sweet bridge

So yesterday was Mothers' Day. We made two meals. First, eggs benedict over homemade toast for my mom (and dad). I skipped the hollandaise sauce and just had fried eggs. The kids didn't even have eggs, just toast with bacon. They love Erika's new favorite food....which is peanut butter with white chocolate in it made by the Peanut Butter Company.

For Erika's mom, we went to her house in Montebello NY. Usually we've gone over the Tappan Zee Bridge because she's in western Rockland County. But yesterday we tried something different, going over the Bear Mountain Bridge in Peekskill. First of all, the toll is only one dollar, coming west to east on the way home. That beats anything on the interstates. The bridge is beautiful, too....nestled among hills and stuff. You can tell they had to blast out the side of the mountain to get a road through there. The nycroads.com website probably has more on the history. I may check it out later today.

Anyways, it was like Iron Chef, with almonds as the secret ingredient. Erika made a salad with broccoli slaw, ramen noodles, and almonds. I passed, but did have 2 helpings of green bean amandine with slivered almonds. My contribution to the meal was chicken breasts baked with a coating of paprika and chopped almonds (instead of bread crumbs). That always turns out great!

And then of course we got home and I found out the Red Sox scored 6 in the ninth to win. sweet!