Edie & I rode the big bike to Greenpoint while Milli & B took a cab, and we met some of B's friends for cawfee and a playground. Ran into a long-lost cousin working in a bookstore, was a very odd experience that lead me to take a slug of whisky after dinner with a friend, that I inherited from my Dad -- before I was born, he was something of a whisky drinker. When I cleared out my parent's apartment, found several books about whisky in his deep collection, all dating from the 50s. I took his last bottle, which also looks like it was from the 50s.
I don't get whisky. It's too "hot" (alcoholic) to enjoy straight, and the "good" stuff tastes like the inside of an old wooden barrel, he he.
TODAY'S COOKING
Knish filling & a few wholewheat knishes: Peeled and boiled 25 lb potatoes, dried them in the oven, split them into two big hotel pans, mixed them with a half gallon of caramelized onions each, 8 eggs each, a fistful of salt and three large blobs of vegetable shortening. Used up the left over wholewheat knish dough from yesterday to rip off a set of six for dinner tonight.
Brownies: Wanted to do something desserty for dinner since we had a guest, used the tried & true fudge brownie recipe as I had all the ingredients in the pantry & fridge.
BREAKFAST: 8:45am, iced green tea, 4 small buttermilk pancakes, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 10:30am, large chocolate & caramel cookie, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 12:30pm, 1 slice streetza, 1 slice square streetza, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 12:45pm, 7oz Dr. Pepper
PM SNACK: 5:30pm, brownie, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 6:30pm, fillet of sole, roasted brussel sprouts, wholewheat potato knish, brownie, 2 glasses cava, shallow cup of whisky with an ice cube, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Saturday, April 21
Friday, April 20
Sore
Woke up surprisingly sore from yesterday's afternoon ride to Nyack, an all over soreness which can not be achieved by weights. Spent the morning cooking, the afternoon hanging with TM & her bebe. Ordered in a sandwich and had a nice dinner with fam. Did shopping on my own in the evening, peaceful in the dark on the big bike going to the markets in the hood.
TODAY'S COOKING
Knish Dough and a few samples: Boiled up 10 lbs of potatoes for the potato element of the knish dough. TM & her bebe came over to visit, so I did a microbatch of knishes just for lunch. Experimented with swapping out the white flour with whole wheat flour. Less gluten, but the look and taste were pretty good. Slight grittiness not a bad thing. Next round gonna add some vital wheat gluten to get the stretch to match the snap.
AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 8:30am, handful of chocolate covered espresso beans, whole grain chex with organic dead milk, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 1:30pm, 2 wholewheat knishes, pickle, 7oz Sprite, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
AFTERNOON SNACK: 5:30pm, garlic parsley soft pretzel with a little chevre, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 6:30pm, eggplant hero, small amount of fries, large green salad, 7oz Dr. Pepper, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
TODAY'S COOKING
Knish Dough and a few samples: Boiled up 10 lbs of potatoes for the potato element of the knish dough. TM & her bebe came over to visit, so I did a microbatch of knishes just for lunch. Experimented with swapping out the white flour with whole wheat flour. Less gluten, but the look and taste were pretty good. Slight grittiness not a bad thing. Next round gonna add some vital wheat gluten to get the stretch to match the snap.
AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 8:30am, handful of chocolate covered espresso beans, whole grain chex with organic dead milk, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 1:30pm, 2 wholewheat knishes, pickle, 7oz Sprite, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
AFTERNOON SNACK: 5:30pm, garlic parsley soft pretzel with a little chevre, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 6:30pm, eggplant hero, small amount of fries, large green salad, 7oz Dr. Pepper, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Thursday, April 19
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
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
Wednesday, April 18
My Parents, My Tubbiness
Woke up groggy, still a little sore from Monday's weights & ride. Had a good morning with Milli, got some chores done. School flew by, really enjoyed teaching some recipes for the first time, did food shopping after school -- gearing up for some knish making, picked up 40 lbs of onions that need to be caramelized before anything else...
AM SNACK: 7:45am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 9am, smoothie, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Almost time for a new mix of frozen fruit. Made a double batch, to fill up Edie's mini popsicles...
