Woke up to the baby again at 5:30ish, couldn't get back to sleep, 5 hours of sleep will have to do. Took Edie to a nice Easter Egg hunt with friends, and got a nice deep 2 hour nap with Edie wrapped around me in the afternoon. The evening was a Seder with B's family, which found the kids falling asleep but peaceful!
AM SNACK: 6am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 7:30am, organic wholegrain cheerios with organic dead milk, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
My stomach felt queezy, it took a minute to realize that my nausciousness was from hunger and not fullness.
AM SNACK: 10:30am, half a potato knish, half a sweet potato knish, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: noon, slice of birthday cake, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 1:45am, large green salad, breaded shrimp, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 4:30pm, handful of chocolate covered espresso beans
SEDER DINNER: 7pm, gefilte fish, matzoh ball soup, hillel sandwiches, turkey, half a glass of wine, ice cream, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Saturday, April 7
Friday, April 6
Passover in My Parents Presence
Woke up early on my own, got the laundry in -- good thing, because Friday morning before the Sabbath AND a major Jewish holiday = crime-scene-like pressure on the laundry room. Got to do a post-knish food shop with Edie, make salad, and have a good lunch. Took a rental car to NJ for a Seder with my cousin & peeps.
This is my dad's side of the family, his older brother's only child, who is about 15 yrs older than me. I took a few years off from this Seder after my parents passed away, glad I started attending again. It's nice to be among people who knew and also loved and appreciated my parents, a few like my cousin actually knew them longer than I. Another was the wife of my dad's younger brother, nice to have my parent's generation present. That both my children bare my parent's name was not lost on this bunch.
The food has changed over the years, more and more of it is prepared outside the home by professionals, but a few dishes remain rock solidly home and hand made (the meatballs in a sweet sauce) and one is even better (the gefilte was cut from a fresh loaf, rather than out of a slimy jar). I contributed passover-style knishes, and everyone was very complimentary, though I wish I was better at taking them, I just had to grit my teeth and say "thank you" with out criticizing them -- they really were not the best I could produce. Who knows, maybe the passover knish will become another tradition. Hopefully someday B's side of the family will do Passover in our home, I'd love to blow the doors of that meal...
BREAKFAST: 7am, 4 small pancakes, water, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 9am, cold slice of pizza, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
It had almost no cheese on it, and was thin, therefore the small measure...
LUNCH: 11:45am, ham & Swiss on wholewheat, fried in butter, large green salad, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Light on the ham and Swiss, lightly buttered the pan, 100% whole wheat bread pressed with a heavy pot. Volume-wise, ate about 4x more salad than sandwich, felt right.
PM SNACK: 1pm, homemade granola bar, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 4:30pm, one & half slices of streetza, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
SEDER DINNER: 6:30pm, hillel sandwich, gefilte fish, matzoball soup, meatballs and matzo muffin, a bite of chicken & stuffing, a bite of salad, a few glasses of grape juice, a shot of Slivovitz, a few chocolatey things, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
This is my dad's side of the family, his older brother's only child, who is about 15 yrs older than me. I took a few years off from this Seder after my parents passed away, glad I started attending again. It's nice to be among people who knew and also loved and appreciated my parents, a few like my cousin actually knew them longer than I. Another was the wife of my dad's younger brother, nice to have my parent's generation present. That both my children bare my parent's name was not lost on this bunch.
The food has changed over the years, more and more of it is prepared outside the home by professionals, but a few dishes remain rock solidly home and hand made (the meatballs in a sweet sauce) and one is even better (the gefilte was cut from a fresh loaf, rather than out of a slimy jar). I contributed passover-style knishes, and everyone was very complimentary, though I wish I was better at taking them, I just had to grit my teeth and say "thank you" with out criticizing them -- they really were not the best I could produce. Who knows, maybe the passover knish will become another tradition. Hopefully someday B's side of the family will do Passover in our home, I'd love to blow the doors of that meal...
BREAKFAST: 7am, 4 small pancakes, water, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 9am, cold slice of pizza, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
It had almost no cheese on it, and was thin, therefore the small measure...
LUNCH: 11:45am, ham & Swiss on wholewheat, fried in butter, large green salad, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Light on the ham and Swiss, lightly buttered the pan, 100% whole wheat bread pressed with a heavy pot. Volume-wise, ate about 4x more salad than sandwich, felt right.
