When my kids were little at daycare there was always PM snack – just a few bites of something, after they waked up from their naps, before their parents came to get them. I often donated boxes of graham crackers for PM snack. I guess that’s what I just ate, PM snack. Two crackers with a little of some kind of smoked cheese I just inherited from Rach – she cleaned out her fridge yesterday in preparation for her move to upstate New York. It was kinda funny – we had a lot of the same stuff. And a few handfuls of some cilantro croutons I made last night.
PM snack
And somehow it’s Friday, and I haven’t written since last Saturday – tho I certainly have been eating and cooking.
Monday I made a big stir fry with most of the veggies in the fridge – bok choy, half a red pepper, salad turnips – just the roots; the greens weren’t perky enough to cook anymore – scallions, and shallot, with a sauce with coconut milk and some Thai red curry paste. It turned out spicier than I wanted, not one of my best sir fry combos, and I don’t think anyone else ate any of it but me. I still have a bunch of asparagus.
Tuesday I went to meet Heike for coffee on the eastside, after biking over to School Woods to empty the dishwasher and pick up a tube of goat cheese I left there accidentally, after the private brunch on June 2. When I got home, I ate some of the stir fry veggies inside of a tortilla, that I heated in a cast iron skillet, so it was sort of an Asian vegetable wrap/quesadilla. I made another wrap with salami and cheese but I didn’t like it nearly as well, so I only had a few bites of it. Which meant I could then indulge in microwave s’mores – half a Hershey bar, graham crackers, and 2 marshmallows, plus I ate the last two, finishing off the bag. Four marshmallows is only 100 calories; half a Hershey bar is about 110; and the graham crackers, “two full cracker sheets” like it says on the box, is one serving, 130 calories. In case you were wondering. And I biked a lot.
Wednesday we had two cocktail parties after work – one at the home of one of Mark’s co-workers; they’re almost all getting laid off as of July 1, so she was celebrating her last day. The other for Rachael, who’s moving to upstate New York – hence the fridge clean out. At the lake view condo of the co-director of the research project where Rach works, and will still be working, just remotely. So between the two parties, I had a gin & tonic and a Cosmo, and two beers. And party food – a mouthful of jambalaya, a few bites of peach coffee cake, smoked salmon, nuts, cheese & crackers, guacamole & chips ….
Thursday I finally made a real dinner – Creamy Chive Potatoes, from Canal House, by way of Epicurious, and a big salad with those cilantro croutons. Gave me a chance to clean all the lettuce I had languishing in the fridge. One of the cartons of half & half for the potatoes was spoiled – not out of date, still sealed, and spoiled, and of course I poured it in with the good stuff before I noticed. I had to throw it all away, and bike to the corner store for a fresh carton.
Today’s dinner was the healthiest yet – after the PM snack – salad with bacon, tomato, more of the croutons, and an egg on top. Bottled green goddess dressing, also inherited from Rach, as an alternative to my home made.
Salad with bacon and egg
