1.20.2015 | TI8

TUESDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Granola, cranberry juice
Lunch: Leftover turkey pot pie
Afternoon snack: Dack chocolate peanut M&M’s, Coke Zero
Dinner: Ate at Renee’s Place. Spare ribs, orange chicken, broccoli beef. The orange chicken was the best.
Dessert: Milkshake and a beer at Grazie Burger in honor of Eliza’s play.

1.19.2015 | TI8

MONDAY I ATE

Lunch: Leftover turkey pot pie
Afternoon snack: Leftover peppermint brownies eaten out at the end of the Bay Bridge. Tessa’s first time doing that ride all by herself.
Dinner: Tacos. We were in the checkout line when we realized we forgot the taco seasoning. So we turned to that classic tome of Mexican cuisine: The Joy of Cooking. The taco recipe includes a can of tomato sauce, which seemed weird. At the end of the day, with the addition of a little extra chili powder, they were fantastic.
Dessert:  Flourarrangements lemon bars. The photo edition.

1.16.2015 | TI8

FRIDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice
Lunch: Leftover black bean soup
Afternoon snack: Hot cocoa from Bittersweet. Also Coke zero
Dinner: Pasta with sundried tomato pesto
Dessert: Some weird lemon tea cookies Suzanne was experimenting with. The cookies were OK, but the lemon slices made them soggy and slimy in the middle. And the lemon slices were a bit sour for my taste.

1.15.2015 | TI8

THURSDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice
Lunch: Leftover black bean soup
Afternoon snack: A few milky way darks, Coke zero.
Dinner: Another iteration of the pizza rolls. Tomato sauce and prosciutto. These were slightly smaller than before. Two of them was almost dinner. Had a salad to put it over the top.

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

1.13.2015 | TI8

TUESDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice
Morning Snack: Apple
Lunch: Turkey sandwich with leftover sauted onions on a leftover pizza-dough roll
Afternoon snack: Chocolate chip cookie from Aroma. Coke zero
Dinner: Rice and beans and cheese
Dessert: Ice cream on banana blondie.

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.

1.9.2015 | TI8

FRIDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Oatmeal with brown sugar
Lunch: Leftover Mac&Cheese
Afternoon snack: Coke zero, plus some double stuff Oreos. Damn, but those are good!
Dinner: Experimental pizza rolls. Very, very tasty. A lot like the cheese zombies.
Dessert: None. Can you believe it? Of course, the day isn’t over yet.

1.8.2015 | TI8

THURSDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Oatmeal with brown sugar
Lunch: Leftover Zacchary’s pizza
Afternoon snack: An amazing chocolate cake with chocolate ganache that Eve made for a work party. Also: Coke zero
Dinner: Mac and Cheese. Green salad
Dessert: Just a bite of the persimmon cake

1.7.2015 | TI8

WEDNESDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice
Lunch: Turkey sandwich with cranberry
Afternoon snack: 2 milky way dark, coke zero
Dinner: Stuffed spinach and mushroom pizza from Zacchry’s
Dessert: Experimental persimmon cake (for Suzanne’s dad). It was way better than I was expecting… more like a carrot cake (which I also don’t love). So I’d never order it for my birthday, but I started with the smallest sliver I could cut and ended up going back for more.