Steve was holding down the fort at home (and picking up our veggies), so here's a late breakdown of what's new here.

The heat wave broke! We're now back in the 70s and low 80s in Olympia! I'm pretty stoked about the cooler weather. I was in Santa Cruz last week where the temps were in the low-mid 70s every day. Perfect. Oh, and I got rear-ended in my rental car, but the damages were all small dents that fell below the minimum size for needing to file an insurance claim. Next week, another trip for work (to Newport OR) that'll probably be a lot more stressful since I have actual tasks to do instead of just observing things.

Our veggies last week were again excellent. I'm really pleased with the variety again. Steve took a picture, but it's kinda blurry so I'll just write it out. We got: 2 small heads leaf lettuce (1 red, 1 green), beets, potatoes, broccoli, 1 bunch carrots, 1 lb cucumbers, 1 yellow squash, 2 zucchini squash, green beans, snow peas, 1 sweet onion, 1 head garlic, and basil.

I made homemade pickles with the CSA cucumbers, some of the garlic, and dill from last week over the weekend. Then tonight for dinner we made a Thai basil stir fry with chicken and tons of veggies from the CSA. It was better than most restaurants too, and I'm going to make this again soon since it uses a ton of veggies. Steve found his new favorite sauce - the Sriracha sauce made by Tobasco. It's not quite as spicy as the 'usual' brand we get and has more garlic flavor. Win-win, we love it.

Today at work we had to run up to Seattle for a meeting and ate lunch at a great place in Chinatown. My boss is from Taiwan and took us to her favorite dim sum place. She said it's her favorite because it's inexpensive, fast, and really authentic. It was definitely all of those things (though there was a wait to get a table since it's popular). She did all of the picking of dishes to try, which meant I tried things I probably would not have on my own...case in point: I tried a chicken foot. It was fried then soaked in a great-tasting sauce. But the sauce made all the crispiness of the frying go away, so the texture was too soft and flabby for my liking (kinda like a chicken wing that's not crispy enough, and far less meat on it). And honestly, I had a hard time mentally, knowing I was gnawing on a chicken foot and all the tiny bones. I think I would have liked it a lot more if it was still crispy. But I tried it! Also, the photo below is kind of gross so I'm sorry (at least I kept it small!). It's the chicken foot after I started nibbling on it and then I decided I definitely needed a picture. I don't know what I was expecting it to look like, but dang, it really just looks like a foot. MOM DO NOT CLICK ON THE PICTURE, you don't want to see it.