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2.18.2015 | TI8

WEDNESDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice
Lunch: Turkey sandwich with jalapeno cranberry jam
Afternoon snack: Vanilla cake for someone’s birthday… pretty amazing that she baked it for her own birthday and all of us to enjoy. Plus a Coke zero.
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Dinner: Spinach and mushroom pizza from Zacchary’s
Dessert: Well, let’s see… there was some leftover peanut butter tart. And there was some of this leftover angel food cake. Oh, and that piece of blackberry pie is just going to go to waste…
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so that makes, um, one, two, three desserts. Plus the cake at lunch. Holy crap.

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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

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2.15.2015 | TI8

SUNDAY I ATE

Morning Snack: A mini Snickers bar grabbed from a booth at AAAS
Lunch: Turkey sandwich with cream cheese and cranberry jelly from Main Street Cafe and Books in Los Altos. It was pretty good, maybe a bit dry.
Afternoon snack: Coke zero
Dinner: Fondue… traditional and a cheddar with apple cider one. That was great, but when it got hot, the cheese got a bit gritty
Dessert: Blackberry pie, made for a Pi day post

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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

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2.5.2015 | TI8

THURSDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Granola with cranberry juice
Lunch: Turkey sandwich. Yesterday, the bread got gummy, but today I put it in the panini press and that helped a lot
Afternoon snack: Candy… York peppermint patties. Coke zero
Dinner: Tacos, green salad
Dessert: Cherry pie. Suzanne was experimenting with cutting letters in.

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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

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1.31.2015 | TI8

SATURDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Oatmeal
Morning Snack: Cracker
Lunch: Ate at Toss in Berkeley. Noodles with peanut sauce and chicken. Pretty good. Everyone found something they liked. Build a dish, choosing noodle type, sauce, meat. Girls had plain broth, Suzanne had tom yum
Afternoon snack: Chocolate and vanilla yogurt at the roll your own place. We were supposed to go swimming, but the pool was full.
Dinner: Leftover turkey pot pie
Dessert: A few experimental strawberry meringue heart cookies

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1.27.2015 | TI8

TUESDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice
Lunch: Leftover pizza rolls
Afternoon snack: Chocolate chip cookie, coke zero. Went to Specialty’s who now ask almost $3 for a cookie. Quality is definitely down.
Dinner: Leftover turkey pot pie

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1.25.2015 | TI8

SUNDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Iced tea
Lunch: Turkey pot pie
Afternoon snack: Birthday cake (Patrick’s). Some nibbles of nachos at Dave -n Busters. Coke zero.
Dinner: Tacos. Supposed to be on Tuesday, but we were in a hurry to get some food on the table.
Dessert: Meringue hearts