The Misfit Kale Salad.

There's a restaurant in Santa Monica that I often find myself running into and quickly out of.  I have become completely addicted to a single item on their menu, and I truly just can't get enough of it.  The bonus:  It's REALLY healthy.

The Misfit Restaurant is very close to where I work, so it's easy to get there and back with my take out multiple times a week (or to bring home for dinner when I'm heading out of the office).  There was a time this summer when I was working every single day for a month, and I may have eaten the kale salad twenty five times...It's that good.  Actually all of their food seems to be really tasty and moderately priced as well, but my love for their kale salads -- and complimentary sea salt chocolate chip cookies -- will never wane.

I finally snapped a photo of it to share with you all.  I have yet to re-create this at home, though it seems pretty straight forward.  The ingredients are:  finely chopped kale, quinoa, halved grapes, sunflower seeds, diced red peppers, manchego & parmesan cheese, tossed and topped with a lemon vinaigrette.

More please.

A Necessary Purchase

Could you spend $10 on something better?  Yes.  But there's something about the feeling of self satisfaction when correctly labeling all of the cheeses (in my case Stilton, Manchego, and Port Salut) in your presentation. 

I got these dry-erase cheese markers (set of 6) from Crate and Barrel, and they certainly are awesome do the job.

Photographed at our kickoff to summer BBQ this weekend: 

Working Cheese.

When you have to work 12 - 15 hour days over the weekend ... 
at least there is comfort in cheese.


I've been living at the office the past week, but a perk of having clients in nights / weekends is the cheese plates.
My apologies for the lack of posts lately (for all 8 of you readers).  In the interim, here are the remnants of last night's cheese plate:

Manchego, Humbolt Fog, St. André Triple Cream, Point Reyes Blue.
Served with water crackers, baby pickles, olive relish, and roasted red peppers.