Tuesday, April 27, 2010

After softball today, I ate this carrot.
I was too tired to make something fancy, so dinner consisted of some cheese, 
half of a red pepper I had leftover from lunch (I had more than that for lunch), 
some green leaf lettuce and water.  I love feeling tired after exercise.
"Close your eyes...close your eyes... breathe the air... out there... fantasize, fantasize we are open..."  I'm listening to The Cranberries.  I haven't eaten any in a while; my smoothies these days are mainly strawberry/banana/spinach mixtures.  I don't know which meals to update you on today... Hi Mom...

I have 2 avocados on my windowsill, ripening (it's raining outside).

The other day I went to Seattle on a spontaneous roadtrip.  We chose the sunniest day of the week and had a grand ol' time navigating through the local bike shops and a million, "What can I help you find today"s for clipless pedals and dorky road shoes.  I didn't get any, if you know what I mean, but I did buy some Rosarita refried beans, Tillamook cheese (no animal rennet), and some Seventh Generation toilet paper.


My favourite homemade meal of the week goes to some baked Yukon Gold potatoes with dried herbs, campari tomatoes and red peppers as the prestigious base, topped with an elegant showing of too much sliced cheese, a spoonful of refried beans and half an avocado.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

One day this week I went to The Foundation for carrot-ginger soup and goman salad (spinach with sesame seeds and I think a peanut-y sauce. I don't know what it is but I like it.)  I order the goman salad every time I go.  It has a unique taste, but it's a salad best enjoyed with another dish to create some variation for your palate.  The carrot-ginger soup, however, I could eat on its own all day.  And I did, because I'm a slow eater.

I didn't notice the slow service; the key is to eat with someone whose 
company you enjoy / someone with whom you can talk for hours.  
Problem solved. 


And here's a photo of North Van looking reliably beautiful.

Monday, April 5, 2010

So for Easter, I went to Crista's house for wedding video-watching, pampering (she and Sumit made tons of food -- spinach dip inside baked bread, chocolate-dipped strawberries, peanut butter chocolate whipping cream pudding cake stuff, tandoori tofu, an inviting space for guests) and an egg hunt.  For the egg hunt, each of us was assigned a partner we didn't know, reminiscent of my grandma's attempts to get the family to interact and love each other).  But it worked and I had fun and made new friends for the day.  Thanks, Crista and Sumit.  I felt like an adult for the evening, especially when the adult music began playing in the kitchen during dinner.  Bow-chicka-bow.  (Had to be there.)


I brought some roasted potato salad, thanks to a recipe in a magazine that a friend brought here then left here a few years ago: roasted yukon gold potatoes, later mixed with some veggies (green/yellow/red peppers, campari tomatoes).  The recipe called for onion and fresh basil too, but I skipped that and added dried herbs to the roasting potatoes.  I had no red-wine vinegar to mix with the olive oil for the dressing, so we used balsamic salad dressing instead.  The recipe is intuitive enough so I won't post it here.  Haha.