Cookin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

After eating too much heavy pan-fried crab cakes, I conked out about 7pm due to the fact I was up at all hours calming a blazing Edie. The day was mostly spent in the kitchen and running about with Edles, not a bad way to wile away the hours.

TODAY'S COOKING:
Pumpernickel Bread: Cooked up this recipe in the bread machine. This is strong bread. Manly bread. Bread that says, "Shut up, sit down!" Pretty good. Big flavor. Makes me want to skip the machine and make the ultimate pumpernickel bagel.

Crab Cakes: No recipe, just winged it. 4 eggs beaten with 2 teaspoons of Old Bay seasoning, a container of lump crab meat, half a container of whole wheat panko, a few tablespoons of whole wheat flour, a teaspoon of brown sugar, mixed and left to sit in the fridge for a few hours. Pan fried in bacon fat brought home from the resto, in caste iron. Came out close to what I imagined, the salty celery garlicky aioli was a perfect counterpoint, joined nicely with the manly bread.

BREAKFAST: 10am, toasted bagel with cream cheese


LUNCH 1: 12:30pm, health salad, 2 pickles, potato chips, 2 tofutti cuties, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

LUNCH 2: 4pm, crab cakes with aioli and pumpernickel, seltzer, flourless chocolate cake with vanilla whipped cream, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Chocolate cake was kinda ridiculously rich, as close to eating straight butter & chocolate as you can get.

Cookin'

Spent the day with Edie and getting stuff done in the kitchen. Took Edie to the doc via bike in the morning, everything is fine, just molar teething, then met up with a friend and his kid in Tompkins Square. Spent the afternoon getting through my list of cooking.

B was out partying all night so fed E and got her bathed and to sleep without any drama. Looking forward to more cooking tomorrow!

TODAY'S COOKING
Superhippy Bread: Came out surprisingly dense, maybe because this time I used a full cup of the 9 grain cereal, should have used half a cup.

Health Salad:Finally some raw veg back in my life! Ate it after only an hour, think it needed another few hours to get really flavorful.
Flourless Chocolate Cake: Made three small ones, one for tomorrow's book club, and two the the two passover Seders I'm attending. Technically not "kosher" as it has butter in it, but it's definitely "kosher style", he he.
Vanilla whipped cream:To go with the cake, simply heavy cream spiked with confectioner's sugar and vanilla bean scraping. Simple and good.
New England Aioli:To go with the crab cakes I'm making tomorrow: One egg and one egg yolk, whipped with 1.5 cups of peanut oil, with a teaspoon of Old Bay Seasoning and a full head of mashed roasted garlic.


AM SNACK: 11:30pm, cheesy poofs


LUNCH: 12:15pm, sprats & avocado on superhippy bread, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 5pm, health salad, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER: 6:45pm, school-made buttermilk pancakes and home fries, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACKS: 8-10pm, tofutti cuties, potato chips, water, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

Good day

Took Edie to school in the morning, picking up a bagel to munch on the way. Made breakfast with the students in the afternoon, went really well.

BREAKFAST: 10am, bagel, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


LUNCH: 12pm, rice noodles with fishball, water, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

SCHOOL EATS: 6pm, pancake, frenchtoast, hashbrowns, bacon, freshly made sausage, orange juice, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACK: 9pm, chocolate cake, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

Slip away

Another super slow quiet day at work. Tick tock tick tock.

AM SNACK: 8am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 9am, brown rice crispies with organic dead milk, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 12:30pm, 4 superthin slices with sausage, pomegranate soda, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 5pm, vegetarian meatballs with sticky rice, green salad, 1.25 bowl, 8oz sprite, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 11pm, burgers, onion rings, donuts, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
No comment.

"Ahshiz!"

Usually let B & Edles wake me up on a work day. but I set the alarm to give me some time for weights. Hopefully I'll be able to maintain lifitng three days a week through the busy season, let's see.

Work is very weather sensitive -- yesterday was as close to a rolling 12 hour party as it comes, today....a ghost town. Cut back the staff, huddled down with some mags and the 'puter, and made sure the kitchen prepped well for the weekend.

Missed Edie like crazy. She's getting to be very interactive, playing aggressive Ring-Around-the-Rosie (a.k.a. "Ashiz!") and becoming more like a tiny person every day. I closed the restaurant early, and it's a good thing, because when I got home Edie was not interested in sleep at all, though B was, so I was able to jump in and have some Edie-time with some book readin', some song-singin', and Edie-tuckin'.

AM SNACK: 7:45am, iced green tea
This new iced tea tastes very different -- I used an expensive loose tea in a metal reusable infuser. I just used half the container (about .75 ounce) for the gallon of water, with 1/3 of a cup of sugar, and steeped for about 4 minutes. Very nutty, very smooth, not sure if I like it more than the previous, though. Maybe too nutty?

BREAKFAST: 9am, brown rice crispies with organic dead milk, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
GRAZING: 11am-1pm, 8oz sprite, handful of chocolate cookies, piece of fresh baked bread, handful of olives
LUNCH: 1:30pm, 2 slices Sicilian, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 6:45pm, meatball app, pomegranate soda, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACK: 10:15pm, cashews & chocolate chips, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

Monday Work

Monday at work, finally. It was a really good day, between being busy and having all sorts of friends stop in on me, felt good, never boring. If only every work day could be like this one.

BREAKFAST: 11am, sausage, potatoes, bread, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 2pm, 3 slices Sicilian, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 7pm, large green salad, almond drink, 1 bowl hunger 4/5


DINNER: 10:30pm, pork fried rice, shrimp toast, cashews & chocolate chips, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

6,8,9,3,4,6 and soon 9 again

Tried to wake at 6, ended up rising at 8, got out of the house by 9, bike ride to Nyack, back home by 3, off to a baby party at 4, the HVS come over to chill with the family at 6, it's not yet 9 but will be asleep soon.


AM SNACK: 8:30am, iced green tea


BIKE SNACK: 9am, chocolate donut, .5 bowl, hunger 3/5


BIKE SNACK: noon, pretzels, gatorade, peanut butter cups, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


LUNCH: 3:15pm, spare ribs, egg roll, scallion pancake, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


PM SNACKING: 4-5:30pm, 1 slice of pizza, small piece of cake, ginger drink, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNICKLESNACK: 8pm, pistachio donut, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5