April 30th – Potatoes cut into matchsticks, drizzled with olive oil, mixed with rosemary, dill, oregano, salt, and pepper. Roasted for 15 minutes at 450 degrees F, shaken/stirred, re-roasted for 20 minutes, served with ketchup.
Morning Star burgers with light baybel cheese and broccoli/carrot slaw served on poppyseed roll.
| – Homemade Macaroni and Cheese with peppered turkey bacon and Baybel light cheese | – Homemade hummus with matzos – Apple and kumquat skewers |
– Apple banana – Chai Latte (Trader Joe’s Chai concentrate mixed with fat-free milk) |
This was a real legit bento — for me! The first day of real work in a long time. Well, it’s still not real work because its temp work, and only for 4 days, but still. It’s a commute-to-a-place-that’s-not-your-parents’-house job.
I was going to make regular mac and cheese, but the processed cheese seemed a bit too heavy for me, and Danny was in the kitchen cookin’ up some habanero sausage from Whole Foods, so I decided to improvise. I took two peices of turkey bacon, ripped it up, and cooked it in a saucepan for a few minutes. Then I took 4 mini baybel light cheeses (courtesy of Dan’s dad!) and crumbled them up with some milk in the same saucepan. The mixture was still milk and cheese seperated because I didn’t want to double boil it or anything, but when I mixed it with the cooked and strained pasta, it seemed okay. This pasta was good hot, not so good room-temp post refrigeration the next day. Also, I had to eat some of the pasta then and there in order to seal the container. (This was way too much food– I only ate the pasta and was full the rest of the day!)
I also finally got enough courage to eat a kumquat! I got 3 for I think $0.33 (total!) at Wegman’s and had Dan try one before I did. I really like the peel, it’s sweet, almost candied tasting, but the inside is so sour! It really does taste like a Warhead back from elementary school. What can I say, I’m a sucker for pain.
April 26th – Chef Danny’s at it again! We went to Trader Joe’s yesterday (25th) and picked up some broccoli stalk and carrot “coleslaw”. Mixed with some sprouts and a little caesar dressing, served with toast topped with eggs and turkey bacon. Doesn’t this look gourmet? <3
April 24th – Here’s a peek into a night spent alone. With Danny out on the town, I was left to my own devices. We used to eat tofu all the time, but then Dan got turned off of it (dunno what happened), so I had some extra tofu laying around. Okay, in full disclosure, it was expired tofu, but I figure it was okay to eat a few days (read: week or two) past the deadline. I stir-fried it up with some yellow squash and rooster sauce (along with other things like soy sauce and some sugar). I served it donburi style atop some nice, hot rice. It was too filling — I would have been full on half the amount!
April 22nd – Here’s a peek into a typical weekday night dinner in our house. Some hot, freshly grilled sausage mixed with various greens! Very filling, and pretty quick ans cheap to whip up.