Birthday Meals for Jul!

A food post!! As many of you know, Jim and I certainly enjoy food, and we also enjoy celebrating our birthdays over multiple meals and occasions. My birthday (ah-em, 31st) was on Monday the 8th, so we started out on Saturday the 6th with whole-wheat waffles for breakfast... delicious with plain yogurt and homemade peach sauce...

For Saturday dinner Jim fixed up a delicious surprise meal of new recipes (our b-day tradition): Jamie Oliver's lentils with sausage and tomato salsa, and maple-caramelised carrots... plus sparkling apple cider...

And chocolate tart, very rich and tasty...


Then on Sunday the 7th after church we went out for brunch/lunch at a restaurant - so many to try in downtown Bloomington - and since church meets in a gym nearby, we were able to walk over. This restaurant has funky 'trendy midwestern' decor and prides itself on using foods from local farmers.

The biscuits with apple butter were a Big Hit, in my opinion. As was the chai latte served in a German-label beer stein.