What did you eat today?
Breakfast: Yogurt & granola
Lunch: Chicken-salami sandwich. Buffalo bleu chips
Afternoon snack: half-Christmas cookies that Eliza baked in the middle of the night. Iced tea
Dinner: Turkey cutlets with broccoli
Dessert: Blueberry pie. An experiment to try to revive an old favorite recipe
Bears: The @greenhousebears are churning ice cream
Breakfast: Yogurt with granola
Lunch: Leftover Zachary’s pizza
Afternoon snack: Iced tea. TJ’s peppermints
Dinner: Leftover enchiladas. Experimented with our own salsa; started with this recipe:
https://blackberrybabe.com/2016/04/15/smoky-grilled-salsa-chevys-knock-off/ but used canned tomatoes which we drained before roasting. It was pretty good. Needed more lime and less cumin.
Dessert: A See’s candy
Bears: The @greenhousebears still pumping iron
Breakfast: Yogurt & granola
Lunch: Leftover Zachary’s pizza
Afternoon snack: Chocolate squares. Iced tea
Dinner: Leftover chicken enchilladas
Dessert: Dessert crepes
Bears: The @greenhousebears are pumping iron
Breakfast: Yogurt & granola
Lunch: Leftover Zachary’s stuffed spinach and mushroom pizza
Afternoon snack: Iced tea. Some TJ’s peppermints
Dinner: Chicken enchiladas
Dessert: Chocolate milkshake! Tessa has been wanting to make the best chocolate shake ever and I think we’re close. It was worth it to whip up a batch of hot fudge, just to put these over the top.
450 g Dryers chocolate ice cream
150 g whole milk
some (~50g) hot fudge… it was almost too thick, but once it poured into the glass, it was perfect
Bears: The @greenhousebears still skating. It was such a great one, we hated to take it down
Breakfast: The last pear of the season. Plus toast with peanut butter
Lunch: Split a pork chili verde burrito from Casa Latina Bakery
Afternoon snack: Iced tea. Some TJ’s peppermints
Dinner: Zachary’s stuffed spinach and mushroom pizza
Dessert: Ice cream
Bears: The @greenhousebears still skating
Breakfast: Cinnamon-raisin toast with peanut butter
Lunch: Taco with leftover tri-tip
Afternoon snack: TJ’s peppermints. Iced tea
Dinner: First dinner out since quarantine! Went to Fleming’s in Palo Alto with Grandpa John and Therese. Sat at separate tables and yelled at each other. Had wedge salad with blue cheese and bacon. Brussels sprouts. Broiled lobster with butter. OMG it was so good and really fun.
Dessert: Suzanne and I split a key lime pie. Eliza had a molten lava cake which she needed help with. Tessa had a chocolate honeycomb cake.
Bears: The @greenhousebears are shredding at the skate park
Breakfast: Pear. Blueberry muffin
Lunch: tri-tip taco
Afternoon snack: Cookie. Iced tea
Dinner: Amazing tri-tip tacos. Ran out of salsa, but on a bike ride, stopped by Chevy’s. I know there’s isn’t the best salsa in the world, but it sure brought back memories.
Dessert: Experimental chocolate raspberry lava cakes.
Bears: The @greenhousebears still Stand up Paddleboarding
Breakfast: Yogurt, granola, fresh blueberries. Pear
Lunch: Leftover enchiladas. Plus part of a quesadilla
Afternoon snack: Chocolate chip cookies
Dinner: Fettuccine Carbonara (fresh pasta). Green salad
Dessert: Hot fudge sundae
Bears: The @greenhousebears are playing paddleball
Breakfast: skipped… but had a ginger blueberry muffin around 10:30
Lunch: Leftover enchiladas
Afternoon snack: Chocolate chip cookies. Iced tea
Dinner: Slice of pepperoni pizza from Costco
Dessert: A piece of See’s candy. and a cookie
Bears: The @greenhousebears chilling at the beach
Breakfast: Yogurt with granola + blueberries. Pear
Lunch: Tacos made with leftover tri-tip.
Afternoon snack: A few TJ’s peppermints. Iced tea
Dinner: Enchiladas made with leftover tri-tip. Used Dean’s Lauritzen’s recipe. Had a socially-distanced dinner party in the backyard with the Richmonds.
Dessert: Chocolate chip cookies.
Bears: The @greenhousebears hanging out at the beach