Made pastry cream last night, this morning attempted to turn it into chocolate-almond pastry cream -- as a filling for chocolate ravioli I'll be serving as desert for tomorrow's dinner party. The recipe called for gianduja, a hazelnut-infused chocolate not available at my local markets. So I tried to melt chocolate on a double boiler with almond paste, but almond paste does not melt. D'oh! So as I mixed and mixed, the paste turned into sticky little grit-bits. I mixed the melted mass in with the cold pastry cream, and voila -- chocolate pudding with little sweet lumps of gooey almond paste. Fine for a snack, inappropriate for a refined fancy desert filling.
So I ran to the local market to pick up ingredients and remade the pastry cream, and infused it with chocolate and almond extract in the evening. The chocolate ravioli only took a small portion of the cream, so I made two large tart shells to take the 2 loads of chocolate pastry cream. I guess if I'm going to only eat home-made sweets this week, might as well do it in style....
BREAKFAST: 9am, chocolate pudding with candy almond bits, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
BREAKFAST 2: 11:30am, onion bagel with butter, sable and onion, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5 Totally forgot the babaganoush!
LUNCH: 2:30pm, muffaletta sandwich, 1/3 of a chocolate caramel tart, 1 beer, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 8pm, 2 slices of white bread toast with babaganoush, tortilla chips with a little salsa, a few spoonfuls of chocolate pastry cream, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Saturday, January 16
Friday, January 15
I went there.
Not a great eating day, but could of been worse.
BREAKFAST: 9:30am, toasted onion bagel with cream cheese, sable and red onion, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 12:15pm, grilled chicken strips, potato nik, water, .75 bowl, hunger 3/5
DINNER: 6:30pm, shrimp toast, pork dumplings, beef chow fun, a can of Pepsi, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
B was out getting her hair did, I was feeding Edie, cleaning up the house and dealing with other stuff so ordering in just seemed easy. It came with a free can of Pepsi, and it was just there as I was eating, so I opened it up intending only to take a sip. Huh. The sweet high acidity of it really cut through the very fatty food -- a palate cleanser, not unlike eating French food with a bright red wine. Yes, I'm equating take out Chinese and Pepsi with French food and red wine. I went there.
BREAKFAST: 9:30am, toasted onion bagel with cream cheese, sable and red onion, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 12:15pm, grilled chicken strips, potato nik, water, .75 bowl, hunger 3/5
DINNER: 6:30pm, shrimp toast, pork dumplings, beef chow fun, a can of Pepsi, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
B was out getting her hair did, I was feeding Edie, cleaning up the house and dealing with other stuff so ordering in just seemed easy. It came with a free can of Pepsi, and it was just there as I was eating, so I opened it up intending only to take a sip. Huh. The sweet high acidity of it really cut through the very fatty food -- a palate cleanser, not unlike eating French food with a bright red wine. Yes, I'm equating take out Chinese and Pepsi with French food and red wine. I went there.
Thursday, January 14
It's gettin' snickly in here!
The HVS came over in the morning with a bunch of spare vegetables. She get's a delivery every week and some of it built up, so we hunkered down and got to work making some snickly snacks out of them.
Two acorn squashes, an eggplant, a couple of zucchinis, a short stack of oranges and clementines. First thing was juice all the oranges and shoot it down. HVS made matchsticks of the zucchinis, then I tossed it with equal parts flour & water and a dash of salt, then fried it in peanut oil. When close to done, added a shot of sesame oil, whipped up a simple dipping sauce of soy sauce, rice vinegar and sesame oil, and voila:
I was surprised by how really simple and surprisingly authentic tasting this dish came out. Gonna experiment with higher gluten flour, higher temp, maybe add rice flour, scallions, hmmmm...
Roasted an eggplant, peeled it, then blended it with tahini, lemon juice, garlic, a little salt and olive oil for nice baba ganoush. Acorn squashes got split, oiled, salted, a drop of molasses then roasted. Potatoes were peeled, chopped, tossed with oil, salt and minced rosemary and roasted to brown. It was fun whipping out these simple dishes. Yomomma came by around 12:30 and nibbled on some of it with us. Now only if Edie was old enough to enjoy eating (& cooking) this stuff, too!
