Good day, with a nice visit from a friend I have not seen since my wedding. Nice evening in with a movie with the wifey. Edie was a bit warm and cried a bit in the late evening, which was stressful, but a bit of baby tylenol seemed to do the trick.
TODAY'S COOKING
Mushroom Duxelle Risotto: With my c-school risotto recipe, I adapted it to make it super-mushroomy. A friend recently gifted me some dried wood-ears and hen-of the woods, which I combined with some dried porcinis and morrels. I reconstituted them in the vegetable stock that I was using in the dish, which retained all the mushroomy goodness. Then I added some fresh shitakes, portobellos and beautiful chanterelles, chopped fine in the processor, sauteed in a little olive oil and salt until no more steam came off of them, then deglazed with a hit of sherry. Made the risotto with the veg-mushroom stock, and mixed in the duxelle at the end along with the other finishing agents (cold butter, marscapone, parmegan, salt, chopped parsley.) Happy with how it came out, super 'shroomy and tasty. Gonna make riceballs with the left overs on Monday.
AM SNACK: 10am, iced green tea
LUNCH: 12:30pm, mushroom risotto with health salad, 1 glass prosecco, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 4:45pm, good yogurt with honey and almonds, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 7:30pm, multigrain corn chips with school-made salsa, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 8:30pm, singapore mei fun, shrimp dumplings, scallion pancake, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Ordered from a new place, a pan-Asian place on 1st and 13th that happens to deliver this far south. I ordered some of the usual stuff I get from my local take out places, and two things: it's easily 2x as expensive and, and it's about 2x better -- fresher, tastier, better ingredients and a lighter hand on the greasiness. I don't think I'll be ordering again locally soon, unless I'm hankering for food memories from back in the day.
EVENING SNACK: midnight, small piece of cinnamon babka
Saturday, March 5
Friday, March 4
Sleepy yoga
Good day of chores all morning and afternoon, cooking, organizing the kitchen, getting little things done around the house while also lovin' on Edie. Went to yoga with the HVS for the first time in a long time, despite being over-tired. Still enjoyed it. Surprisingly, HVS was up for something not 100% healthy so we went to a ramen shop and I got to indulge in a little pork and shrimp! Conked out early, soon after my evening snack.
TODAY'S COOKING
Mock Super Hippy Bread: Made 100% whole wheat bread with the cracked 7 grain cereal mixed in, only this time I eliminated the dried milk powder, making the bread vegan and more in the spirit of a super-hippy. It's another step closer to the original, it's less supple, more rough, less luscious, more in your face, but it's still not there. I think there may be some sort of sour-dough starter in the original, and I suspect there may be whole grain flours other than white in the original, so next version I may have to take a more radical step.
Health Salad: One small cabbage still made a huge bowl of this simple slaw.
AM SNACK: 7am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 8:15am, 5 small buttermilk pancakes, water, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 12:30pm, sardines and avocado on freshly baked super hippy bread, health salad, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 4:30pm, school made fresh salsa with multigrain corn chips, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
SNICKLEDINNER: 8:15pm, shio ramen, shrimp shumai, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 10pm, small ramekin of chocolate chips, peanuts and pretzels
We had a few little packets of peanuts and pretzels from the flight. Mixing them with the chips was surprisingly delicious, and baseline it cut down the caloric density if I just ate chips.
TODAY'S COOKING
Mock Super Hippy Bread: Made 100% whole wheat bread with the cracked 7 grain cereal mixed in, only this time I eliminated the dried milk powder, making the bread vegan and more in the spirit of a super-hippy. It's another step closer to the original, it's less supple, more rough, less luscious, more in your face, but it's still not there. I think there may be some sort of sour-dough starter in the original, and I suspect there may be whole grain flours other than white in the original, so next version I may have to take a more radical step.
Health Salad: One small cabbage still made a huge bowl of this simple slaw.
AM SNACK: 7am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 8:15am, 5 small buttermilk pancakes, water, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 12:30pm, sardines and avocado on freshly baked super hippy bread, health salad, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 4:30pm, school made fresh salsa with multigrain corn chips, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
SNICKLEDINNER: 8:15pm, shio ramen, shrimp shumai, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 10pm, small ramekin of chocolate chips, peanuts and pretzels
We had a few little packets of peanuts and pretzels from the flight. Mixing them with the chips was surprisingly delicious, and baseline it cut down the caloric density if I just ate chips.
Thursday, March 3
First day of class
Good busy day. Woke up late, finally normalizing after the LA trip and upset system. B went out to a playdate group with Edles while I lifted weights, then picked up a new bike from the shop, a wonderful early birthday present from B & her family.
