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Genki Ya sushi

December 20, 2018 Thursday

6:31 AM Sassy
Good morning!
Fell asleep at 5:30 last night…didn’t wake up until 1:30 am. Oops.
Was up for an hour, then back to sleep for 4 hours. Wacky.
Have a terrific Thursday!

11:39 AM Phil

Ha! That’s a great alarm!

8:33 PM Sassy
Sushi supper at Genki Ya in Davis Square Somerville

Warm and salty edamame
Soft-shell crab tempura
Maki roll with eel and sweet potato
Pork katsu curry
Volcano roll



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Cafe Sushi

December 19, 2018 Wednesday

7:07 AM Sassy
Good morning Philip!
Another working Wednesday!
I get to do the payroll early. Whee.
Hope your day is wonderful!
[gif of Snoopy in a sleeping bag waving and saying Morning!]

2:56 PM Sassy
Superb lunch at Cafe Sushi in Cambridge

Sushi bar
Zen interior
Miso soup and garden salad
Teriyaki chicken bento box with CA roll and shumai

4:12 PM Phil
Cute!
Had a good day. Settling into work.
Very nice temperatures

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Karl’s Sausage Kitchen

December 16, 2018 Sunday

8:09 AM Sassy
Good morning kid!
I’m off to Karl’s Sausage Kitchen to get brunch and Christmas treats!
Then two project meetings. Whee! Have a superb Sunday!
11:04 AM Sassy
Tasty breakfast and Christmas shopping at Karl’s Sausage Kitchen in Peabody
The entrance
Their distinctive sign
Lebkuchen gingerbread hearts from Germany
Lebkuchen prices
Cafe
The shop filled with European treats
Cute salt and pepper shakers
American breakfast with fried eggs, soft rye toast, 
bacon and polish sausage
Bavarian breakfast with scrambled eggs, pretzel and weiswurst
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Fisherman’s platter

December 15, 2018 Saturday

9:11 AM Sassy
Good morning kid!
Congrats on the test results!! Does this mean you get to work now?

I’m off to Sis’s house to sort through family photos. Aiming to cull 10,000 down to about 1,000 to be digitized. Whee! Good task for a rainy Saturday.

9:35 AM Phil
It means I get to work now. Have fun!
Cantata practice today, uncluttering my office and then football!
Have fun sorting through photos!

1:59 PM Sassy
Lucious late lunch at Court House Seafood!  I got their stuffed clam and fisherman’s platter with fried clams, shrimp, scallops and fish and a baked potato!  So fresh and good!

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Festive food

December 13, 2018 Thursday

10:36 AM Sassy
Good morning!
Hope you’re having a terrific Thursday!!
It’s my Friday and it’s Holiday Party day at work. Wheeeee

3:21 PM Sassy
Holiday Party treats at the office!  From Via Lago catering in Lexington 

 A festive table 
 Scottish smoked salmon and boursin toasts
 Middle Eastern platter with hummus, tabouli, grape leaves 
and olives with pita bread
 Paprika-dusted deviled eggs 
 English cucumber cups with Maine lobster salad 
 Vegetable crudites with dips
 Cheese and crackers with fruit 
 Caprese skewers with marinated mozzarella, grape tomatoes 
and basil with pesto sauce
 Gorgonzola Pistachio Apricots 
 Shrimp cocktail 
 Fruit tray
 Mini-pastries
 Chocolate-dipped strawberries 
 Cupcakes
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No sticky buns

December 11, 2018 Tuesday

8:49 AM Sassy
Tuesday time! Let’s rock it!

9:15 AM Phil
Woo Hoo! Enjoy the day!

1:22 PM Sassy
Van from a local bakery – door sign says “Notice: Driver does not carry sticky buns!”

7:02 PM Sassy
Quick sushi supper at Genki Ya in Davis Square Somerville

Steamed shrimp shumai
Sashimi and sushi
Soft-shell crab tempura
Steamed gyoza
Fresh roll with shrimp with peanut sauce
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Holiday Cookie Exchange – Melting Snowmen Balls

Dear Readers,
It’s time to share recipes for holiday treats!  Yum.  A gaggle of sexy bloggers are kicking off the holiday season in style with the 10th annual recipe exchange!  Jz from A Reluctant Bitch encouraged us to post a favorite holiday treat recipe today.  Bless her heart and many thanks for pulling this together! So you can see holiday treats all over this part of the blogosphere!  And drool over something other than my cleavage today!  The recipe I picked is below, and then further down are the links to the other blogs sharing their tasty treats!  
I adore cookies!  Cookie Monster is my favorite Sesame Street muppet.  Om nom nom.  I am not much of a baker these days, but I used to help my mom make hundreds of cookies for church events – from lebkuchen (that had to be started a month ahead of time), to sugar cookies, currant bars, icebox cookies, shortbreads, thumbprints with raspberry jam, molasses cookies, spritz, ginger bread men, and something she called “snowballs.”  See my cookie post from 2012 about those!  Ever since I’ve been hooked on eating balls of all kinds!  
In 2013, I shared Noreen’s easy recipe for Oreo Cookie Balls.  There was even a video to make prep extra easy!