BREAKFAST: 8:30am, good granola with organic dead milk, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
SNICKLE SNACK: 10:30-1:30pm, freshly squeezed orange juice, zucchini pancake with soy dipping sauce, a taste of baba ganoush, a small dish of rosemary roasted potatoes, a taste of roasted acorn squash, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 2:30pm, BLT, fries, coleslaw, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Met P for lunch out at Chat n' Chew on Union Square. Yuck. The menu said thick-cut bacon but my sandwich came with a large lump of deep-fried thin-cut over-salted industrial bacon, left about 2/3 of it over on the plate. Really.
PM SNACK: 5:45pm, graham crackers with chocolate, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Just woke up from a nap, needed something to get going.
DINNER: 10:30pm, kasha varnishkes with chicken, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
BONUS PIC!!
Wednesday, January 13
Squeaky
Spent the morning at the restaurant, and the afternoon at a hospital where my friend gave birth a day a go. Edie is now 7 months old, and 7 months ago I was in a hospital room with a new born squeaky girl, just like C's new addition, Autumn.
Hunger is back, though the day was busy enough to not eat enough. When I got home, I immediately dispensed a large salad then quickly made a nice homemade meal.
BREAKFAST: 9am, pumpernickel bagel with cream cheese, sable and onion, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 12:30pm, sausage, potatoes, salad, Manhattan Special, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Ate with L at the restaurant. Delicious, prepared in cast iron in the pizza oven.
DINNER: 5:15pm, grilled chili chicken breast strips over kasha varnishkes, large green salad, 1 cupcake, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 5/5
Didn't eat enough up to this point, got hungry enough to feel nauseous and a little light headed. Picked up a chicken boob from a local butcher, sliced it, marinated it quick and grilled it fast and went well with the kasha I made yesterday.
EVENING SNACK: 7:30pm, dark chocolate and graham crackers, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Hunger is back, though the day was busy enough to not eat enough. When I got home, I immediately dispensed a large salad then quickly made a nice homemade meal.
BREAKFAST: 9am, pumpernickel bagel with cream cheese, sable and onion, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 12:30pm, sausage, potatoes, salad, Manhattan Special, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Ate with L at the restaurant. Delicious, prepared in cast iron in the pizza oven.
DINNER: 5:15pm, grilled chili chicken breast strips over kasha varnishkes, large green salad, 1 cupcake, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 5/5
Didn't eat enough up to this point, got hungry enough to feel nauseous and a little light headed. Picked up a chicken boob from a local butcher, sliced it, marinated it quick and grilled it fast and went well with the kasha I made yesterday.
EVENING SNACK: 7:30pm, dark chocolate and graham crackers, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Tuesday, January 12
Not hungry today
Just not very hungry today, my body must be recovering from a bug, this is not typical.
Spent the evening at a food coop meeting, thought it's too early for the subject to really be about food, more about business structure and philosophy, from which the food can flow.
BREAKFAST: 8:30am, organic granola with organic dead milk, .5 bowl, hunger 3/5
I gotta start making my own granola, it'll be cheaper and more available in quantity.
LUNCH: 1pm, left over pasta, .75 bowl, hunger 3/5
PM SNACK: 2pm, cherry crumble bar
A home baked snack from the group leader of the play date drop in.
PM SNACK: 4pm, large green salad, snippets of kasha varnishkes, .75 bowl, hunger 3/5
After coming home from the group and before B came home, I cooked up a big ol' bucket of kasha varniskes. I caramelized 3 Spanish onions in chicken fat, toasted some barley then reconstituted it in chicken stock, fat, salt and pepper. Boiled up some egg noodle bow ties and tossed it all together, along with more salt and a lot more fresh ground pepper.
DINNER: 6:45pm, fish taco with rice & beans, glass of cava, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Out to Petisco with B, E and a couple of friends.
Spent the evening at a food coop meeting, thought it's too early for the subject to really be about food, more about business structure and philosophy, from which the food can flow.
BREAKFAST: 8:30am, organic granola with organic dead milk, .5 bowl, hunger 3/5
I gotta start making my own granola, it'll be cheaper and more available in quantity.
LUNCH: 1pm, left over pasta, .75 bowl, hunger 3/5
PM SNACK: 2pm, cherry crumble bar
A home baked snack from the group leader of the play date drop in.
