The NFL and Grape Nuts are Not That Serious

this week's chats, snacks, and quotes from Hinge boys.

the best pic we’ve taken in weeks

Welcome to the second edition of Not That Serious. We forgot to tell you in the first edition (whoops) that this is a weekly newsletter - lucky you! Some weeks we’ll be sharing recipes and other weeks we’ll be sharing life updates, things we’re loving, dinners we’re having, etc.

Here is the official link to our Substack - julieandamy.substack.com

It changed since last week because there may or may not have been a typo in the name. You had one job!!! This new one was triple checked so we’re good to go. It screams professional.

Weekly Update:

We’ve gotten really into football this year. Is it because our downstairs TV stopped working and now there is only one TV in the house so we have to watch whatever our Dad is watching because we live at home (happily!!)??? NO, THAT’S NOT WHY. It’s because we think some of the players are attractive.

Stay with us here - hypothetical questions are the foundation of our conversations. You run out of things to say when you’re with someone 24/7. How do you get away from them when they live in the room next to you?? You don’t - so you come up with fun questions to ask each other. 

One of our favorite topics is the difference between men and women - sparked by being on dating apps AND reading this book and this book (both great). It’s a broad category with many sub-topics: masculine/feminine energy, what boys talk about vs girls, what goes on in a boy’s brain compared to a girl’s, the list goes on.

Circling back to the NFL (someone needs to take a writing class) - the other day we were on a walk and started talking about NFL quarterbacks, but not in the way you’d think. Our question was “which NFL quarterback would you date?” We then proceeded to go through each player and analyze not only their football skills but also their personality (IT DOES MATTER) and their looks (which matters more lol).

The determined caveat: Joe Burrow can’t be involved because he’s the obvious winner. Comment if you think otherwise! We’d love to have a very sophisticated debate on this. And this is how girls talk about sports - we really get the whole picture.

@joeyb_9

Other Fun Hypothetical Questions: 

Ask these to your friends over espresso martinis. It’s fun we promise. Some of them are courtesy of boys on Hinge because they have a lot to say to Julie’s “my love language is hypothetical questions” prompt.

• If you could choose any fictional tv friend group to hang out with who would it be? (the best Hinge one)

• You have 3 properties anywhere in the world. Where/what are they?

• If I got arrested, what would you think I did and why?

• Would you rather win $10 million dollars or break your leg? (if you find this Hinge boy, arrest him)

Dinner Inspo:

Because we love talking about food almost as much as we like eating it. Here’s what we’ve been eating for dinner the past few nights. Use it as inspo or blackmail, idc!

• Kale Chicken Caesar Salad - massaged kale, arugula, Gardein Chick’n Tenders, red onion, capers, cucumbers, and a tahini caesar dressing. We have a very similar recipe, here.

• Vegan chicken pot pie soup - recipe in our previous newsletter.

• Veggie lasagna - something like this bike trip version but with tofu ricotta.

• Creamy Garlicky Courgette and Butterbean Bowl - for those of you that don’t watch Love Island, courgette means zucchini in British. Melissa (our older sister but more importantly, bike trip leader) found this recipe and anytime she comes home we force her to make it.

Things we are loving this week:

1. This song is a 2006 throwback but damn is it hitting on a golden hour walk.

2. In case you missed it, this icicle was hanging from the back of our car and I can’t get the image out of my head. Now you won’t be able to either.

3. This week our mom told us that she ordered a pair of pants from Amazon and they “disappeared” so she ordered them again but those also “disappeared” only to discover that she herself had been returning the pants for being uncomfortable and then forgetting. That gave us all a good chuckle.

4. When I (Amy) asked for a SPLASH more milk in my coffee, the barista said “tell me when“ and proceeded to DUMP the entire carton in my coffee. I tried to yell “WHEN” immediately but it was too late and the coffee was the creamiest you’ve ever seen. It was only funny afterwards when I told Julie what happened - yelling “WHEN” at him AS he was saying “tell me when” but it just didn’t matter. He was on a mission and I was nothing to him. IT’S NOT PARMESAN CHEESE, MICHAEL.

5. This TikTok - if you laugh out loud like us then we have the same sense of humor, congrats?

6. Grape Nuts, Yogurt, & Honey: Our newest snack obsession is Icelandic Provisions Oatmilk Skyr (new at Whole Foods), sliced banana, and Grape Nuts with a drizzle of honey from “the honey man.” The Honey Man is a guy around our block who sells honey from a stand outside his house. The honey is unreal and I’ve never seen the man before in my life - just how I like it. This snack is elite. Catch us eating it for breakfast AND dessert. No rules, just life.

   

Side note: Amy’s toxic trait is bringing up her love of Grape Nuts to every boy she dates. Also she gets b’s and p’s confused. (Omg I did not abbrove of sharing that second sentence)

Thanks for reading! Share with your friends so they can laugh at us, we don’t care!