PM SNACK: 1pm, homemade granola bar, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 4:30pm, one & half slices of streetza, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
SEDER DINNER: 6:30pm, hillel sandwich, gefilte fish, matzoball soup, meatballs and matzo muffin, a bite of chicken & stuffing, a bite of salad, a few glasses of grape juice, a shot of Slivovitz, a few chocolatey things, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Thursday, April 5
At least I ate an apple...
Took Edie to school and realized I was really hungry, hungry enough to interfere with weight lifting when I got home. Kitchen is low or out of everything due to knish manufacturing these past few days, and knishes taking up 90% of the fridge space. I thought I'd have a good lifting session due to the sugar, but it actually felt like it slowed me down a little. Mental? Biological? Looking forward to getting the knishes out this weekend...
BREAKFAST: 8:45am, cinnamon roll, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Not a great way to start the day, but the kitchen is jammed with knishes and low on groceries, including tea (gallon jugs take up a lot of real estate!)
AM SNACK: 10:45am, apple
LUNCH: 12:45pm, shoyu ramen, shumai, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 7pm, half a pizza, cesar salad, 15oz of gingerale, 1.75 bowl, hunger 4/5
BREAKFAST: 8:45am, cinnamon roll, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Not a great way to start the day, but the kitchen is jammed with knishes and low on groceries, including tea (gallon jugs take up a lot of real estate!)
AM SNACK: 10:45am, apple
LUNCH: 12:45pm, shoyu ramen, shumai, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 7pm, half a pizza, cesar salad, 15oz of gingerale, 1.75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Wednesday, April 4
Cheese tour
Cooked in the morning, taught in the afternoon, cooked in the evening. All this food-centric living is wreaking havoc on my diet, he he. All the good foods in the kitchen are being pushed out by....knishes. Literally.
Had some fun in school, revamped the cheese tasting by using this list as my field guide. The Camembert freaked just about everyone, but was quite good. Used a lot of the cheeses in one of three sheets of mac n' cheese we made, very funky.
TODAY'S COOKING
Spinach & Roasted Garlic Knishes, Sweet Potato & Butternut Squash knish filling: Spent the morning knocking out more knishes, making fillings. After school, spent the evening finishing the baking.
AM SNACK: 8am, iced green tea
LUNCH: 11:45am, PBJ on whole wheat toast, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
SCHOOL SNACK: 3:30pm, cheese tasting course, a little bread and apple, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
SCHOOL DINNER: 6pm, chimichurri flank steak, mac n' cheese, roasted brussel sprouts, Sprite, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Gotta do the brussels, in past years I did sauteed spinach. This was so much yummier.
EVENING SNACK: 10pm, graham crackers with nutella, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 11pm, 4 pancakes, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Had some fun in school, revamped the cheese tasting by using this list as my field guide. The Camembert freaked just about everyone, but was quite good. Used a lot of the cheeses in one of three sheets of mac n' cheese we made, very funky.
TODAY'S COOKING
Spinach & Roasted Garlic Knishes, Sweet Potato & Butternut Squash knish filling: Spent the morning knocking out more knishes, making fillings. After school, spent the evening finishing the baking.
AM SNACK: 8am, iced green tea
LUNCH: 11:45am, PBJ on whole wheat toast, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
SCHOOL SNACK: 3:30pm, cheese tasting course, a little bread and apple, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
SCHOOL DINNER: 6pm, chimichurri flank steak, mac n' cheese, roasted brussel sprouts, Sprite, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Gotta do the brussels, in past years I did sauteed spinach. This was so much yummier.
EVENING SNACK: 10pm, graham crackers with nutella, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 11pm, 4 pancakes, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Tuesday, April 3
Sugar, urrrg
The doc says my kidney's are 100%, despite the pain I experienced Friday morning, and unless I get a call in regards to the sample I just gave, just go on with my life. -sigh- Still, gonna be more conscious of salt regardless. There was a scary piece about equating sugar with disease and addiction on 60 minutes this past Sunday, make me think about my own compulsive need to indulge a little every night. A harmless indulgence, or something more sinister? My dad had adult-onset diabetes....