PM SNACK: 4pm, large green salad, snippets of kasha varnishkes, .75 bowl, hunger 3/5
After coming home from the group and before B came home, I cooked up a big ol' bucket of kasha varniskes. I caramelized 3 Spanish onions in chicken fat, toasted some barley then reconstituted it in chicken stock, fat, salt and pepper. Boiled up some egg noodle bow ties and tossed it all together, along with more salt and a lot more fresh ground pepper.
DINNER: 6:45pm, fish taco with rice & beans, glass of cava, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Out to Petisco with B, E and a couple of friends.
Monday, January 11
Sweetness
Felt really low energy today, not very hungry, either. After laundry, fell asleep with Edie in my arms on the couch for a couple of hours. Sweetness incarnate. Need to go food shopping and get some homemade salad in my life.
BREAKFAST: 8:30am, good granola with organic dead milk, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 1:30pm, green salad, eggplant parm hero, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 6:30pm, mint chip ice cream, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 9pm, 3 small fish sticks, small amount of pasta with homemade sauce, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
BREAKFAST: 8:30am, good granola with organic dead milk, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 1:30pm, green salad, eggplant parm hero, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 6:30pm, mint chip ice cream, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 9pm, 3 small fish sticks, small amount of pasta with homemade sauce, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Sunday, January 10
5
Between a crying baby, an upset and an unhappy tummy situation, I didn't get to bed until around 4:30am. Woke up around 1:30pm, and Edles & I rolled out to the greasy diner around the corner. Not good food, but we didn't have to get 100% bundled up to get there. B was supposed to take a nap. but ended up joining us. It was 5 years ago today that my mother passed away.
I used to meet my parents at this diner on Sunday afternoons. We would always get the same things. We'd all drink diet coke. It was cheap, fast, convenient. After, we'd either go back to their apartment to fart around, or mom would go home and me and dad would go to the movies, or a museum, or book and record shopping, whatever.
Five years is a long time, but I still see and hear my parents quite clearly. Scrambled eggs, toast, margarine no bacon (but they'd eat some of mine), home fries, diet coke, coffee with splenda.
LUNCH: 2:30pm, BLT on bagel, home fries, diet coke, water, half a black & white, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Not my usual nowadays, but comforting. Diet coke on ice in a tall plastic cup with a wedge of lemon is somehow superior from straight out of the can, but if I were to try to replicate this anywhere but at this diner, would probably taste like the acidy fakeness it is. After eating, Edie & I popped into the kosher bakery next door to get a black & white. My mom got these for me a few times, not because I like them, but because she grew up on them as a kid in Brighton Beach, and though she didn't eat them herself, it gave her some sort of feeling continuity or home by getting them for me. I ate the chocolate half.
PM SNACK: 6:30pm, blue corn chips with salsa, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 8pm, chicken soup with vegetable gyoza, potatonik, 2 graham crackers and a little chocolate, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Using my chicken stock, spiked it with sea salt and Worcestershire sauce. Tasted weird, good, not quite there yet.
I used to meet my parents at this diner on Sunday afternoons. We would always get the same things. We'd all drink diet coke. It was cheap, fast, convenient. After, we'd either go back to their apartment to fart around, or mom would go home and me and dad would go to the movies, or a museum, or book and record shopping, whatever.
Five years is a long time, but I still see and hear my parents quite clearly. Scrambled eggs, toast, margarine no bacon (but they'd eat some of mine), home fries, diet coke, coffee with splenda.
LUNCH: 2:30pm, BLT on bagel, home fries, diet coke, water, half a black & white, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Not my usual nowadays, but comforting. Diet coke on ice in a tall plastic cup with a wedge of lemon is somehow superior from straight out of the can, but if I were to try to replicate this anywhere but at this diner, would probably taste like the acidy fakeness it is. After eating, Edie & I popped into the kosher bakery next door to get a black & white. My mom got these for me a few times, not because I like them, but because she grew up on them as a kid in Brighton Beach, and though she didn't eat them herself, it gave her some sort of feeling continuity or home by getting them for me. I ate the chocolate half.
PM SNACK: 6:30pm, blue corn chips with salsa, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 8pm, chicken soup with vegetable gyoza, potatonik, 2 graham crackers and a little chocolate, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Using my chicken stock, spiked it with sea salt and Worcestershire sauce. Tasted weird, good, not quite there yet.
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