Pretty lucky

The scene I witnessed yesterday made the cover of the NY Post -- oddly pushing coverage of the passage of gay marriage in NY State off the front page. The woman lost her job and her boyfriend dumped her on the same day, and I think the article mentioned she was only living in the building for a week, so I imagine that could have been an unstable situation, too. I'm a pretty lucky guy.

A little sore from lifting yesterday, which is a good thing -- soreness means the lifting is making a difference. And Gawd knows so many people work out mindlessly with out the push to get out of the comfort zone, and wondering why nothing changes. Something is changing!




TODAY'S COOKING:
Machta Ice Tea: Haven't had tea in a while, time to get back on that horse. 1.8 ounce of the stuff was $16, so I think I'm going to either switch or find it in bulk on-line, like I do with uber-expensive vanilla beans. In the meantime, I used .9 ounce to steep a gallon of water, but I noticed on the packaging the leaves can be used twice. So though it'll fill the fridge up for a while, it's a good efficiency.
Mint Ice Cream: Made the custard yesterday with mint we got from the CSA. Tastes pretty damn fresh, and the extra vanilla bean doesn't hurt.
Chocolate Chip cookies: How does one define a chocolate chip cookie? Chocolate chips, sure. Vanilla flavor cookie, ok. Equal parts brown and white sugar creamed with butter, that's key. It's such a constricted formula, but it tastes so good!
Rice & Lentils: Wanted a side dish for burritos. Dumped a 2 cups of shortgrain brown rice and 1 cup of black lentils into the rice cooker with 8 cups of water, salt, smoked paprika, ground up some dried mushrooms, onion powder and white pepper. Came out pretty tasty.

BREAKFAST: 9am, banana


LUNCH: 1:15pm, watermelon, pasta with sauce and a little cheese, a spoonful of mint ice cream, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 3:30pm, a beer, a slice of pizza, a small square of blackbean brownie, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER: 8:30pm, 2 homemade burritos, brown rice & lentils, water, 4 chocolate chip cookies, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5