My Wife and Her Evilly Nice Ways

Hit up the Union Square farmer's market with the slow-strolling B this morning, then had the most delicious nap with her and her big belly on the couch before taking off for the Prospect Heights restaurant for a pizza cooking shift. After spending the week in an unopened restaurant thinking about all the systems and policies and training we need to get in place, it's nice to slot into a well-run well-oiled machine.

BREAKFAST: 8am, pancakes and bacon, lemon soda, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Haven't made pancakes at home in a long time. I remembered the pancakes we made in c-school were SO much better than the ones I made that it was a little infuriating. So this morning I busted out my course books and looked up the pancake recipe and it became immediately apparent why this recipe was superior to the one I've been using, a modified recipe of one I pulled off the internet. Two things: it uses both baking soda and baking powder in larger amounts to achieve a fluffier, springier product and secondly, it uses a shot of melted butter in the batter to give it that distinct pancakey flavor you won't get even if you fry the damn thing in butter, like I've been doing! Hot damn! Made a half recipe, still had 6 pancakes left over for the freezer.

Picked up a Boylan's Lemon soda the other day, a new flavor. It's their spin on 7-Up/Sprite, and damn if it's not superior to those brands. Best lemon soda I've had, helped by the pure cane sugar flavor.

AM SNACK: 10:30am, most of a cider donut, .25 bowl, hunger 2/5
At the farmer's market, B said she wanted a cider donut, but only a bite. To my surprise, she was telling the truth!

AM SNACK: 11:45am, pint of apple cider, .5 bowl, hunger 3/5

LUNCH: 3pm, slice with sausage & onions, root beer, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 10pm, rigatoni in mushroom sauce, water, chocolate cake, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5

EVENING SNACK: 12:15pm, chocolate cupcake, quart of water, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
This is what happens when you have a loving wife who leaves you sweet snacks for you -- you eat chocolate cupcakes after midnight! Blaaaaaaag!!