TODAY'S COOKING
Knishes: Targeted to make 48 potato knishes with half the filling, ended up making....53. Not bad. Between eating 2, 2 being too small and one hitting the floor, had to pat myself on the back. The matzo-based kosher-for-Passover "cake meal" gives a very distinct flavor (the flavor of MATZO!) and a real lack of stretch, just dry snap. Oh well. The dough was no fun to work with, but I was able to wrestle it into submission.
AM SNACK: 7am, iced green tea, Tylenol
BREAKFAST: 8:30am, hardcore oatmeal, a banana, pint of water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: noon, several bites of potato knish filling
Had to repeatedly taste to get it right, and a taste had to be a solid tablespoon's worth, testing for fat, salt, onion.
LUNCH: 1:45pm, 2 potato knishes, wholewheat chicken nuggets, a little bit of homemade sauce, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Nice to be prompted for lunch by my hunger because I was too busy to pay attention to my stomach. Needed something quick, and freshly baked knishes was what was in front of me.
DINNER: 7pm, sushi, green salad, tempura, 7oz ginger ale, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
TODAY'S COOKING
Knishes: Targeted to make 48 potato knishes with half the filling, ended up making....53. Not bad. Between eating 2, 2 being too small and one hitting the floor, had to pat myself on the back. The matzo-based kosher-for-Passover "cake meal" gives a very distinct flavor (the flavor of MATZO!) and a real lack of stretch, just dry snap. Oh well. The dough was no fun to work with, but I was able to wrestle it into submission.
AM SNACK: 7am, iced green tea, Tylenol
BREAKFAST: 8:30am, hardcore oatmeal, a banana, pint of water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: noon, several bites of potato knish filling
Had to repeatedly taste to get it right, and a taste had to be a solid tablespoon's worth, testing for fat, salt, onion.
LUNCH: 1:45pm, 2 potato knishes, wholewheat chicken nuggets, a little bit of homemade sauce, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Nice to be prompted for lunch by my hunger because I was too busy to pay attention to my stomach. Needed something quick, and freshly baked knishes was what was in front of me.
DINNER: 7pm, sushi, green salad, tempura, 7oz ginger ale, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Monday, April 2
Intergenerational Matza
Lifted weights, strapped on Mil and collected ingredients for kosher for passover-style knishes, which need to go out for delivery on Thursday, and served at the Seders I'm attending Friday and Saturday.
While finishing up the knish dough and caramelized onions, Edie came in from watching TV in the living room into the kitchen and asked for matzo. Not for a yogurt or a juice box or a pretzel or a cookie, but matzo, probably due to it being talked about a lot in school, including a matzo-making activity last week.
I remembered my mom saying you should always have a box of matzoh in your house at all times, it's like the non-religious equivalent of a mazzuzah. So I went to the back of the top of my cupboard, and what do you know, there was a box of matzo....from my mom! I remember one of the last Passovers my parents hosted, my mom had purchased a full crate of matzoh from her place of business, so she made every one take at least one box home with them. Looking at this sealed box, it was made in....2003, yup, sounds right. So I opened it, tasted it just to make sure I was not poisoning my daughter (yup, fine) and gave her a sheet to play with. -sigh- Matzoh, from grandmom to granddaughter, from Edna to Edna.
TODAY'S COOKING
Knish Komponents: Peeled, cut and boiled up 10 lbs of potatoes to make 3 large batches of knish dough, using kosher for passover "cake flour" instead of standard flour. Hope it comes out OK, as I failed to test it in the last few weeks. Also diced and baked 18 lbs of onions at low temp over 6 hours with fat and salt to get the caramelized onions needed for the baking ahead.
AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea
Washed down 2 extra strength tylenol, seems to be managing my minor kidney discomfort pretty well for now.
BREAKFAST: 9:15am, smoothie, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 1:30pm, peanut butter and cherry preserves on whole grain toast, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 4pm, slice of streetza, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 6:30pm, beef basil fried rice, Thai salad, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
I wasn't planning on ordering in, but felt a bit beat up with the knish prep and the 2 kids weighing on me, and wanting just dinner to BE there and we can all just sit together and be happy. Period. -sigh-
EVENING SNACK: 9pm, peanuts & chocolate chips, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
While finishing up the knish dough and caramelized onions, Edie came in from watching TV in the living room into the kitchen and asked for matzo. Not for a yogurt or a juice box or a pretzel or a cookie, but matzo, probably due to it being talked about a lot in school, including a matzo-making activity last week.
