3.9.2015 | TI8

MONDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Granola, cranberry juice
Lunch: Leftover taco meat with rice and beans
Afternoon snack: A bit of chocolate chip cookie and a bit of brownie some lovely coworker brought in
Dinner: Rotisserie chicken from Costco. Green salad
Dessert: Leftover Honey blueberry tart

3.8.2015 | TI8

SUNDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Granola, cranberry juice
Lunch: Leftover tomato soup and half a ham & cheese sandwich
Afternoon snack: Ants on a log (i.e., peanut butter on celery with raisins)
Dinner: Tacos
Dessert: Honey blueberry tart

3.7.2015 | TI8

SATURDAY I ATE

Morning Snack: Chocolate pancake
Lunch: Ham and cheese sandwich with avocado
Afternoon snack: Beer. It was such a beautiful afternoon, you’d never guess it was still the middle of winter
Dinner: Caper chicken pasta at friends’ house. Must make this… pan fry strips of chicken. saute garlic and green onion in butter, add cream and creme fraische and simmer for a bit. Add capers (or sun dried tomatoes, or whatever) along with parmasean. Add back chicken and boiled pene.
Dessert: Eliza’s mint brownies

3.6.2015 | TI8

FRIDAY I ATE

Morning Snack: Odwalla Strawberry C-monster
Lunch: Burrito, Diet coke
Afternoon snack: Chocolate milk shake (in solidarity with dad, who had a sore throat), diet coke, and a bit of chocolate bar
Dinner: Ceasar salad
Dessert: bit more chocolate bar

3.5.2015 | TI8

THURSDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Granola, cranberry juice
Lunch: Turkey sandwich from Cafe 15, along with copious quantities of guacamole
Afternoon snack: A few mini chocolates, a couple of prunes, coke zero
Dinner: Leftover beef stew
Dessert: Leftover blueberry tart

3.4.2015 | TI8

WEDNESDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Granola, cranberry juice
Lunch: Leftover goat cheese – leek galette
Afternoon snack: Iced tea, some weird caramel robin’s eggs, coke zero
Dinner: Beef stew with rice
Dessert: Experimental honey blueberry tart
honey blueberry tart

3.3.2015 | TI8

TUESDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Granola, cranberry juice
Lunch: leftover pork sandwich
Afternoon snack: Coke zero. A salted caramel
Dinner: Leek, goat cheese galette
Dessert: Chocolate chip cookies

3.1.2015 | TI8

SUNDAY I ATE

Breakfast: All Star Doughnuts. Split a custard-filled chocolate bar. Orange juice.
Lunch: Turkey sandwich in the park across from the Asian Art museum after playing with cardboard boxes.
Afternoon snack: Sooo much chocolate chip cookie dough. Tessa and I made them from the Cooks Illustrated recipe. Very tasty. Not sure I actually ate a cookie.
Dinner: Ramen.
Dessert:  Might eat a cookie. Not sure I’m up for it yet, though.

2.28.2015 | TI8

SATURDAY I ATE

Morning Snack: Chocolate chip cookie and iced tea
Lunch: Turkey sandwich with hummus
Afternoon snack: Coke zero
Dinner: Pork tenderloin with some Asian spice. Plus rice and broccoli.
Dessert: Sees candy

Hot Cocoa

I love hot cocoa. I mean, really love it. But I feel like a lot of people are willing to count any warm brown liquid off as the real deal. It’s disappointing to me, when I’m shivering around a camp fire to watch someone tear open a pack of Swiss Miss. The powdered stuff just doesn’t have real cocoa flavor. It’s all the sadder because great cocoa is only 1 extra step.

Hot Cocoa

A super easy recipe for hot cocoa with deep, rich chocolate flavor
Prep Time2 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time12 minutes
Course: drink
Servings: 4 -6
Author: Moose

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup cocoa powder. I like to use a mixture of regular and dutch process cocoa
  • 1/3-1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 3 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • pinch salt

Instructions

  • Combine the sugar, cocoa powder, salt, and water in a sauce pan.
  • Stir over high heat until the mixture begins to boil. Stir to dissolve all the sugar and break up lumps in the cocoa.
  • Add milk, reduce heat to medium, and cook, stirring frequently, until the temperature reaches ~135F.
  • Serve with marshmallows.