The 2014 entry was an amazing recipe for toffee cookie balls from Snackworks!  With only four ingredients!  And three steps!  And NO BAKING!  I could do that!  More balls made of cookies! With chocolate and toffee!  

For 2015, I shared something a little more exotic – doggy style cookies.  They still had balls on them!
The 2016 post was an easy no-bake recipe with caramel, chocolate and nuts that turn into TURTLE BALLS!

In 2017, I shared an easy no-bake recipe with chocolate and stuff that turns into RED VELVET BALLS!

Last year, my cookie exchange creation was a chocolatey nutty oaty delight called NO-BAKE MONSTER COOKIE BALLS!

And this year, I am sharing

MELTING SNOWMEN BALLS 


Adapted from Christi Johnstone’s Love from the Oven blog
https://www.lovefromtheoven.com/melting-snowmen-cookie-balls/

Ingredients: 
  • 24 Chocolate Sandwich Cookies/Oreos – divide up into 9 to crush, 15 to top
  • 3 Tbsps of Philadelphia Cream Cheese softened 
  • 9 oz Baker’s White chocolate broken into pieces and melted in microwave
  • Assorted colored decorating gels

    Also needed – Two bowls, sheet of waxed paper and a baking sheet, plate or platter

    Instructions:
    1) Finely crush 9 cookies in a bowl then mix in cream cheese until blended.  Roll into 15 balls

    2) Place remaining cookies on a waxed paper-lined rimmed baking sheet

    3) Melt chocolate – Place chocolate in microwaveable bowl. Microwave on HIGH 2 min. or until chocolate is completely melted, stirring every 30 sec.

    4) Dip balls in melted chocolate, place on the cookies on the baking sheet

    Use a toothpick to dip the cookie balls into melted white chocolate; shake off excess chocolate then place on remaining cookies.

    5) Tap cookies on tray 3-4 times, allowing excess chocolate to pool onto cookies

    6) Decorate with gels into smiling faces

    7) Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm.  Keep refrigerated until served.

    8) Display elegantly on a plate or platter, serve and enjoy!

    Makes 15 balls

    Happy Holidays Dear Readers!  Extra hugs with groping! 
    -Sassy
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    You can see other recipes on any of the blogs listed below!  Click for treats!
    Bloggers Sharing Holiday Treats 2019

    Baker            blossom           Cat
    greengirl        Hermione        Jz
    Lindy             little monkey    messymimi     morningstar
    Mrs. Fever     olivia               Ronnie
    Ryan             Sassy              selkie  (blog here, recipe here)
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    Eggs Maryland

    December 9, 2018 Sunday

    12:20 PM Sassy
    Eggs Maryland at S&S Deli in Cambridge!  Think Eggs Benedict minus the ham plus a shrimp and crab cake!

    4:27 PM Sassy
    Wow! Snow for you! Supposed to get much?

    4:29 PM Phil
    Who knows? Inch or two maybe. Pretty though

    4:29 PM Sassy
    Our weekend guests are gone, can finally relax!

    4:35 PM Phil
    Ahhhhhhhh

    My team won, Pats lost, great weekend!

    4:36 PM Sassy
    Congrats!

    4:41 PM Phil
    THX!

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    Dim Sum Brunch

    December 8, 2018 Saturday

    10:02 AM Sassy
    Good morning kid!

    11:08 AM Phil
    Good morning! Happy Saturday!

    12:30 PM Sassy
    Dim sum brunch with Mary Chung’s in Central Square Cambridge

     Shumai
     Suan la chow show
     Peking Ravioli
     Egg roll
     Crab Rangoon
     Soup dumplings with ginger soy sauce 
     Upcoming open hours

    5:26 PM Sassy
    Avgolemono soup on a cold night at Greek Corner in Cambridge



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    Guacamole

    December 6, 2018 Thursday

    8:42 AM Sassy
    Good morning Philip! Another sunny cold morning! Wiggle those sexy toes for me!
    10:04 AM Phil
    Good morning!
    8:21 PM Sassy
    Marvelous Mexican dinner at Catina la Mexicana in Union Square Somerville
    Shrimp ceviche
    Guacamole
    Gorditas
    Veggie fajitas
    Chilaquiles with chicken
    Shrimp enchiladas with rice, refried beans and pica de gallo 
    Tres leches cake
    Flan