Today was the first day of teaching this semester, 7 kids, a very quiet and focused group, very easily the best first class I've had. Feedback at the end was very positive, too, which hopefully means the pleasure was mutual. Swung by Wholefoods on the way home. Had a hard time falling asleep.
Tomorrow is home chores, followed by snickleyoga, hopefully that will get my sleep back on track once and for all!
AM SNACK: 9:30am, iced green tea
LUNCH: 1pm, frozen fish sticks, onion rings, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
SCHOOL SNACKIES: 6-7pm, cup of fruit smoothie, fresh salsa and corn chips, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 8:30pm, brown rice sushi & nori rolls, shrimp summer roll, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 10pm, cashews & chocolate chips
EVENING SNACK: midnight, Jamaican beef pattie, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Today was the first day of teaching this semester, 7 kids, a very quiet and focused group, very easily the best first class I've had. Feedback at the end was very positive, too, which hopefully means the pleasure was mutual. Swung by Wholefoods on the way home. Had a hard time falling asleep.
Tomorrow is home chores, followed by snickleyoga, hopefully that will get my sleep back on track once and for all!
AM SNACK: 9:30am, iced green tea
LUNCH: 1pm, frozen fish sticks, onion rings, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
SCHOOL SNACKIES: 6-7pm, cup of fruit smoothie, fresh salsa and corn chips, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 8:30pm, brown rice sushi & nori rolls, shrimp summer roll, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 10pm, cashews & chocolate chips
EVENING SNACK: midnight, Jamaican beef pattie, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Wednesday, March 2
Bad eating day
Resto is tiny bit busier, but I now have a server and busser on the floor, so I now go back to my more sedentary look-and-comment role. Yeah, I'm still up and hustling a tiny bit, but that part of the job (looking-commenting-while-helping-and-assisting-everybody) wont kick in until it's much busier.
Sleep schedule is just returning, and the final dregs of my upset system is exiting, that and low & out of stock of the healthier things at work lead to a very bad eating day.
BREAKFAST: 8:30am, oatmeal, water, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 11:15am, freshly baked bread, Manhattan Special, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Haven't had this espresso soda in a while, as it's too sweet, but between the remnants of jet lag and a lack of ready tea this morning, it hit the spot.
LUNCH: 2pm, 3 small slices salad pizza, 8 oz sprite, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 7pm, meatballs with bread and sauce, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 10:30pm, half a coffee cake, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
No comment.
Sleep schedule is just returning, and the final dregs of my upset system is exiting, that and low & out of stock of the healthier things at work lead to a very bad eating day.
BREAKFAST: 8:30am, oatmeal, water, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 11:15am, freshly baked bread, Manhattan Special, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Haven't had this espresso soda in a while, as it's too sweet, but between the remnants of jet lag and a lack of ready tea this morning, it hit the spot.
LUNCH: 2pm, 3 small slices salad pizza, 8 oz sprite, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 7pm, meatballs with bread and sauce, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 10:30pm, half a coffee cake, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
No comment.
Tuesday, March 1
Weighty thoughts
I wouldn't give too much credit to this fluctuation. On one hand, yes, I've stepped up the weight lifting seriously this month and am starting to actually feel the difference in my tone and strength. On the other hand, I extremely foolishly ate a cheeseburger on Saturday that put my guts in a knot on Sunday and Monday, limiting my intake and overdriving my output.
I'm back to fine now, but it definitely suggests a false read on my current weight.
Los Angeles was nice. Came in on a rainy Friday night, Saturday my friend M spent the day taking me around in the morning, then me and Edie in the afternoon, while B stayed in and got over her travel shock. We hit up the Farmer's Market (not an actual farmer's market, but a lot of outdoor food stalls -- AMAZING beef taco), over to Fairfax to an incredibly lame "NY style" pizza slice, by U of C for an In & Out Cheeseburger -- surprisingly good, surprisingly little meat, really didn't think it would hurt me (boy was I wrong!)
My over all impression of what I saw was, coast is beautiful (the pier was nice), West Hollywood is full of douche bags with too much money and too little taste, there seems to be a movie theater for every 3 people, and the food culture has potential to rival NY (though I'd really need a week to really get a read on all the different levels.) Weather was fantastic, but felt a bit fakey, if weather can actually do that...
AM SNACK: 8:45am, iced green tea, handful of chocolate covered espresso beans
LUNCH: 12:45pm, 2 superthin slices, 8oz sprite
DINNER: 5:45pm, order of meatballs with bread and sauce, dry ginger ale, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 7pm, 8oz apple juice
EVENING SNACK: 10pm, house special lomein, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
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