Cucumbers & Onions

I grew up with this combination made by my mother and honestly I cannot duplicate hers. Hers are far to good but not the healthiest so I treat them like a special treat when she makes them for us. I started making these recently with all the cucumbers my mom has been gifting me from her garden. A simple recipe but delightful with the findings in the garden that is for sure. Feel free to make a huge batch like I did!

What you need~
4-5 cucumbers sliced
2 red onions sliced
Apple cider vinegar
Salt
Water
Ponzu
Everything seasoning


Start by dicing up the cucumbers and onions and placing in a large bowl. Pour some salt over them a dash of the vinegar and then fill the bowl with water. You can use as much salt as you want I just dump a bunch(1/4 cup maybe) in and cover them with water since you will drain. Place in the fridge over night. In the AM drain all water off of the veggies. I then toss with the Ponzu and everything seasoning. You can eat right away or store it gets better the longer it sits. It becomes pickled almost.

This is a yummy easy recipe and you can really sub out a ton of stuff. Do not have ponzu? Use soy sauce and lime juice which is what it tastes like. No everything seasoning use sesame seeds (black) and Mrs. Dash, Nature's whatever you got.

Prepping!

After water removed.

Seasoned!

Ready to eat!

I really love the fresh garden veggies this time of year!

Until next time~
XoXo Emily

Foxy Pedaler

A little ray of fun in a hard month. I have not posted anything in a while and that is because my grandfather passed away. One of the giants in my life in many more ways that one that was a hard time recently to have to work through. This caused me to not really cook or travel. This past Sunday for my friend Katelyn's birthday we did this bike tour on the foxy pedaler and we had a blast. I will pre-warn you it caused my back injury to flair up and I am still recovering from that. Still worth it though we had a really good afternoon. Some hightlights below. We decided on two stops and the biking tour took about 2 hours. We also had a 90's theme!

Three drinks served on the trip while pedaling.

Our tour guide Tom was so fun.

Cute little cozies.

Why so concerned? :)

Bloody Mary at the first stop Rum Runners. They have a bloody Mary bar on Sundays.

Reuben at our second stop Fox Harbor.

This was surprisingly a lot of a work out. I got sweaty.

Brandon looks like he is dancing.

Hello Handsome.

Giggles.

I finally got to meet Erin!

The weather was nice, we had many laughs, 90's music (our theme of the party) was blasting and it was great to celebrate something happy for once. Happy Birthday to Katelyn!

Until next time~
XoXo Emily

YELP: Food Photography 101

Well that was cool! I not only learned a lot but this event was a delightful break from the real world for a minute. I went and bought an expensive phone last year because it has three camera lens and takes insanely good pictures. Which has honestly up'd my photo game for sure but I was hoping to learn some things and boy I did. I learned about lighting, focal points and settings on my phone. It was a class well worth it. Michelle was a great teacher and the Bottle Room an awesome hosting event. I already started using these tips last night at a baseball work outing. Here are some of my photos I took during the event. I dear you to not droll everywhere!

The food props were tasty.

Pre-light filter.

Post- light filter.

Learned how to edit photos and this one has the best lighting.

I accidentally took a photo of my face but did not delete it because I thought it was funny.

Working on my lighting.

I love being part of the YELP community and having access to these events. They really allow me to interact with not only other food lovers but really learn. I cannot wait for the next event!

Until next time~
XoXo Emily