Jewish Xmas

The fam took the train to Park Slope to participate in B's family's "Jewish Xmas", I brought bagels, pickles and a side of fish I cured over the last few days. We ended up taking the train home with out any drama, giving us 2 days of really good subway luck!


AM SNACK: 9am, iced green tea


BREAKFAST: 9:45am, smoothie, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Banana, acai juice, good yogurt, fresh ground flax, vanilla extract, salt, frozen cherries, blueberries and mango. Betsy said it tasted a bit medicinal, probably due to the acai juice, but I thought it had a nice sweet/tart balance.

LUNCH: 1-4pm, wholewheat bagel with cream cheese and cured salmon, pickles, babka, 1 cider-champagne drink, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER: 8pm, popcorn

Be a Pizzaiola!

 

On this day of Xmas eve, I hit up the farmer's market and bought bagels for tomorrow's Jewish Xmas with B's family. In the afternoon after lunch time, we met up with friends from the neighborhood and had a wild adventure, taking the subway to the Brooklyn Children's Museum in deep dark Brooklyn. Due to the confluence of the holiday AND the Jewish Sabbath, the usually packed wall-to-wall play-museum was our relatively private playground. We met up with some Brooklyn friends there and the experience was spectacular. On top of that, the our subway ride with a connection included went very smoothly, Edie and the other baby were happy the whole way and we we got home, I was a little stunned by how smooth and non-dramatic the whole effort was. AND the museum had a mock-pizza place in it....with a mock oven....

Perhaps I had more fun than Edie for a good five minutes...

We ordered in Chinese for traditional Jewish Xmas eve, I ordered a dish I don't like but my mom would always order. Good thing, I didn't eat most of it, an offering in honor of the dead, I suppose.


AM SNACK: 9am, iced green tea


BREAKFAST: 10:30am, pumperickel bagel with homemade hummus and peanutbutter, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 1:30pm, chocolate ice cream sandwich, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER: 6:30pm, General Tso's Chicken with pork fried rice, egg roll, grape soda, a little apple cider, chocolate ice cream, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACK: 10pm, 1 small burrito & guac, quart of water

Amy's can suck it!

In the morning with Edie, we rode the bike to Wholefoods to complete the food shopping for the week. Got a side of salmon curing in the fridge to bring to B's family on Saturday. Made tea for chilling early, guacamole in the morning, cookies in the afternoon for more ice cream sandwiches.

Finally busted out some of my burritos in the freezer for dinner, they heated up perfectly in the microwave. SO much better than Amy's. The wholewheat tortilla came out soft and and pliable, unlike Amy's which tend to be hard and crunchy in a non-fresh way. I used a lot less fillings than Amy's which made it a lot neater, but still had a nice balance of tortilla-to-filling in the mouth. The beans I spent a day simmering were much more complex tasting, and the morel-infused long-grain brown rice give a nice tone. Next time, gonna use short grain brown and experiment with it's flavor.

The guacamole I made to go with it tasted a little bit flat when I made it, but definitely improved a little by sitting in the fridge for a a few hours. Just mashed guac, diced sweet onion, diced cilantro, fresh lime juice and a pinch of salt -- maybe a jalapeno could improve matters.

Fell asleep on the couch for a few hours after dinner and giving Edles a bath, and when I woke up, the gals were asleep. Wah!

BREAKFAST: 8:30am, pint of apple cider

BREAKFAST 2: 11am, salmon nori rolls with multgrain rice, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACKING: 1-2pm, chocolate chocolate chip cookie dough and cookies, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER: 5pm, homemade burritos, homemade guac, salsa and multigrain corn chips, apple cider, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

EVENING SNACK: 9pm, cheesy poofs, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

Get my hustle-on

Fell asleep at 11:30, woke with an achy back around 5:30, gave up trying to sleep and set about showering and doing chores around the house. The only problem with being awake to play with Edie for a while after her breakfast is that it puts the day in danger of peaking way too early!

Resto was relatively busy with pre-Xmas traffic. I was the server on the floor for the afternoon and had to get my hustle-on, no time to overeat or be bored, was nice. 

BREAKFAST: 7:30am, good yogurt with agave, vanilla extract and peanuts, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

LUNCH: 1pm, 3 superthin slices, 8oz sprite, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 4:30pm, hot chocolate, chocolate covered raisins, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER: 7pm, 2 meatballs, potatoes, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACK: 10pm, glass of apple juice


EVENING SNACK: 12:30am, pigs-in-blankets, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

The BEST

Woke at 3am, took a shower, watched TV, fell asleep on the couch around 5. Resisted urge to eat something, glad I did. Woke up to Edie running up to me and shouting "PAH PAH!!!" then running away. The BEST. Her teething continues, and she too was up at 3am, forcing B up too. Thank goodness for caffeine and a forgiving wife!

Pleasantly sore from weights yesterday. Looking forward to kicking it up a notch in a few days.

BREAKFAST: 8:30am, cornflakes with organic dead milk, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 12:15pm, 3 superthin slices with bacon, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 3:30, almond ice cream cups, sprite, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Feeling a bit tired, needing a sugar pick me up. Avoiding the Manhattan Special, the caffeine made me jittery last time.

PM SNACK: 5pm, green salad, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 6pm, cranberry lime soda
PM SNACK: 7:15pm, 1 small slice of pizza

DINNER: 10pm, shrimp fried rice, quart of water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

Last class

Got Edie to a the dad's drop-in this morning, then lifted weights before getting her down for her nap. Had school in the afternoon, for the final class & meal for the semester. It went pretty smooth, but I'm glad this semester is over -- the 10 students got along fabulously, better than the 2 previous times, but that also prevented them from focusing as much as the last 2 groups, too. The food was good, and the mint lemonade was so nice, I took home a bottle...


BREAKFAST: 9:15am, small glass of iced tea, 5 pancakes, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


LUNCH: 12:30pm, bowl of burrito filling, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


SCHOOL DINNER: 6:15pm, lasagna, shrimp scampi, bread pudding, mint lemonade, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

Can't Fight the Teether

We three made it out to a local cafe for breakfast where Edie was restless and even knocked a cup of B's coffee to the floor, but regardless it was nice to be out. In the afternoon, an old friend and her family ame over for a round of homemade pizzas. We kinda collapsed after that. It does not help that Edie is teething and has been skipping her afternoon naps, which gets her to sleep early but wakes B up at all hours.

AM SNACK: 8am, iced green tea


BREAKFAST: 9:30am, BLT on whole wheat, home fries, water, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5


PM SNACK: 1:30pm, wonton soup, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


LINNER: 3:15pm, assorted homemade pizza, chocolate-chocolate-chip ice cream sandwich, a beer, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

EVENING SNACKS: 11pm, cheesy poofs, pigs in blankets, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5