LUNCH: 12:45pm, sardine & avocado on whole wheat toast, baby carrots, pickle, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
SCHOOL DINNER: 6:15pm, baked fillet of sole, risotto 3 ways, sprite, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Bacon Leek Risotto, Mushroom Risotto, Garlic Risotto. Not a light meal -- I had one small ladle of each, but it adds up. The kids were impressed with how good the fish was -- they were used to fried fish sandwiches of questionable quality. This was simple, fresh fillet, laid out with nothing but a little butter and salt, and broiled at a high temp for 3 minutes. It was nice to hear how surprised they were at liking it, thinking because it wasn't breaded it probably would be bleah.
EVENING SNACK: 8:45pm, Ben & Jerry's ice cream, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
As I'm eating this ice cream, just put away groceries, legs still buzzing from the ride, family groggy and falling to sleep, my mind wanders, wondering -- why am I so enjoying this not-that-great ice cream? My homemade stuff is, by my standards, better tasting and more decadent and does not have an after taste of gums and stabilizers. So what is it? It's the same feeling I had when I would sneak in snacks under my parent's radar, when I was a kid and they were concerned about my tubbiness. I'm enjoying this ice cream because my parents can't stop me from eating it. How messed up is that? Being my parents haven't had much say in my diet in 30+ years, and they've been dead for nearly 7 years now. Something to share with a therapist, I think.
AM SNACK: 7:45am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 9am, smoothie, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Almost time for a new mix of frozen fruit. Made a double batch, to fill up Edie's mini popsicles...
LUNCH: 12:45pm, sardine & avocado on whole wheat toast, baby carrots, pickle, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
SCHOOL DINNER: 6:15pm, baked fillet of sole, risotto 3 ways, sprite, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Bacon Leek Risotto, Mushroom Risotto, Garlic Risotto. Not a light meal -- I had one small ladle of each, but it adds up. The kids were impressed with how good the fish was -- they were used to fried fish sandwiches of questionable quality. This was simple, fresh fillet, laid out with nothing but a little butter and salt, and broiled at a high temp for 3 minutes. It was nice to hear how surprised they were at liking it, thinking because it wasn't breaded it probably would be bleah.
EVENING SNACK: 8:45pm, Ben & Jerry's ice cream, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
As I'm eating this ice cream, just put away groceries, legs still buzzing from the ride, family groggy and falling to sleep, my mind wanders, wondering -- why am I so enjoying this not-that-great ice cream? My homemade stuff is, by my standards, better tasting and more decadent and does not have an after taste of gums and stabilizers. So what is it? It's the same feeling I had when I would sneak in snacks under my parent's radar, when I was a kid and they were concerned about my tubbiness. I'm enjoying this ice cream because my parents can't stop me from eating it. How messed up is that? Being my parents haven't had much say in my diet in 30+ years, and they've been dead for nearly 7 years now. Something to share with a therapist, I think.
Tuesday, April 17
All kinds of sore
Had a weirdly restless sleep -- B says I was talking in my sleep and even said, "I feel weird" when I got up to go to the bathroom, which I don't remember any of. Woke up all kinds of sore, in a good way, from the newly elongated weight lifting routine in the morning and the 30 mile ride in the evening.
Ate well the first half of the day but.... did not eat enough. By the time I picked up Edie from school, was uncomfortably hungry. I guess calorie deficit from yesterday's ride snuck up on me. Dinner never quite came together, either, as we had guests to entertain in the evening.
AM SNACK: 7:45am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 8:15am, good yogurt with honey, vanilla, almonds, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: noon, whole wheat pasta with sauce & sauteed spinach, baby carrots, a pickle, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 3pm, seafood empanada, mini chicken empanada, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 4pm, 7oz sprite
DINNER: 6pm, a few tiny slices of pizza, 3 cupcakes, some multigrain chips, glass of prosecco, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 10pm, multigrain chips, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Ate well the first half of the day but.... did not eat enough. By the time I picked up Edie from school, was uncomfortably hungry. I guess calorie deficit from yesterday's ride snuck up on me. Dinner never quite came together, either, as we had guests to entertain in the evening.
AM SNACK: 7:45am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 8:15am, good yogurt with honey, vanilla, almonds, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: noon, whole wheat pasta with sauce & sauteed spinach, baby carrots, a pickle, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 3pm, seafood empanada, mini chicken empanada, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 4pm, 7oz sprite
DINNER: 6pm, a few tiny slices of pizza, 3 cupcakes, some multigrain chips, glass of prosecco, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 10pm, multigrain chips, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Monday, April 16
Dark & Peaceful
Got a good work out in the morning. I remember months ago when I raised the number of pounds I was lifting, I couldn't do more than 5 reps -- now I'm doing 10. Once I stop feeling sore from this, I'll raise the weight again and go back to 5 reps....
