Right here’s a little bit of life these days together with a tomato-themed dinner at Veritas and a nature hike we took with Birch.
Supper Collection at Veritas
Veritas is one among my favourite vineyards on the town as a result of they achieve this many enjoyable occasions. From Starry Nights concert events to the Veritas Illuminated winter lights excursions to the Supper Collection dinners all summer time. Final yr I went with my pal group to “The French Cafe” and this yr we did a second annual dinner with a tomato theme!
This dinner was a partnership with Veritas and David Hunsaker from Village Backyard RVA. With over 20 years of farming expertise, David has cultivated greater than 400 kinds of tomatoes and 100 sorts of chiles. We loved loads of summer time tomatoes and discovered about among the extra distinctive varieties in the course of the dinner.
Skilled images by @benlolliphotography
We loved Rosé and Spicy Savvy B to begin! I beloved the jalapeños and sauvignon blanc combo!
Skilled images by @benlolliphotography
Our Menu
LOVED the tomato salad with candy chili, basil, and garlic. Tomatoes at their best!
We additionally loved chickpeas with summer time eggplant.
And cioppinno with contemporary seafood and shaved fennel.
And dessert was a Basque Goat Cheese Cheesecake. (TBH, the tomato jam was not my favourite!)
Should you’re fascinated with attending an upcoming Supper Collection dinner, there are two extra to come back:
Nature Hike
On Saturday Thomas and I took Birch on a nature hike to Ivy Creek. This candy little one was SO EXCITED to go mountain climbing!
He beloved throwing rocks in creek.
We additionally noticed this very cool owl!!
Tortoise and the Hare
Birch additionally was very proud to win 4th place in a children operating dash for his age group at a children observe membership! Go Birch!
I used to be proud to simply end my run after I did a small group session at ACAC. I’m respectable at weights, stairs, and agility, however man operating the observe sucked the life out of me!! Patrick and I tied for reddest face although!
Mazen has been loving his fishing camp once more this yr. He despatched me this pic of 1 he caught on a really inexperienced pond!
We FINALLY made it to the pool after many makes an attempt that began with blue skies and ended like this by the point we bought there. Principally a pool on our porch!
However we loved an exquisite Sunday with no rain final weekend. I fulfilled my dream of doing my three favourite pool actions: studying, floating on a raft with out getting tipped over, and consuming watermelon!
Fishwife
Fishwife despatched me a few of their tinned fish being the sardine lover that I’m: Albacore Tuna, Sardines in Lemon, and Smoked Trout. All three have been superb! Plus are these not the prettiest packages ever?!
We loved sardine salad on the finish of our hike.
Kath Eats Summer time Meals
Sunday dinner: Roasted dill salmon, rosemary potatoes, and caprese tomatoes.
The perfect Blue Apron skillet dinner. I’m going to recreate this! It was like a deconstructed enchilada.
One other Blue Apron winner: tacky hen, beans, and garlic bread.
Mozzarella and heirloom tomato sandwich with summer time cherries
And Holly’s birthday brunch at Birch and Bloom! Liked the deconstructed smoked salmon toast.
We’re heading to the seaside tomorrow for one final summer time hurrah and a household reunion with Thomas’s facet. Then it’s just about again to highschool!
