For breakfast I had an Almond Croissant that we got the night before and some tea. I was able to work from home in the morning and then work in the office in the afternoon. It was nice to see some of my coworkers and catch up! For lunch, I stopped at Outpost on the way home to pick up some vegan enchiladas and a Kale Kiwi Apple juice from the cafe and juicery. Outpost has such good vegan and non-vegan lunch options, all sustainably sourced and made with quality ingredients. 

For dinner we brought food home from Sweet Basil, Mee Ka Tee noodles (below), Crab Rangoons and Combo Lad Na noodles! 

For dinner, Drew picked up some Jamaican food from a local place here called Island Jam. They don't have a website but it's a very no-frills place. You call, they don't even take your name down. You order and they just know who you are when you arrive. It's uncanny. We ordered Jerk Chicken, with rice and beans, plantains, and cabbage. It's Drew's favorite food place right now and it's SO good. I always tell myself I'm not going to finish the whole thing and I finish it every time. 

I spent the day working on more business-related projects. I updated our online menu, created a catering menu and made it live on our website, and also took a large catering order. I worked with the customer on their order and then ran to the store for some supplies. I started the mid-morning off working at the restaurant from 10:00am til around 1pm. Made sure the catering order was picked up and we smoothed over any issues. After I left the restaurant, I went to the Asian supermarket to pick up additional restaurant supplies and headed home. 

For a late lunch, we made Spicy Chili Oil Dumplings. They are some of our favorites from Din Tai Fung so we try to make them at home. It's not quite the same, but it's close. I boil frozen dumplings in a pot and then crisp them up just a little bit, then I made a sauce using dumpling sauce (soy sauce, vinegar, MSG, sesame oil, ginger) and mix it with a spicy chili oil. Then we toss the dumplings in the finished mix. It's really good. 

Drew and I went back to the restaurant to work the dinner shift. I spent the shift writing down the serial numbers of our equipment and cataloging everything. I also got to have a meeting with my mom to finalize her thoughts on the menu and brochure. It's really a blessing to be able to work with my mom on business-related projects. I like to let her know I value her opinion, we like to give her the freedom to create new dishes as she pleases and make changes if she feels there are dishes that aren't selling as well or if they are taking too much of her prep time. We did end up cutting a small portion of our underperforming dishes and adding two new dishes. I like to show my mom the sales reports and numbers, she's always impressed with the technology and likes quantifying things with me. 

We closed up the shift and left the restaurant around 10pm. We stopped by Oakland Gyros on Layton for some quick food on the way home. We didn't have time to grocery shop so I ordered our groceries on Amazon (this has been such a game changer) and got our groceries delivered exactly when we got home! Easy, peasy. 

On Sunday, I woke up early and spent the morning catching up on emails and working on the blog! Drew had a golf fundraiser with his dad so he was expected to be gone for the day. I hung out in bed for most of the morning working on my laptop and hanging out with Crouton. Then for brunch, I made quick Smoothie Bowls. For the smoothie, I put in a whole avocado, spinach, frozen blueberries, vanilla greek yogurt, and a banana. We topped the smoothie bowl off with strawberries, blackberries, fresh blueberries, and granola. 

I ran a ton of errands with my brother for the restaurant in the afternoon. We are looking to buy a new computer for the business but Best Buy didn't have many choices in stock. Then we went to the Container Store to purchase some food storage bins and look at shelving units for more organization ideas. When 

Drew was done with his gold even later in the evening, we went for a quick dinner date. We got sushi takeout and had a mini date night in the car since it rained. We shared Salmon, Tuna, and Yellowtail Nigiri, Shrimp Tempura rolls, and a Spicy Crab roll. We talked for hours in the car as it continued to rain and got caught up with each other, we ended up staying out pretty late.