Spent the day in Brooklyn with Mil, walking around Cobble Hill and Downtown. Got bad sushi from Trader Joe's. Picked up Edie from school at 3 and we spent a few hours in the playground behind the house. After B got home, I took off on bike and did a round trip to Coney. This is my first night ride in years, felt great and the beach was so dark and peaceful.
AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 10:30am, hardcore oatmeal, water, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 1pm, brown rice California roll, shrimp summer roll, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 2:30pm, homemade granola bar, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER 1: 6pm, meat tortellini in tomato sauce, baby carrots, pickle, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER 2: 10:15pm, fried rice, shrimp toast, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Spent the day in Brooklyn with Mil, walking around Cobble Hill and Downtown. Got bad sushi from Trader Joe's. Picked up Edie from school at 3 and we spent a few hours in the playground behind the house. After B got home, I took off on bike and did a round trip to Coney. This is my first night ride in years, felt great and the beach was so dark and peaceful.
AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 10:30am, hardcore oatmeal, water, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 1pm, brown rice California roll, shrimp summer roll, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 2:30pm, homemade granola bar, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER 1: 6pm, meat tortellini in tomato sauce, baby carrots, pickle, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER 2: 10:15pm, fried rice, shrimp toast, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Sunday, April 15
Poor eating
Woke up at 5 to give myself some time to have some fun cooking, do a small food shop and get the family out the door at 9:30, so we could make train to Tarrytown for the 2nd birthday of a friend's kid. Took off after we got home in the afternoon to help cook at E's Easter dinner. Definitely not a good eating day.
TODAY'S COOKING:
Tuiles: E was supposed to make ice cream, so rather than bring the 15th uber-heavy dish to the Easter dinner, I thought making these thin, delicate, oh-so-French cookies would be a nice decoration to it. When I got there, E revealed she had not made the ice cream, so they were not served. Oh well.
Too lazy to go dig up the c-school recipe, used the "milk tuile" from this page. Had no stencils, so just spread the batter in a rough circle, then cut it into 8 pie-slices when it came out of the oven. Placed them on a rolling pin as they set to get a nice curve. Definitely not ideal, as the browning remained on the outer edge. Did 4 or 5 rounds, at different temps and times. The last round looked good, but under baked, so after cutting and setting I put them back in the oven for another 3 minutes. They got soft again, but I reshaped them and they came out much crisper than the previous batches.
AM SNACK: 5:30am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 6:45am, a whole lot of tuiles, underbaked, overbaked, misshapen, broken, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 9:15am, 2 whole wheat waffles, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 10:45am, sesame bagel with scallion cream cheese, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 1:30pm, pigs in blankets, sprite, small hero sandwich, i cup lite beer, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Pretty much nothing healthy at this 2 year old's party, all the soda & meat gave me a weird stomach feeling that I haven't had in quite a while, reminding me how much better it feels to eat in a better style.
DINNER: 8pm, leg of lamb, ham, brussel sprout salad, broccoli casserole, bacon wrapped shrimp, marinated moz and bread, chocolate pie, banana pudding, mildly sweet lemonade, 1 glass cava, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
There was plenty of opportunity to over eat at this Easter dinner, but between the heavy lunch and not wanting to feel sick, I found myself eating a normal portion AND eating less than pretty much everyone at the table. So much food...
TODAY'S COOKING:
Tuiles: E was supposed to make ice cream, so rather than bring the 15th uber-heavy dish to the Easter dinner, I thought making these thin, delicate, oh-so-French cookies would be a nice decoration to it. When I got there, E revealed she had not made the ice cream, so they were not served. Oh well.
Too lazy to go dig up the c-school recipe, used the "milk tuile" from this page. Had no stencils, so just spread the batter in a rough circle, then cut it into 8 pie-slices when it came out of the oven. Placed them on a rolling pin as they set to get a nice curve. Definitely not ideal, as the browning remained on the outer edge. Did 4 or 5 rounds, at different temps and times. The last round looked good, but under baked, so after cutting and setting I put them back in the oven for another 3 minutes. They got soft again, but I reshaped them and they came out much crisper than the previous batches.