I remembered my mom saying you should always have a box of matzoh in your house at all times, it's like the non-religious equivalent of a mazzuzah. So I went to the back of the top of my cupboard, and what do you know, there was a box of matzo....from my mom! I remember one of the last Passovers my parents hosted, my mom had purchased a full crate of matzoh from her place of business, so she made every one take at least one box home with them. Looking at this sealed box, it was made in....2003, yup, sounds right. So I opened it, tasted it just to make sure I was not poisoning my daughter (yup, fine) and gave her a sheet to play with. -sigh- Matzoh, from grandmom to granddaughter, from Edna to Edna.
TODAY'S COOKING
Knish Komponents: Peeled, cut and boiled up 10 lbs of potatoes to make 3 large batches of knish dough, using kosher for passover "cake flour" instead of standard flour. Hope it comes out OK, as I failed to test it in the last few weeks. Also diced and baked 18 lbs of onions at low temp over 6 hours with fat and salt to get the caramelized onions needed for the baking ahead.
AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea
Washed down 2 extra strength tylenol, seems to be managing my minor kidney discomfort pretty well for now.
BREAKFAST: 9:15am, smoothie, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 1:30pm, peanut butter and cherry preserves on whole grain toast, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 4pm, slice of streetza, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 6:30pm, beef basil fried rice, Thai salad, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
I wasn't planning on ordering in, but felt a bit beat up with the knish prep and the 2 kids weighing on me, and wanting just dinner to BE there and we can all just sit together and be happy. Period. -sigh-
EVENING SNACK: 9pm, peanuts & chocolate chips, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Sunday, April 1
A Sunday, Passed
228.2--->228.0--->231
Took my weight after my AM snack due to the time. Though my weight is up, I suspect that is due to muscle gain. I doubt it's visible to anyone other than myself, but I've notice slight increases in muscle mass in my arms and legs, slight curves and angles developing that I've never had before. I'm lifting heavier and more reps than ever in my entire life. Betsy said I looked "skinny" yesterday, but she'd be my cheer-leader even if I gained 300 lbs, he he.
I intended to wake at 6 this morning to ride bikes, but Milli's urge to feed woke me before 5 and I could not fall back to sleep, due to kidney-related discomfort. In the early AM, I wrote to my specialist, and surprisingly he wrote back within an hour with advice and a moved-up appointment for this coming Tuesday afternoon, instead of the end of the month.
Took a nap after an early lunch around 11:30 and didn't wake until after 5pm, oy. Felt a little better. Got to bed around 1am.
AM SNACK: 5:30am, organic whole grain chex with organic dead milk, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 10:45am, Stouffers French Bread Pizzas, a bunch of Sees Chocolates, quart of water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 8pm, cheese tortelini with 2 small meatballs, a small amount of chocolate, quart of water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Took my weight after my AM snack due to the time. Though my weight is up, I suspect that is due to muscle gain. I doubt it's visible to anyone other than myself, but I've notice slight increases in muscle mass in my arms and legs, slight curves and angles developing that I've never had before. I'm lifting heavier and more reps than ever in my entire life. Betsy said I looked "skinny" yesterday, but she'd be my cheer-leader even if I gained 300 lbs, he he.
I intended to wake at 6 this morning to ride bikes, but Milli's urge to feed woke me before 5 and I could not fall back to sleep, due to kidney-related discomfort. In the early AM, I wrote to my specialist, and surprisingly he wrote back within an hour with advice and a moved-up appointment for this coming Tuesday afternoon, instead of the end of the month.
Took a nap after an early lunch around 11:30 and didn't wake until after 5pm, oy. Felt a little better. Got to bed around 1am.
AM SNACK: 5:30am, organic whole grain chex with organic dead milk, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 10:45am, Stouffers French Bread Pizzas, a bunch of Sees Chocolates, quart of water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 8pm, cheese tortelini with 2 small meatballs, a small amount of chocolate, quart of water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
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