Sort of out of order, but here is a shot of last night. Whole wheat pasta with pancetta, shallots and parmesan cheese. This is becoming a staple of the husbands. I love it.
Monday’s dinner
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Tuesday’s Dinner
As the husband and I get back onto a regular schedule, so do our meals. Tonight, salmon with a spicy rub. On the side, roasted root veggies (potatoes and carrots) and fresh green beans, steamed to perfection. For dessert we shared a slice of pecan pie from the market. De-lish.
Yes, that is a crossword puzzle on the side. Only half-finished.
Dinner and a show
Dinner tonight was a special. Pork chops on the bone. Side salad. A little applesauce on the side.
We are watching the post-game coverage of the Red Sox winning the World Series. Yay Sox. Even though the sis lives in CO, I was rooting for Boston. I just saw Lowell and Youkillis spraying champagne on themselves. They were wearing goggles. Goggles? Whatev. I know it stings and all, and probably not a good thing to have alcohol in your eyes. But they look real silly. It’s not like the old days. Ah well.
Yay Sox!
Work, play
This morning at practice we did the Head of the Lake course twice. Since our boathouse is near the finish line, we did the course in reverse first, then did the official route from start to finish for the second piece. Paddled in some areas for safety (fog and cautious turns). When we reached Lake Washington, close to Husky Stadium, we could hear the Husky Marching Band practicing. At 7 in the morning, or whatever time it was. Probably right around 7. It’s not every day, that you wake up at 5:40 in the a.m., can watch a beautiful sunrise on a rare, clear, autumn day in Seattle, and on top of that, be serenaded by a marching band. You have to cherish it.
Anyway, on to more important things … Lunch, while watching Huskies football:
Three-bean chili (from the Market) with a few Guacamole Chips and saltine crackers. The guac chips I ate separately. The saltines I mixed in.
The husband’s lunch: Chicken & avocado on panini roll with a side of Samuel Smith:
Insert shameless plug here
My neighbor Rick has a new blog up and running, to go along with his food site, CalorieLookup.com. If you’ve ever wondered how many calories are in those vanilla wafer cookies you wolfed down yesterday afternoon … you can look it up on his site. Actually … I just looked it up and those particular vanilla wafers that I – er, I mean you – ate yesterday aren’t on there right now, but the cool thing about CL is that I can add my own foods to the list if I don’t find it. That is, you can add your vanilla wafers if you don’t find them. Because, I certainly didn’t eat any cookies yesterday. Right.
Rick is doing some other cool stuff … like tagging your foods, and saving your favorites. Cheers.
Food Part Deux
Some dinner photos now. First, another Metropolitan Market dinner. Caesar Salad (we always get with lemon, no garlic); Teriyaki chicken, garlic mashed potatoes and steamed vegetables. Enjoyed Oct. 5.
Above: Roasted duck and chicken from King’s BBQ in the International District. This place is the quintessential little shop of Chinatown. Old men behind the counter chopping up poultry and pork that hangs in front of the store window. For weddings and other special events you can order a full roasted pig, with the head, skin, apple stuck in the mouth. Yum. I chanced upon such a site a few years ago when I stopped in to pick up some duck. Duck rocks. This we got when my parents were in town. Enjoyed on Oct. 6.
Below: Enjoyed tonight! Yay for biscuits. The husband had baked some with cheddar cheese in the center (He had called me at work during the day to entice me with such an idea). But of course I forgot to take the camera out before we ate them. These are plain biscuits … mother and child, so to speak. The circle is the leftover dough after the other biscuit was cut out. Yay! Eaten with some butternut squash soup.
Little sweet nothings
Get ready for a deluge of postings. Yay!
I’ve finally downloaded some pics from my camera. I’ve been forgetful in posting these. Here are some yummy desserts for your viewing pleasure:
German chocolate cake and a mini pumpkin bundt cake. Both from the Metropolitan Market. Enjoyed on Oct 5.
A Top Pot doughnut (purchased at a Starbucks, despite my best intentions of banning Starbuck because of the debacle that is the Seattle Sonics. I blame Howard Schultz for the mean out-of-town owners. But I digress). Oh yeah. Chocolate Glazed. THE best.
Enjoyed on Oct. 6.
Last nite
Bad moods. We walked to Metro market but nothing looked appealing, so we turned around and walked home. Instead I scrounged up what I could and made some ramen. I believe the husband had chocolate ice cream.
Oh, the ramen noodles. Half a packet of seasoning; frozen dumplings; leftover veggies from an earlier night and an egg, swirled into the mix at the last minute. That’s my secret ramen noodle recipe, by the way. The one I said I would offer you so many weeks ago.
Take note of the birthday card sitting on the kitchen table. I love those little puppies. I gave this card to the husband this summer. Sometimes I am the puppy on the left, with his tongue hanging out. Sometimes I am the puppy on the right, grimacing through the photo shoot of life. Last night, I was the grimacer.
Soup’s on
Tonight: Healthy grilled cheese. Fremont Sourdough bread from Essential Bakery. Toasted with Tillamook cheddar cheese (the whole milk type). The healthy part was adding tomato, avocado and cucumber (I admit, I took the cucumber off the sandwich and ate it later). On the side, Butternut Squash soup, from the same company that makes the roasted red pepper and tomato soup from earlier this week.
The other white meat
I’m catching up again on my dinner pics … This was from 10/2:
Wow. See that steam. Pork chop (the husband and I split one, since they were so ginormous), roasted root veggies (yukon potatoes, baby carrots and sweet onions); steamed veggies and a leftover biscuit from the previous night. Sorry, the biscuit is a bit washed out due to the flash of my camera. Really tasty. The chop was incredibly juicy. Oftentimes the husband brines it for hours before cooking it. Yum.