AM SNACK: 5:30am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 6:45am, a whole lot of tuiles, underbaked, overbaked, misshapen, broken, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 9:15am, 2 whole wheat waffles, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 10:45am, sesame bagel with scallion cream cheese, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 1:30pm, pigs in blankets, sprite, small hero sandwich, i cup lite beer, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Pretty much nothing healthy at this 2 year old's party, all the soda & meat gave me a weird stomach feeling that I haven't had in quite a while, reminding me how much better it feels to eat in a better style.
DINNER: 8pm, leg of lamb, ham, brussel sprout salad, broccoli casserole, bacon wrapped shrimp, marinated moz and bread, chocolate pie, banana pudding, mildly sweet lemonade, 1 glass cava, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
There was plenty of opportunity to over eat at this Easter dinner, but between the heavy lunch and not wanting to feel sick, I found myself eating a normal portion AND eating less than pretty much everyone at the table. So much food...
Saturday, April 14
Twinge
I woke at 5:15, hoping for a good, long, day-spanning bike ride. I got out, and felt good, though it was a little bit cold. I had to stop after an hour, because what I though was normal lower back discomfort (which goes away after I warm up) started getting sharper, and realized it was my ol' kidney being twingy. Not sure where it was gonna go, I road over to the subway and went home. The discomfort got worse, and by the time I got off the train, was happy with my decision. Took ibuprofin and a litre of water when I got home, and got into bed, eventually napping for a few hours. When I woke up, I felt fine, sad I missed a good riding day, glad I didn't have to take a painkiller that would have knocked me out for the whole weekend.
BREAKFAST: 5:30am, hardcore oatmeal, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 7:15am, green tea donut, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 2pm, 2 grilled cheese on whole wheat with Swiss & turkey, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 6pm, green salad, 3 slices pizza, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
BREAKFAST: 5:30am, hardcore oatmeal, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 7:15am, green tea donut, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 2pm, 2 grilled cheese on whole wheat with Swiss & turkey, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 6pm, green salad, 3 slices pizza, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Friday, April 13
Gluey
Woke up at 5:45 after feeding the Milli Mil back to sleep. Got a good work out in, raised my number of reps again. Moved as fast as I could to get the babies ready, and took us up via express bus to Grandma's house on the UES. After seeing some family in a playground, walked two sleeping babies down to the boat pond to grab a knish, then subway'd it home. Made for a good, sunny Friday. Edie is still covered in rash, but her fever is gone and her energy is back.
AM SNACK: 6:30am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 8:30am, smoothie, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 10:45am, donut, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 12:30pm, honey roasted almonds, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 1:15pm, potato knish, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
The knish from the Knish Nosh outlet in Central Park was surprisingly....gluey, developed too much gluten from the potatoes being manipulated. Weird. Too big, tasted all right, but by the end the glueyness really came to the front.
DINNER: 6pm, Malaysian style string beans with shrimp, brown rice, roti canai, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Ordered in, the string beans were well seasoned but in no sauce, so it turned out to be a much healthier meal than I anticipated. A few little shrimp, but mostly just string beans.
EVENING SNACK: 8pm, whole wheat ritz with nutella, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 6:30am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 8:30am, smoothie, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 10:45am, donut, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 12:30pm, honey roasted almonds, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 1:15pm, potato knish, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
The knish from the Knish Nosh outlet in Central Park was surprisingly....gluey, developed too much gluten from the potatoes being manipulated. Weird. Too big, tasted all right, but by the end the glueyness really came to the front.
DINNER: 6pm, Malaysian style string beans with shrimp, brown rice, roti canai, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Ordered in, the string beans were well seasoned but in no sauce, so it turned out to be a much healthier meal than I anticipated. A few little shrimp, but mostly just string beans.
EVENING SNACK: 8pm, whole wheat ritz with nutella, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Thursday, April 12
Comfort and decompression in food
So Edie woke up with a rash on her front and back, though not feverish. We skipped a playdate in the back of our building with her classmates, as I did not want to spread whatever she has, but it was hard, between her bouncing off the walls and Milli needing attention. At one point, it was a chorus of wails, one under each arm, but that soon lead to a sleeping Milli and Edie watching Yo Gabba Gabba in peace. Still, it was not an easy morning. I needed comfort, and food gave that to me for lunch.
