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

2.16.2015 | TI8

MONDAY I ATE

Lunch: Leftover pork with rice and broccoli
Afternoon snack: Coke zero. Chocolate buttercream frosting from the cake I was working on
Dinner: Turkey pot pie and green salad. Celebrating Dad’s birthday
Dessert: Angel food cake with chocolate buttercream frosting.
Frosting recipe from: http://savorysweetlife.com/2011/04/chocolate-buttercream-frosting/. It was good as written, but I found it improved with an extra couple of tablespoons of Special Dark cocoa

2.14.2015 | TI8

SATURDAY I ATE

Lunch: Turkey sandwich with hummus
Afternoon snack: Pie crust, chocolate chips, coke zero
Dinner: Pork loin chops with a Chinese spice rub from the Cook’s Illustrated Quick Recipes
Dessert: Blackberries and ice cream

2.13.2015 | TI8

FRIDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice
Lunch: Leftover Mac&Cheese
Afternoon snack: M&Ms, Coke Zero, also this awesome firecracker chocolate bar from Trader Joes with pop rocks in it!
Dinner: Hot dog from Costco
Dessert: Raspberry Cream heart from See’s Candy

2.10.2015 | TI8

TUESDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Granola with cranberry juice
Lunch: Leftover butternut squash risotto
Afternoon snack: Chocolate chip cookie from Aroma. Coke zero.
Dinner: Yellow rice with black beans from Foster’s Market Cookbook.
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Dessert: Some heart cookies with Jolly Rancher decoration.

2.7.2015 | TI8

DAY I ATE

Breakfast:  chocolate pancakes by Eliza
Morning snack: peanut butter tart batter.
Lunch: Leftover pasta
Afternoon snack: diet Pepsi
Dinner: Hawaiian pulled pork at Christian and Kimi with Chipotle slaw
Dessert:  experimental peanut butter tart
peanut butter tart

2.4.2015 | TI8

WEDNESDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Granola with cranberry juice
Morning Snack: Apple
Lunch: Leftover pork pie
Afternoon snack: Candy. Mostly chocolate hearts, though some TJ’s peanut butter cups as well. Coke zero
Dinner: Leftover pork pie. Green salad
Dessert: Ice cream with strawberries

2.3.2015 | TI8

TUESDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Granola with cranberry juice
Morning Snack: half a muffin
Lunch: Turkey sandwich with jalapeno cranberry spread
Afternoon snack: Candy, specifically Skittles and chocolate hearts. Coke zero
Dinner: Pork and apple pie. This is from some cookbook from the 1960’s filled with recipes that were old back then (Yankee Hill Country Cooking
). Pretty great flavor, but a bit watery.
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pork and apple pie