Got to bed at 8:30, woke at 5, so it won't be so hard to wake at 3:30 tomorrow to go do the Montauk Century. Not feeling 100%, but better than before. Got laundry and ice cream churning done, before me and the fam took off for the Hester Street Fair and a playground.
In the afternoon, retrieved my bike from the shop uptown, then took Edie post-nap to a BBQ of a friend in DUMBO. Straight from that, we met B at a friend's house in the 'hood for a nice homemade dinner, to which I contributed the ice cream.
Got to bed at about 9:30, unsure if I would be riding the next day, due to weather and still not totally well....
BREAKFAST: 5:30am, iced green tea, 2 cupcakes, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 8am, a few spoonfuls of cake batter ice cream
I added the cake batter to the hot creme Anglais, and the final product was....very cake battery. B loved it, tasted a bit fake to me, but I guess when your going for a child-like flavor like that, the fakeness is what your going for. One recipe suggested adding dry mix as the cold custard churned, which strikes me as a horrible idea which would end up being gritty. Glad I followed my gut.
BREAKFAST 2: 10:15am, brisket taco, a few tiny apple muffins, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
At the Hester Street Fair. Brisket was stringy, no likey.
LUNCH: 12:30pm, a burrito, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Made 'em yesterday. Again, the rice is hard. Should cook the rice next time extra mushy.
PM SNACK: 2:30pm, a freshly baked brownie
PM SNACK: 3:30pm, chicken bratwurst, a little ceveche, cesar salad, freshly made babaganoush, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 5:45pm, telapia, spinach soufle, rice and lentils, half glass of wine, water, cake batter ice cream, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 8pm, cheesy poofs, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Saturday, May 14
Friday, May 13
Sick (Cookin' anyway)
Can't remember the last time I was full-on sick that wasn't related to my digestive tract. Woke up at 7 with the noises of the ladies, went back to bed and woke at 9 when B had to leave. Stuffy head, groggy, stomach tight, felt warm.
Fortunately, Edie was in a happy and easy going mood, and she hung out in the kitchen watching me and playing with books while I toiled in the kitchen and went down a list of chores B left for me. I took E out for an hour to run around in a playground, and definitely felt the weight of my lack of energy.
Vitamin C pills and a tylenol joined dinner. Even though I spent a good part of the day making burritos, I just felt the need to coddle myself with ordering in. In bed by 8, asleep by 8:30. Pretty much did everything I planned to do today, except go to snickleyoga. Wah!
TODAY'S COOKING
Cake batter ice cream: This will be a component in Edie's birthday sweet, never made it before. I read several contradictory recipes on how to make this, so I went with my gut. I got the cheapest, fakest yellow cake mix possible, and made it to the instructions on the box. I took 2 cups of the batter and through it into hot pre-sieved creme anglais, and hoped for the best. Will review the results tomorrow, when I churn it.
Burritos: Black beans cooked on the stove top all day with some store-bought sofrito, shredded onion, salt and a dash of Tabasco. Guacamole made with avocados, lime juice, cilantro, minced onion, a dash of salt and a dash of olive oil. Brown rice cooked up in canned vegetable stock. Block of mild cheddar shredded. All plopped into whole-wheat tortillas. Wrapped 'em up and froze half.
Salad: Haven't made a proper green salad at home in quite a while.
BREAKFAST: 9am, ice cream sandwich
AM SNACK: 11am, 2 cupcakes
With the left over batter from the ice cream, cooked off half a dozen cupcakes. Very fakey tasting, but extremely tender despite mixing the hell out of it in the kitchen aid. They must use some extra-milled super-low gluten pastry flour in that shiz.
LUNCH: 2pm, hot dog, kraut and cheese perogies, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 4:45pm, half an ice cream sandwich
DINNER: 7pm, shrimp in garlic sauce with black beans and yellow rice, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Fortunately, Edie was in a happy and easy going mood, and she hung out in the kitchen watching me and playing with books while I toiled in the kitchen and went down a list of chores B left for me. I took E out for an hour to run around in a playground, and definitely felt the weight of my lack of energy.
Vitamin C pills and a tylenol joined dinner. Even though I spent a good part of the day making burritos, I just felt the need to coddle myself with ordering in. In bed by 8, asleep by 8:30. Pretty much did everything I planned to do today, except go to snickleyoga. Wah!
TODAY'S COOKING
Cake batter ice cream: This will be a component in Edie's birthday sweet, never made it before. I read several contradictory recipes on how to make this, so I went with my gut. I got the cheapest, fakest yellow cake mix possible, and made it to the instructions on the box. I took 2 cups of the batter and through it into hot pre-sieved creme anglais, and hoped for the best. Will review the results tomorrow, when I churn it.
Burritos: Black beans cooked on the stove top all day with some store-bought sofrito, shredded onion, salt and a dash of Tabasco. Guacamole made with avocados, lime juice, cilantro, minced onion, a dash of salt and a dash of olive oil. Brown rice cooked up in canned vegetable stock. Block of mild cheddar shredded. All plopped into whole-wheat tortillas. Wrapped 'em up and froze half.