Baby sitter came and got Mil, I put Edie on the big bike and we rode to see the doctor the long way -- instead of going cross town, we circled the tip of Manhattan, and it was just what we needed. I felt my tension release, and Edie sang at the top of her lungs until she fell asleep. The doc says she has roseola (roe-zee-OH-la), a cute name for a mild condition. A few days of fever, followed by 3 days of mild rash. Communicable to other kids until the rash goes away. Mild headache. So Edie is in the last stages, and should be ready to re-debut into society on Saturday. -sigh-
Betsy took Edie home from the doc, and I decompressed with dinner at Dojo and some solo food shopping at Pathmark. Dojo doesn't have the greatest food, but it's relatively healthy and I just needed to be served and sit in silence, no dishes, no cooking, no need for my attention. -phew- Treated myself to a sack o' cookies in front of the TV in the evening.
AM SNACK: 8:30am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 9:30am, hardcore oatmeal, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: noon, stouffers French bread pizzas, handful of baby carrots, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 5pm, hijiki tofu sandwich on whole wheat pita, large spinach salad, cold sesame noodles, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 7:30pm, package of Milano cookies, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Baby sitter came and got Mil, I put Edie on the big bike and we rode to see the doctor the long way -- instead of going cross town, we circled the tip of Manhattan, and it was just what we needed. I felt my tension release, and Edie sang at the top of her lungs until she fell asleep. The doc says she has roseola (roe-zee-OH-la), a cute name for a mild condition. A few days of fever, followed by 3 days of mild rash. Communicable to other kids until the rash goes away. Mild headache. So Edie is in the last stages, and should be ready to re-debut into society on Saturday. -sigh-
Betsy took Edie home from the doc, and I decompressed with dinner at Dojo and some solo food shopping at Pathmark. Dojo doesn't have the greatest food, but it's relatively healthy and I just needed to be served and sit in silence, no dishes, no cooking, no need for my attention. -phew- Treated myself to a sack o' cookies in front of the TV in the evening.
AM SNACK: 8:30am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 9:30am, hardcore oatmeal, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: noon, stouffers French bread pizzas, handful of baby carrots, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 5pm, hijiki tofu sandwich on whole wheat pita, large spinach salad, cold sesame noodles, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 7:30pm, package of Milano cookies, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Wednesday, April 11
Wobbly
Fell asleep in front of the TV around 8, crawled into bed an hour later. Got some decent sleep despite waking up 3 or 4 times to take care of Milli. Edie was still feeling off her game. We 3 went for a walk with her push bike close by and ended up at the local diner for an early lunch. Baby sitter came at 1 but I didn't want to leave Edie feeling bleh, so we ended up snoozing on the couch while Mil was looked after in a bedroom. I slept for 2 hours, but Edles ended up sleeping for 4, a sure sign she still has a bug.
Not the greatest eating day, but was able to fit a few nutritionally valid things in. I guess the stress of Edie being sick and off for Spring break has me a little wobbly.
AM SNACK: 7am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 8am, good yogurt, honey, vanilla, fistful of almonds, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 10am, potato chips, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 11:30am, hamburger, fries, 2 chicken fingers, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 3:15pm, granola bar
DINNER: 6pm, kraft dinner, baby spinach with almonds and a little dressing, 4oz of Sprite, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 10pm, popcorn, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Not the greatest eating day, but was able to fit a few nutritionally valid things in. I guess the stress of Edie being sick and off for Spring break has me a little wobbly.
AM SNACK: 7am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 8am, good yogurt, honey, vanilla, fistful of almonds, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 10am, potato chips, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 11:30am, hamburger, fries, 2 chicken fingers, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 3:15pm, granola bar
DINNER: 6pm, kraft dinner, baby spinach with almonds and a little dressing, 4oz of Sprite, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 10pm, popcorn, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Tuesday, April 10
High Line
Woke up to pop a bottle in Milli's mouth at 5:30am, couldn't get back to sleep so just got up, despite not getting to bed until 1am. Lack of sleep informed my day, as well as Edie's health. B took the day off and took Edie to the doc in the morning. Doc confirmed Edie has a virus, but so far nothing to freak out about.
B & E got home and E was out for the count, so I strapped Milli Mil on and went out the door, not sure where to head. The weather was nice, I made a left out the house and a right on Grand Street, trying to think of where to go and nothing appealing. A bus pulled up as I walked past the stop, so we spontaneously got on it and took it to the end of the line, the High Line Park.
