Race Day

The day felt like a race. Betsy had a rough night, so I took Edie to school on the big bike, then got home and got into hours of chopping onions for some upcoming knishing. Once got through that, made salad, collected laundry, fed myself and when the babysitter arrived, rushed out the door and road the bike to Nyack and back. Once home, got into it with the onions, got the laundry in, ordered in and tried to unwind.

TODAY'S COOKING:
Caramelized onions: Spent the morning, 3.5 hours, dicing 40lbs of onions. A little smaller than the large dice previously, want to make this large batch spread out over the next few rounds of knishes -- and the more surface area there is, the bigger flavor there will be, due to more opportunity to hit the tongue, not just get mashed up by teeth before swallowing... Into the fridge int he morning. The minute I got home from biking, put them in the oven and cranked it to 400. Let that go on until I had to go to bed around midnight, stirring every hour or so.  3 large pans became 1 -- 40 lbs of onions after processing became about 15 lbs of caramelized onions, good for maybe 200 knishes...

BREAKFAST: 7:45am, iced green tea, brown rice crispies with organic dead milk, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


AM SNACK: 10:30am, Ben & Jerry's ice cream, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


LUNCH: 1:45pm, whole grain chicken nuggets, whole wheat spag & homemade sauce, pickle, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

BIKE SNACK: 5pm, 20oz gatorade, bag of fritos, hostess cupcakes, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 9:30pm, large green salad, beef & broccoli, pork fried rice, wonton soup, egg roll, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5