A visit from the snicklefamily

Visited some friends with a toddler and newborn in the morning, brought a selection of donuts from the Donut Plant. Took Edie outside on an unseasonably warm Fall day in the afternoon to play in leaves. Stopped by the local diner for bad quick food, before coming home and having the Snicklefamily over to meet Mil and play with Edles. Chill evening.


AM SNACK: 9:30am, iced green tea


BREAKFAST: 11:30am, iced green tea, donut, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


LUNCH: 2:30pm, burger, fries, diet coke, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


SNICKLESNACK: 4pm, half a kasha knish, vegan cupcake, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
The kasha knish has been in the fridge more than a week, and with 10 minutes of heating, came right back to life.



DINNER: 9pm, tortellini with sauce, 2 slices black out cake, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Last week a friend broought over a huge cake. Just starting to work through it now.

Good, busy

Got to bed at 11:30, woke up at 7 feeling a bit drained and confused, but ok. Got straight to work on baking some pumpkins n' stuff, and after delivering Edie, got down to the business of making pumpkin knishes. B's mom & bro came over in the evening and we ordered in a pizza, it was a good busy day.

TODAY'S COOKING:
Pumpkin Knishes: Three rounds of 36, a few went down me n' Betsy and our friend T's throats -- a little saltier than I aimed for, but tasty. I initially feared I didn't make enough, but the filling kind of hit the nail on the head, though I made almost 2x as much dough as necessary....which means I may have to make more knishes later this week, he he. Perhaps experiment with dough in the middle of the filling...

AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea


BREAKFAST: 9am, 4 whole wheat waffles, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 12:15pm, small bowl of farro & sausage, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 1pm, pumpkin knish, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5 
Had to taste after the first round came out of the oven. A little too salty, but not unreasonable. Pretty good. I'd not feel ripped off being charge $3 for this.

LUNCH: 2pm, baked ziti, kasha varnishkes, grenadine soda, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Tossed the salad because it smelled like old fridge. I zapped some baked ziti and by the time I finished half of it, I realized it was unusually "tangy" like sour cream, so I tossed it. Kasha was still good, however. -phew-

DINNER: 6pm, pizza, water, a little bownie & ice cream, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACK: 10pm, graham crackers, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

Peaing in a Pod

Didn't get much sleep, couldn't fall asleep until 1am, Edie was up a couple of times to interrupt the night that was supposed to be our first night smoothly with the night nurse. B got up and comforted Edie, and I was too zonked to step up. Grouchy morning, but B took Edie to class and spent her first time out doing her own thing since the baby came, while I had some nice quiet time one on one with Milli Mil.

After a while of him getting up and going back to sleep repeatedly, I just strapped him on in the Baby Bjorn while I went about my house business and it worked like a charm. Poppa and son peaing in a big pod.

TODAY'S COOKING:
Knish Dough: Making the pumpkin knishes tomorrow, so got a leg up and boiled off 15 lbs of potatoes, half of which went into a large batch of dough. The rest will be mixed into the pumpkin filling to give it a bit of heft.

AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea


BREAKFAST: 9am, toasted pumpernickel bagel, cream cheese, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5


AM SNACK: 10:30am, brownie, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

AM SNACK: noon, cookie, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

LUNCH: 12:30, frozen pizza, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 7:15pm, hot dog, fries, pickles, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5

Warm & Fuzzy

Got to bed around 10:30, and Edie slept through the night, but sleep was interrupted several times by Baby Mil. Woke up feeling a little warm and fuzzy (not in a good way), and after getting Edie to school, got a healthy smoothie down, did some essential prep then got a few hours of sleep in before eating a sandwich and riding my bike in the rain to Red Hook to teach.

Last week was a bit stressful, but this week the class went great -- 8 recipes in quantity in preparation for serving Thanksgiving to the school next week, went very smoothly. Rather than have an awkward meal of bits and pieces, my supervisor ordered in a couple of pizzas for us, it was a nice change of pace.

When I got home, snuggled with Edie but she insisted Betsy put her to sleep. For the first time, a night nurse came to look after Milli Mil while Betsy & I got a proper night's sleep.

AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea


BREAKFAST: 9am, smoothie, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

LUNCH: 12:30pm, turkey and Swiss on wholewheat, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5


PM TASTING: 3-6pm, tastes of cheesecake batter, brownie batter, Cesar dressing, biscuit


DINNER: 6:30pm, 2 slices pizza, soda, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACK: 9pm, brownie

EVENING SNACK: midnight, a big bowl of farro & sausage, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
I brought this home from school, we made it last week, and DAMN is it good. It's a relatively easy recipe from c-school I've had my students make to demonstrate different grains. It's an Italian version of Spanish "Soupy Rice" made with whole wheat kernels, a lot of chicken stock we made ourselves, and fennel -- potato, beans and sausage are secondary players. Very filling, very real.

Someday I will sleep again

Sleep was a little better than the night before, but not by much. Edie is definitely expressing her disapproval at not being the only star in the sky, but is still very curious about and affectionate towards Milli Mil.

AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea


BREAKFAST: 9:45am, 4 whole wheat waffles, water, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


LUNCH: 12:15pm, cheese ravioli with sauce, chocolate donuts, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 4pm, potato chips, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 6pm, hotdog, kraft dinner, green salad, chocolate donuts, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

Back to Life

It's been a bit of a roller coaster with the new baby, the under slept wife, the having friends over, the doting grandma helping out a lot, the maintaining a normal schedule and level of attention for Edie. I will not lie, I've been eating massive amounts of junk food for almost four days, and need to come correct soon or I'll get sick. I made a big green salad to have on hand, which should help a bit.

No time to lift weights, and even if I did, I'd be too tired to be effective on them, hopefully I can resume next week.


AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea


BREAKFAST: 9am, toasted bagel with cream cheese and sable, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Left over fish from yesterday's get together. I fell in love with sable when people sent it over when my dad died, and I gorged on it when my mom died. It's a good coming & going food for me, I guess.


LUNCH: 2pm, spaghetti with sauce, pickle, ice cream, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
A neighborhood friend dropped off some food, including homemade sauce. A bit sweeter than I like, but still much better than any jarred stuff.


DINNER: 7:30pm, rice & beans, guac, corn tortillas, green salad, water, peanuts & chocolate chips, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACK: 11pm, potato chips, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5