Salad: Haven't made a proper green salad at home in quite a while.
BREAKFAST: 9am, ice cream sandwich
AM SNACK: 11am, 2 cupcakes
With the left over batter from the ice cream, cooked off half a dozen cupcakes. Very fakey tasting, but extremely tender despite mixing the hell out of it in the kitchen aid. They must use some extra-milled super-low gluten pastry flour in that shiz.
LUNCH: 2pm, hot dog, kraut and cheese perogies, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 4:45pm, half an ice cream sandwich
DINNER: 7pm, shrimp in garlic sauce with black beans and yellow rice, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Thursday, May 12
Fading
Long day. Woke up feeling drained, sore throat, not enough sleep. Went to pre-pre-school with Edie, snuck in a 30 minute nap before heading off to teach. Made it through class pretty well, the kids were really focused and tackled the complicated Asian recipes well. Nibbled through then rode over to midtown to have dinner at a steakhouse with E, who I haven't seen in a while. Got home close to 11, totally beat. Asleep by midnight.
AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 8:45am, toasted garlic bagel with cream cheese, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: noon, fishball and rice noodle, lotus leaf wraps, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
SCHOOL EATS: 3-6pm, small bites of chicken & broc, white rice, pad thai, scallion pancake, pork dumplings, cheese cake, brownie, flan, blueberry tart, sweet potato pie, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 9pm, 8oz filet minon, brussel sprouts, 1 beer, half a piece of chocolate cake, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 8:45am, toasted garlic bagel with cream cheese, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: noon, fishball and rice noodle, lotus leaf wraps, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
SCHOOL EATS: 3-6pm, small bites of chicken & broc, white rice, pad thai, scallion pancake, pork dumplings, cheese cake, brownie, flan, blueberry tart, sweet potato pie, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 9pm, 8oz filet minon, brussel sprouts, 1 beer, half a piece of chocolate cake, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Wednesday, May 11
Wobbly
Woke myself up at 7 to lift weights. I did do it, but a sore throat has me worried. Must get some good sleep soon. Got an 8:30 call from a key employee calling in sick, throwing the whole day for a wobbly, but through a bit of luck and a bit of fortitude, the day went pretty good. The only downside was I wasn't able to eat too much during the day, but I sure made up for it when I got home!
Sunday is the first century of the season, a ride to Montauk, but it's supposed to rain. On the fence about it, will make a decision closer to.
AM SNACK: 7:15am, iced green tea.
LUNCH: 1:30pm, 2 slices pizza, 8oz sprite, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 4:30pm, 1 small slice pizza
EVENING SNORT: 10pm, half a beer
DINNER: 11:15pm, cheese steak sandwich, 2 tamales, chocolate cake, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Sunday is the first century of the season, a ride to Montauk, but it's supposed to rain. On the fence about it, will make a decision closer to.
AM SNACK: 7:15am, iced green tea.
LUNCH: 1:30pm, 2 slices pizza, 8oz sprite, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 4:30pm, 1 small slice pizza
EVENING SNORT: 10pm, half a beer
DINNER: 11:15pm, cheese steak sandwich, 2 tamales, chocolate cake, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Tuesday, May 10
Tuesday Doledrums
Another quiet day with good weather at the restaurant. Went grocery shopping after. Missed Edie & B.
AM SNACK: 8:30am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 9am, brown rice crispies with organic dead milk, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 1:45pm, 3 slices Sicilian, 8oz sprite, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 6pm, 1 slice salad pizza
PM SNACK: 9pm, 1 slice pizza
DINNER: 11pm, burgers & fries, 2 ice cream sandwiches, water1 bowl, hunger 4/5
No comment.
AM SNACK: 8:30am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 9am, brown rice crispies with organic dead milk, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 1:45pm, 3 slices Sicilian, 8oz sprite, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 6pm, 1 slice salad pizza
PM SNACK: 9pm, 1 slice pizza
DINNER: 11pm, burgers & fries, 2 ice cream sandwiches, water1 bowl, hunger 4/5
No comment.
Monday, May 9
Great vibes
Woke up tired, but it's been too long since I lifted, so I dragged myself out, tried to switch on with tea, and lifted. I last did on Thursday, then the Friday bike ride kinda knocked me out for the weekend.
Restaurant was quiet despite the beautiful weather, I imagine people were burnt from going out to restaurants for mom's day. Three parents from the hood and their Edie-like babies came by to say hi and eat. And my friend Ta, who worked for a year or so at the resto, is back for a month and we did the evening together, great vibe, very nice to spend some quality time with someone who has been on the same professional road with me for a while.
AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 9:15am, good granola with organic dead milk, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 1:15pm, 2 slices pizza, 8oz sprite, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 3pm, 1 small slice white pizza
PM SNACK: 5pm, green salad, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 8:15pm, 1 slice Sicilian, 8oz sprite, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 10:45pm, beef lomein, small wedge of cheesecake, 1 bowl, hunger 45
Restaurant was quiet despite the beautiful weather, I imagine people were burnt from going out to restaurants for mom's day. Three parents from the hood and their Edie-like babies came by to say hi and eat. And my friend Ta, who worked for a year or so at the resto, is back for a month and we did the evening together, great vibe, very nice to spend some quality time with someone who has been on the same professional road with me for a while.
AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 9:15am, good granola with organic dead milk, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 1:15pm, 2 slices pizza, 8oz sprite, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 3pm, 1 small slice white pizza
PM SNACK: 5pm, green salad, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 8:15pm, 1 slice Sicilian, 8oz sprite, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 10:45pm, beef lomein, small wedge of cheesecake, 1 bowl, hunger 45
Sunday, May 8
Mutha
My cooking was only a new hobby in the last few years of my mom's life, but I do remember one evening she came over with her sister, and I made them dinner. I don't remember exactly what I served, I think it may have been one of the first times I made pasta from scratch. I remember the food I made as being distinctly 'meh', but mom and aunt saying they were very impressed, and none-too-subtly hinting that boy, wouldn't you make a catch for the right woman! He he.
My mom was a horrible cook. My grandmother was a great cook, but she passed way before I had any interest in cooking. My mom rejected her cooking skills as something that somehow denigrated her own professional life, or something. I hope Edie will have it all when she's ready -- be a professional, be a mom AND be a good home cook!!
TODAY'S COOKING
Cured Salmon: Took out the fish today and sliced it, after turning it onto it's flesh side yesterday morning. Looked really good, packaged most of it for the mom's day celebration in Brooklyn, but got hungry and busted out a bagel. Fish was pretty tasty, the creme de cassis giving it a slightly fruit-punchy smell (in a good way.)
AM SNACK: 8:45am, iced green tea
Huh. No sugar at all. First thing I noticed was how flat and cardboardy it tasted, but after 3 or 4 more sips, liked it a lot more. Sencha is a very juicy, thick mouthfeel for tea, and with out the sugar, the bitter elements of the toasty part of the taste really comes out unmuted, which is actually quite nice. Next time I make a gallon of Sencha, I'm gonna go 1/8 cup of sugar instead of 1/2 cup, see if I can get a rounder flavor without squashing the toasted note.
BREAKFAST: 10am, toasted pumpernickel bagel with cream cheese and homemade lox, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Holy crap, the pumpernickel from Kossars is garbage compared to the big, loud pumpernickel loaf I made a few weeks ago. I guess I might have to make a my own pumpernickel bagels from now on. Hmmmm.
LUNCH: 12:45pm, a few cups of rosemary lemonade, a few pieces of bread with hummus, a scone, a biscuit, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 2:15pm, a couple of madelines
PM SNACK: 5:15pm, a few squares of good chocolate, with good peanut butter, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
While eating this, Edie ran up and demanded some, so I fed her bits of peanut butter off my finger, she ate it like a doggie or cat, it was SO CUTE, and she demanded more about 5 or 6 times. It's now a few hours later, and there has been zero reaction, so I guess Edie doesn't have crazy allergies.
DINNER: 9:30pm, shrimp saag with rice, naan, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 11pm, cheesecake, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
My mom was a horrible cook. My grandmother was a great cook, but she passed way before I had any interest in cooking. My mom rejected her cooking skills as something that somehow denigrated her own professional life, or something. I hope Edie will have it all when she's ready -- be a professional, be a mom AND be a good home cook!!
TODAY'S COOKING
Cured Salmon: Took out the fish today and sliced it, after turning it onto it's flesh side yesterday morning. Looked really good, packaged most of it for the mom's day celebration in Brooklyn, but got hungry and busted out a bagel. Fish was pretty tasty, the creme de cassis giving it a slightly fruit-punchy smell (in a good way.)
AM SNACK: 8:45am, iced green tea
Huh. No sugar at all. First thing I noticed was how flat and cardboardy it tasted, but after 3 or 4 more sips, liked it a lot more. Sencha is a very juicy, thick mouthfeel for tea, and with out the sugar, the bitter elements of the toasty part of the taste really comes out unmuted, which is actually quite nice. Next time I make a gallon of Sencha, I'm gonna go 1/8 cup of sugar instead of 1/2 cup, see if I can get a rounder flavor without squashing the toasted note.
BREAKFAST: 10am, toasted pumpernickel bagel with cream cheese and homemade lox, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Holy crap, the pumpernickel from Kossars is garbage compared to the big, loud pumpernickel loaf I made a few weeks ago. I guess I might have to make a my own pumpernickel bagels from now on. Hmmmm.
LUNCH: 12:45pm, a few cups of rosemary lemonade, a few pieces of bread with hummus, a scone, a biscuit, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 2:15pm, a couple of madelines
PM SNACK: 5:15pm, a few squares of good chocolate, with good peanut butter, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
While eating this, Edie ran up and demanded some, so I fed her bits of peanut butter off my finger, she ate it like a doggie or cat, it was SO CUTE, and she demanded more about 5 or 6 times. It's now a few hours later, and there has been zero reaction, so I guess Edie doesn't have crazy allergies.
DINNER: 9:30pm, shrimp saag with rice, naan, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 11pm, cheesecake, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
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