Remember how I recently bought a Groupon for three veggie meals from HelloFresh? Well, I cashed that Groupon in and we got our first HelloFresh box this past Monday.
Review: Our First HelloFresh Experience + A 40% Off Code!
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Friday Five
1. Zoe! Last Friday I talked about awesome Walter, and this week I want to talk about my rescue kitty, Zoe. She’s not the friendliest cat around—she’s definitely a full-on cat, whereas Walter is very dog-like. She’s maybe 10 or 11 years old, but I’m not sure of her actual age. This is because she’s a deli cat rescue! About nine years ago, a friend of mine was living in Bed-Stuy and a deli on her street shut down. Apparently, this cat was living in the deli and they abandoned her when they closed the place, mercifully leaving the gate open enough for her to escape. My friend found this poor kitty wet and crying on the street, so she took her in. She couldn’t keep the cat, so I decided to give her a good home. Zoe is super weird, as most torties are. LIKES: head scratches, Greenies, giving good bitchface and stinkeye, chewing on plastic bags, sleeping by my feet, catching mice and putting them on the bed, chattering at birds and squirrels outside. DISLIKES: the rustling noise of plastic or paper bags, being touched anywhere other than her head, people walking through the apartment, the Game of Thrones theme song sung in meows, all other animals (sorry, Walter).
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Simple Ways to Celebrate Earth Day Every Day
Earth Day is next Wednesday, April 22, and you don’t have to be a schoolkid to observe this new-ish holiday, which officially began in 1970. In my mind, every day should be Earth Day, but it doesn’t hurt to have an annual reminder that we all can and should do more to help protect our planet.
Below are some of my favorite simple ways to celebrate Earth Day every day.
DIY Marbled Jewelry Trays from Brit + Co
I’ve been eyeing Brit + Co‘s marbled jewelry tray DIY kit for awhile now, and I finally broke down and ordered it last week. The kit is $25, but you can get $10 off your first order from the website by signing up for their newsletter, which I did, obviously. 🙂 So with the $4.99 shipping, this DIY kit only cost me $19.99. They offer a variety of colors; I went with blue.
The kit arrived as a very nicely packaged box with an instruction card:
Homebrewed Kombucha: Batch Two!
I just bottled our second homemade batch of kombucha made with our Kombucha Brooklyn home brew super kit, and it’s a great one! This batch fermented for ten days, and it has a nice bready aroma. It’s more sour than our first batch (which is all gone, BTW!), but in a good way. And man…look at this fucking SCOBY:
Friday Five
1. Walter the cat. This handsome dude is fifteen and a half years young! My husband adopted him from the New York Animal Care & Control when he was a wee eight weeks old. He is the biggest mush EVER. You look at him and he purrs. You touch him and he purrs. He simply cannot get enough of human hands on him. If you pull your hand away, he’ll reach out with a paw and pull your hand back toward him. Everyone loves him and he loves everyone. Walter likes to sit on my lap while I’m at my desk, typing away. He is the best furry assistant in the world! Look at those big kitty eyes:
Cornflake Sweet Treats Galore
My friend had a birthday party yesterday evening, and I decided to attempt to make Momofuku Milk Bar‘s cornflake marshmallow cookies to bring along. A few years ago for her birthday I bought some of the very same cookies from the Carroll Gardens Milk Bar and brought them to her party; seeing as how my husband and I now own the Milk Bar Cookbook (a lovely wedding gift) I thought it’d be fun to try making these bad boys myself! For reference, this is the cookbook’s photo of the cookie:
Friday Five
1. Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, California. My husband and I were just out in the LA area visiting his parents, and we paid a visit to this 120-year-old bookstore (no joke—it’s older than dirt!). This place has everything! There are a ton of books, obviously, but strategically placed throughout the store are gift items related to the nearby book sections. Plus, there’s a large stationary section that Ted Mosby would drool over for its calligraphy supplies. Here’s to another 120+ years!
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HelloFresh + Groupon Sale
This morning, I woke up to a 25% off discount code for Groupon local deals in my inbox, so I started hunting around the website. I found a $20 Groupon for three HelloFresh veggie meals, meaning that with the discount the deal is only $15. That comes out to $2.50 per meal per person! Um, yes please! I ordered the deal right away and I’m looking forward to trying HelloFresh out. This dish is just one example of their veggie offerings:
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Friday Five
1. Easter Sweets! I don’t celebrate Easter (I was raised Jewish*), but I’m a sucker for Easter treats like Cadbury Creme Eggs and Robin Eggs. This year I found two new sugary Easter goodies: Peanut Butter M&M Eggs and Goldfish Vanilla Cupcake Grahams. Peanut butter M&Ms are my favorite candy (I always buy a bag at the airport!), and somehow they taste even better in pastel speckled robin egg form.
