5.18.2015 | TI8

MONDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Granola, cranberry juice
Lunch: Roast beef and gorgonzolla sandwich
Afternoon snack: a few chips of chocolate, Coke Zero
Dinner: Noodle cake with bacon and bruschetta from Trader Joe’s, artichoke, green salad
Dessert: Ice cream with some leftover ganache on top

5.2.2015 | TI8

SATURDAY I ATE

Morning Snack: Red cheese and Ritz crackers
Lunch: Flatbread sandwich with leftover steak, grated carrots, and hummus
Afternoon snack: Lots of cake scraps. Plus some ganache
Dinner: Sausages and artichokes
Dessert: too full of cake scraps

5.1.2015 | TI8

FRIDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Granola, cranberry juice
Morning Snack: Apple
Lunch: Leftover spaghetti
Afternoon snack: Cookies, Coke Zero
Dinner: Prosciutto wrapped beef tenderloin, asparagus, green salad
Dessert: Flourless chocolate cake with chocolate ganache and raspberry puree. Birthday week is the best!

4.22.2015 | TI8

WEDNESDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Granola, cranberry juice
Morning Snack: Apple
Lunch: Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Afternoon snack: Cheese and crackers someone left out in the lunch room
Dinner: Leftover taco stuff
Dessert: A new iteration of the experimental raspberry cream tart. Oh, this one is so awesome. Actually, this iteration was so-so, due to a ganache problem, but the filling was fabulous.
experimental raspberry cream tart

3.12.2015 | TI8

THURSDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Granola, cranberry juice
Lunch: Burrito. Sadly, the cheap place in my building raised their prices by $2, so I think I’m done eating there… it’s an OK burrito, but not worth $6.
Afternoon snack: Bits of cookies, coke zero
Dinner: Butternut squash risotto
Dessert: Raspberries with vanilla ice cream and some leftover ganache heated up and drizzled over the top
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2.21.2015 | TI8

SATURDAY I ATE

Morning Snack: Chocolate chip cookie and iced tea
Lunch: Turkey sandwich
Afternoon snack: chips and guacamole
Dinner: Tacos
Dessert: Little bits of fondant and ganache as we made Tessa’s birthday cake

2.20.2015 | TI8

FRIDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice
Lunch: Turkey sandwich with cheddar and cranberry jam
Afternoon snack: A tiny bit of leftover peanut butter tart. A couple of chocolate eggs. Coke zero
Dinner: A hamburger with blue cheese and bacon at The Cooperage. French fries. Part of a Caesar salad
Dessert: Split a skillet s’more (homemade graham cracker with chocolate topped with a sheet of house-made marshmallow in a 4″ skillet. Also a few bites of a “Ho Ho cake.” Then ate a bunch of chocolate ganache while frosting Tessa’s castle cake

1.14.2015 | TI8

WEDNESDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice. Plus a couple of strawberries. That’s right, it’s mid January, and I’m still getting the occasional strawberry out of the patch. Crazy.
Lunch: Turkey sandwich.
Afternoon snack: Milky way dark. The Halloween candy is starting to run low. Coke zero
Dinner: Black bean soup. Recipe was from Epicurious, and not particularly good… called for 3 cans of broth, which was clearly too much. Ended up pureeing another can of beans, which helped. Also added some Siracha sauce, which also helped.
Dessert: Coffee ice cream with some leftover ganache

1.12.2015 | TI8

MONDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice
Morning Snack: Apple
Lunch: Turkey sandwich with cranberry juice. Stupidly, I forgot to use the rolls Suzanne made last night. Hope they are still good tomorrow.
Afternoon snack: Coke zero
Dinner: Ramen
Dessert: Leftover banana bars, also took a bit of the ganache from the top of them that was in the fridge… heated it up and poured it over thin slices of ice cream. It worked really well, and reminded me of the fresh-dipped bars you used to be able to get in Haggen Daz stores.

1.6.2015 | TI8

TUESDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice
Lunch: Leftover ramen
Afternoon snack: Milky way dark, coke zero
Dinner: Rice and beans
Dessert: experimental banana bars with penuche frosting…. Mary came up with this recipe somewhere, and it was pretty awesome. Made it better by dumping on some leftover ganache we happened to have in the fridge. Color me happy!
banana blondie with penuche and ganache