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10.3.2014 | TI8

FRIDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice, 3 strawberries

Morning Snack: Pear

Lunch: Peanut butter and jelly. True to form, I had to go buy some potato chips. Buffalo Bleu from Kettle.

Afternoon snack: Some Hershey’s miniatures… Coke zero.

Dinner:  Split a shawarma plate from Adam’s Mediterranean. This was delicious. The girls, predictably, ordered hamburgers, and I was glad they did… even though they got them “kid style” (i.e., with absolutely nothing on them) it was a fantastic burger… very flavorful meat, almost like it had some lamb in it… delicious.

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10.1.2014 | TI8

WEDNESDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice, 3 strawberries

Morning Snack: Banana bread. Sure, it had chocolate chips in it, but it’s still healthy, right?

Lunch: 1/2 a burrito from Burrito Express. Carne al pastor.

Afternoon snack:  A couple of little Hershey’s Special Dark bars. Halloween candy season is here. Regular Coke.

Dinner:  Rice and beans.

Dessert: Turtle custard from Lexie’s Frozen Custard food truck. This was incredibly good, as was the peanut butter cup one. This is described as the richest, creamiest soft-serve ice cream ever, and that about sums it up. I’ll be looking for this truck again, for sure. Appears to be at the El Cerrito food truck event every other week.

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9.30.2014 | TI8

TUESDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice, 2 strawberries

Lunch: Carnitas burrito from El Gusano. This was a serious piece of eating, and really good. The meat was juicy, which is kind of unusual for a carnitas. It’s a big, sit down place, and it gets pretty busy at lunch.

Afternoon snack: 1 little tiny reeses thing. And a coke zero. The burrito was still with me.

Dinner:  Leftover spaghetti bolognese and a salad from the garden.

Dessert: A cookie left from the ferris wheel cake.

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9.29.2014 | TI8

MONDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice, 6 strawberries

Lunch: Leftover butternut squash rissoto

Afternoon snack: Chocolate cake. Thanks Hayley! Coke zero

Dinner:  Junk food extravaganza: Hot dog, pizza, and bbq beef sandwich. At Costco.

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9.28.2014 | TI8

SUNDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Cinnamon waffles a la Eliza

Lunch: California crepe from Crepevine. There are a lot of great spots around Berkeley, but I always have a soft spot for this one since the original opened up right where we used to live in the City. This worked out to be a good choice, since they had a broad menu with hamburgers for the kids.

Afternoon snack:  Gelato from Caravaggio in Berkeley. Very fresh and tasty.

Dinner:  Butternut squash risotto

Dessert: A leftover cookie and a Nordstom caramel (thanks, Papa John)

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9.23.2014 | TI8

TUESDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Scone of some sort (meeting day)

Lunch: Ham sandwich

Afternoon snack: Chocolate chip cookie. Coke zero

Dinner:  A bunch of small plates from Tamarindo Antojeria. Very tasty, although if I’d been paying, I might have thought they were a bit small

Dessert: The flan at dinner was kind of lame… had a bunch of strawberries on vanilla ice cream when I got home

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9.20.2014 | TI8

SATURDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Donuts. Specifically, custard filled chocolate bar. From All Star Donuts.

Lunch: Bolognaise sandwich on Suzanne’s bread. This is an amazing use of cold bolognaise sauce.  

Afternoon snack: Ice cream cone… a little bit of chocolate bark… Coke Zero.

Dinner: Thai food at Bua Luang. First time… the girls were both at a birthday party (a sleepover for Eliza, though Tessa came home before bedtime). The pumpkin curry was exceptional, but the eggplant was a little tough.

Dessert:

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9.14.2014 | TI8

SUNDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice, strawberries. Lots of strawberries.

Morning Snack: Red cheese

Lunch: Chicken sandwich from one of the booths at the Solano Stroll… There were a lot of options, but sadly, when we were hungry for lunch we were in an area of the street that had less good options. Next year: be up at the top of the stroll at lunch time.

Afternoon snack:  Gourmet popsicle from Popnation cart. These were pretty awesome, though it depended on the flavvor. By far, my favorite was the strawberry lemonade. 

Dinner:  Gorgonzola -stuffed burgers. This time, I remembered the bacon, too.

Dessert:  S’mores tart… the photo version

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9.12.2014 | TI8

FRIDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice, 2 strawberries. There will be a lot more tomorrow.

Lunch: An amazing array of food from a work potluck. Hard to capture it in words, but this video helps…

Afternoon snack:  Still recovering from lunch, but had a bite of the s’mores tart I was taking home from the potluck.

Dinner:  Split a burger at Barneys

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9.8.2014 | TI8

MONDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice, 4 strawberries! A plethora this morning

Lunch: Leftover bread and tomato salad. I think this has a fancy-ass name, but I just called it delicious.

Afternoon snack:  Chocolate chip cookie from Aroma Cafe. Really the best chocolate chip cookies I’ve found, and only $1.

Dinner: Nibby waffles. Eliza’s recipe, plus nibs. With syrup and whipped cream and extra nibs.

nibby waffles

Dessert: Did I mention I had waffles for dinner? So I just had a piece of nibby shortbread.