Category: Today I Ate

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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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9.27.2014 | TI8

SATURDAY I ATE

Breakfast:  Grapenuts, cranberry juice, many, many strawberries

Lunch: Chicken sandwich.

Afternoon snack:  Scraps of chocolate cake that Suzanne was baking

Dinner:  Pizza from Little Star at the “dinner with Albany” event. They close down Solano, and 3,000 people eat in the street. We went with Daniel and Gita and family. We got heavily into the table decoration, going for a Solano Stroll carnival theme, but didn’t quite get it done in time for the judges

Dessert: A totally amazing carousel cake as part of the decorations. Suzanne probably won’t post it to flourarrangements, but it was totally awesome. Palomi’s friends kept stopping by asking for some, and finally, she and Eliza just took slices on the road and handed them out.

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9.25.2014 | TI8

THURSDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice, 6 strawberries

Lunch: Leftover meatloaf cups

Dinner:  All sorts of hors d’oeuvres at some reception

Dessert: Well, I was kind of hungry, so I had some leftover mashed potatoes with bolognese sauce. And then some chocolate bark.

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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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9.22.2014 | TI8

MONDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice, maybe 5 strawberries.

Morning Snack: Iced tea

Lunch: Leftover spaghetti with meat sauce

Afternoon snack:  Coke zero

Dinner:  Bread and tomato salad

Dessert: Eliza’s mint brownies

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9.21.2014 | TI8

SUNDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice, strawberries.

Lunch: Chicken sandwich

Afternoon snack: Chocolate bark, Coke Zero

Dinner: Homemade spaghetti with Bolognaise sauce. Made the pasta from Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone. It required a lot more water than the recipe called for and it still didn’t come together easily. On the other hand, it wasn’t sticky at all, and it tasted great.

Dessert: Eliza made special mint brownies

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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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9.19.2014 | TI8

FRIDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice, 4 strawberries

Lunch: Chicken sandwich with hummus

Afternoon snack:  Pete’s mocha fredo. I had a document to read, and it required up-picking.

Dinner:  Pork tenderloin, corn, BLT corn salad

Dessert: Rood beer floats

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9.18.2014 | TI8

THURSDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice, 4 strawberries

Lunch: Leftover pizza

Afternoon snack: A couple of York’s. They were soooo necessary after 4 hours of meetings into the afternoon. Plus a Coke Zero.

Dinner: Pasta with tomatoes

Dessert: Nibby shortbread cookies.

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9.17.2014 | TI8

WEDNESDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice, 4 strawberries

Luinch: Leftover tomato/bread salad

Afternoon snack: A few squares of chocolate from Trader Joes… amazingly good. Also a Coke Zero, but it was right after I read a piece in Nature about artificial sweeteners causing changes in the gut biomes of mice, and it kind of bummed me out.

Dinner:  Leftover pizza while listening to music in the park… an Albany fall tradition

Dessert: Experimental nibby shortbread