A new form of dieting? Over the weekend, I kept thinking about what if I tried to photograph everything I eat, before I eat it. I started today.
Multi-grain cereal
This is the multi-grain cereal I just had for breakfast at work – Heidi’s recipe, but I didn’t soak it over nigh this time, and I only used 2 cups of liquid (instead of 2 1/2): one cup water, one cup skim milk. And dates and apples. Joelle & I ate it on Saturday morning, and there was still this ample serving to reheat in the work kitchen microwave.
I also had a bit of an overstock of baked goods this weekend. I made long rise whole wheat bread and cranberry bars on Saturday, and cupcakes to take to a birthday party – of a Madison school teacher, who’s kids are the same ages as mine, so it seemed only right to use the Betty Crocker cocoa cupcake recipe I always sent to school with the kids for their birthdays. I put a little lump of cream cheese mixed with mini chocolate chips into the centers and frost them chocolate. This time I used this perfect chocolate frosting recipe I got from Smitten Kitchen. There was a lot of frosting left, and I have overripe bananas, so I see a chocolate-frosted banana cake in the future (to be leftover yet again??). Then on Sunday I made cinnamon scones. The bread had to go into the freezer, because we have enough other bread; the cupcakes came to work – the last 8 or so. We’re eating the scones – I had two yesterday, as did Mark, I think, and both he & Joelle took them for lunch today, and Al was eating one with his coffee when I left for work. So no need to share or freeze them.
Last three cimmy scones
Cupcakes packed to bring to work
Two cupcakes posing for closeup