Walked slowly from end to end, exiting briefly to get lunch. Not many options that weren't sit-down and expensive, and the only nice prepared food place had a line going out the door. So I picked up some Subway, and ate it in the park. It was a nice several hours just holding on to my baby.
My eating wasn't the greatest, but when I'm overtired I always crave junkier foods...
BREAKFAST: 7am, brown rice crispies with organic dead milk, banana, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK 10am, chocolate chip cookies, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 2pm, foot long veggie burger sub, potato chips, diet coke, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 5:30pm, 2 chocolate chip cookies
DINNER 6:30pm, crab cake, baby carrots, pickle, water, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
B & E got home and E was out for the count, so I strapped Milli Mil on and went out the door, not sure where to head. The weather was nice, I made a left out the house and a right on Grand Street, trying to think of where to go and nothing appealing. A bus pulled up as I walked past the stop, so we spontaneously got on it and took it to the end of the line, the High Line Park.
Walked slowly from end to end, exiting briefly to get lunch. Not many options that weren't sit-down and expensive, and the only nice prepared food place had a line going out the door. So I picked up some Subway, and ate it in the park. It was a nice several hours just holding on to my baby.
My eating wasn't the greatest, but when I'm overtired I always crave junkier foods...
BREAKFAST: 7am, brown rice crispies with organic dead milk, banana, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK 10am, chocolate chip cookies, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 2pm, foot long veggie burger sub, potato chips, diet coke, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 5:30pm, 2 chocolate chip cookies
DINNER 6:30pm, crab cake, baby carrots, pickle, water, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Monday, April 9
Crabby Cakes & Crabby Edie
Edie was a bit feverish last night, but seemed good this morning. After B left for work, juggled the kids, got the laundry done, got a weight lifting session in, made smoothies for me n' Edie, did dishes, ate a proper lunch and prepped foods for dinner, had a couple of good friends in town. Basically was running around non-stop until they showed up, then left the house. Edie became a bit tired while out, and lethargic and feverish when we got home. Dinner was great, but it was a bit sad not to have happy Edie bouncing around entertaining everyone. I never realized how happy and full of energy my daughter has become until suddenly she dials it down.
TODAY'S COOKING
Health Salad: Standard recipe, but no white vinegar on hand, substituted apple cider vinegar. A little less sharp, but nice. Apples n' cabbage are a fine combo.
Chocolate Chip Cookies: Rather than use the recipe on the back of the pack of chocolate chips, I used a fussy Cook's Illustrated recipe. It involved browning the butter in a skillet, then whisking it with the sugars and egg, letting it rest then re-whisking it several times, to get a similar leavening-flaky effect as creaming sugar into (solid) butter, but with the much richer, complex flavor of browned butter. Cookies came out surprising great, much more interesting than the standard. Took an extra pan, some careful watching to brown and not burn, and the whisking/resting took and extra 15 minutes, but worth it.
Crab Cakes: Another fussy recipe from this month's Cook's Illustrated. Pretty standard, softened celery & onion, mustard, Old Bay, Tabasco, fried in a coating of toasted panko. The main innovation is to use a moussiline as a binder, something I haven't made since c-school. Instead of eggs as a binder, which makes everything taste like a fried egg, took some raw shrimp and processed it to a mince, then added a small amount of heavy cream and pulsed it to a chunky paste. (Take that with fillers & aromatics, put it in a loaf pan in water and bake it, that's a fancy Frenchy shrimp terrine.) Added it to the flavors and the crab meat -- the shrimp flavor blended seamlessly with the jumbo lump crab meat and everything just tasted crabby, not crabby/shrimpy, or as it used to, crabby/eggy.
AM SNACK: 8:30am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 10:30am, smoothie, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 11:30am, chocolate chip cookie
LUNCH: 1:15pm, large green salad, PBJ on whole wheat toast, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Both chillun' up, just finished laundry, prepping dinner, very harried and distracted, but in it all I plopped Mil down in his bumbo seat by my feet, sat Edie next to me in her high chair, and we all paused and ate lunch together. A moment of calm. Edie asked to hold hands. I put my foot out so Mil could grasp my big toe. Despite only having one hand to eat salad and a sandwich, it was quite satisfying.
PM SNACK: 4:30pm, granola bar, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 6pm, crab cakes, roasted brussel sprouts, spinach and sweet potato knishes, health salad, pint of beer, several chocolate chip cookies, 1.75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Probably over-ate a bit, but it was all home cooked and shared with a close friend I don't see nearly enough.
