Greezy

Too much bad falafel last night gave me insomnia. Woke up at 10, got on the bike at 11ish, and road up and down the protected route that is a special event for the summer, from Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park, before meeting up with B&E at South Street Seaport. Weirdly not hungry, though B wanted ice cream, so ice cream it was.

Edie is moving her arms and legs a lot, rocking her head back and forth, and starting to make more complex cooing noises. While I was giving her a shower in the sink, I noticed she has the faintest signs of auburn eyebrows.

Hope to have a more active, body-centric day tomorrow...

BREAKFAST: 10:30am, good granola with good milk, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 12:30pm, soft serve ice cream cone, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 3pm, Superior Lemonade, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Made mint syrup yesterday, made the lemonade when me and the fam got back from a long walk down in the seaport. This is what I did this time:

• 1 cup mint syrup*
  
• 5 cups water and ice
• 4 lemons, juiced over a strainer
  
• 1 lime, juice over a strainer
  
• 1 large pinch of salt

Mix everything with wooden spoon. (*Mint syrup: bring 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water to a simmer. Add half bunch of mint leaves (no stems), simmer for 2 minutes, let sit off heat for 30+ minutes. Strain through cheese clothe. Can be made in advance and refrigerated for 1 month.)

OH MY, the salt definitely kicked everything else up a notch. I remember Chef Chris in c-school talking about a fizzy Mexican lime drink where salt is always added, and that any sweetened juice drink will come to life with salt. I guess that just didn't register because it seems, so, well, decadent. Sodium is the devil, right? Well, it makes the angels sing!

DINNER: 6:15pm, whole wheat fusilli with homemade tomato sauce, more lemonade, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Funny, I've never made simple tomato sauce for pasta without a recipe until today. Merging the Batali recipe I've done a zillion times with memories of making sauce with my dad, I just winged it and it came out (forgive me dad) better than either, at least with me at the helm. Some whole canned tomatoes hand crushed, another can through the food mill. Long sauteed onion and shredded carrot, fresh thyme and lots of fresh diced basil. Sea salt. Simmered for about 30 minutes, really nice.

On the other hand, all I had on hand in the cupboard was whole wheat pasta, which is a bit ass.

EVENING SNACK: 8:30pm, popcorn, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Edie being cranky, B in need of comfort food. Half corn oil, half butter in the covered pot, finished with sea salt, pretty damn good -- only if movie theater popcorn always tasted this good.

EVENING SNACK: 9:30pm, 2 cold falafel balls
Weirdly tastier than when fresh, though a bit greezy.