EVENING SNACK: 10pm, 3 cookies, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
TODAY'S COOKING
Health Salad: Standard recipe, but no white vinegar on hand, substituted apple cider vinegar. A little less sharp, but nice. Apples n' cabbage are a fine combo.
Chocolate Chip Cookies: Rather than use the recipe on the back of the pack of chocolate chips, I used a fussy Cook's Illustrated recipe. It involved browning the butter in a skillet, then whisking it with the sugars and egg, letting it rest then re-whisking it several times, to get a similar leavening-flaky effect as creaming sugar into (solid) butter, but with the much richer, complex flavor of browned butter. Cookies came out surprising great, much more interesting than the standard. Took an extra pan, some careful watching to brown and not burn, and the whisking/resting took and extra 15 minutes, but worth it.
Crab Cakes: Another fussy recipe from this month's Cook's Illustrated. Pretty standard, softened celery & onion, mustard, Old Bay, Tabasco, fried in a coating of toasted panko. The main innovation is to use a moussiline as a binder, something I haven't made since c-school. Instead of eggs as a binder, which makes everything taste like a fried egg, took some raw shrimp and processed it to a mince, then added a small amount of heavy cream and pulsed it to a chunky paste. (Take that with fillers & aromatics, put it in a loaf pan in water and bake it, that's a fancy Frenchy shrimp terrine.) Added it to the flavors and the crab meat -- the shrimp flavor blended seamlessly with the jumbo lump crab meat and everything just tasted crabby, not crabby/shrimpy, or as it used to, crabby/eggy.
AM SNACK: 8:30am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 10:30am, smoothie, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 11:30am, chocolate chip cookie
LUNCH: 1:15pm, large green salad, PBJ on whole wheat toast, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Both chillun' up, just finished laundry, prepping dinner, very harried and distracted, but in it all I plopped Mil down in his bumbo seat by my feet, sat Edie next to me in her high chair, and we all paused and ate lunch together. A moment of calm. Edie asked to hold hands. I put my foot out so Mil could grasp my big toe. Despite only having one hand to eat salad and a sandwich, it was quite satisfying.
PM SNACK: 4:30pm, granola bar, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 6pm, crab cakes, roasted brussel sprouts, spinach and sweet potato knishes, health salad, pint of beer, several chocolate chip cookies, 1.75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Probably over-ate a bit, but it was all home cooked and shared with a close friend I don't see nearly enough.
EVENING SNACK: 10pm, 3 cookies, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Sunday, April 8
Ride Through Easter
Woke up at 6 to go bike riding, but B said Edie felt warm, so I erred on the side of family and slept in until 8:30ish. Had some relatives over for a nice visit, then motivated and got on the bike and zipped out to Coney. Sunny Easter Sunday, the boardwalk was jammed. Home and made a simple but heavy dinner. Ran out after to Wholefoods and the drug store for formula.
BREAKFAST: 9am, iced green tea, hardcore oatmeal, banana, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Found some left over oatmeal in the fridge, had it eat it or toss it out...
AM SNACK: 10:45am, handful of almonds, handful of chocolate covered espresso beans
Needed a kick to get the day started...
LUNCH: 12:15pm, knish, pickle, chocolate cookies, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
BIKE SNACK: 4:30pm, granola bar
DINNER: 6:15pm, 4oz whole wheat spaghetti & tomato sauce with broiled scallops, large green salad, pint of grenadine soda, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 8:30pm,small bag of cookies, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 9pm, brown rice crispies with organic dead milk, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 10pm, popcorn, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
BREAKFAST: 9am, iced green tea, hardcore oatmeal, banana, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Found some left over oatmeal in the fridge, had it eat it or toss it out...
AM SNACK: 10:45am, handful of almonds, handful of chocolate covered espresso beans
Needed a kick to get the day started...
LUNCH: 12:15pm, knish, pickle, chocolate cookies, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
BIKE SNACK: 4:30pm, granola bar
DINNER: 6:15pm, 4oz whole wheat spaghetti & tomato sauce with broiled scallops, large green salad, pint of grenadine soda, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 8:30pm,small bag of cookies, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 9pm, brown rice crispies with organic dead milk, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 10pm, popcorn, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Saturday, April 7
Sederring
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
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
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
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