Food at work: It's been stressful for various reasons. Let me count the ways we've coped:
Cinnamon and peanut butter yogurt covered pretzles, Taco flavored Doritos, Deep Fried Cajun Peanuts, Roasted red pepper hummus, french bread, celery, crackers, Laughing cow spreadable Swiss cheese.Cinnamon and peanut butter yogurt covered pretzles are always addicting. Be careful with them. And when was the last time you saw Taco flavored Doritos???? Also good dipped in the hummus. Also delicious dipped in hummus -deep fried cajun peanuts. Everybody was skeptical about eating the shells, even after eating it. I swear though guys, you're supposed to eat the shell!!!
Not pictured - Cafeteria had breakfast burrito day and biscuits and gravy on the same day. Everybody was dipping the burritos in the gravy and it was wonderfully fattening. Yes, with hot sauce. I believe I picked Chalula.
Most recent snack day: home made ranch with regular salted chips + Beechers Flagship Cheese = wonderous levels of happiness and increased chances for heart failure. Rhubarb cake.
Banana bread recipe made with all brown sugar. Veggie plate, donuts, and omg eating. The brown sugar actually made the bread nice and chewy on the outside.
In response to stress-induced eating habits at work I tried to counter with healthier stuff at home. Also, I craved steak. No butter, no oil. Just non stick pan, salt/pepper for the steak. Then steak remnants from the pan went to season the asparagus, mushrooms and red onion. Also some port (it helps pick up the steak stuff from the pan).
Similar variations of just meat and veggies: chicken and add kale and marsala wine to the veggie mix.
Next stop -
Fremont Coffee House. When the timing is right, I get to learn Italian at this eccentric establishment. Otherwise it's at boring Tully's or other giant corporate coffee shop. Broccoli quiche and a soy latte. I just like the skull. The quiche was actually too cheesy for my tastes, but I had given up cheese for awhile. I'm sure at normal standards it was the appropriate amount. Always good coffee at Fremont Coffee.
The skull actually stayed all the way to the bottom of the cup.Cousin graduated with ten million degrees! She requested asian sponge cake with strawberry. Her brother in law requested some reference to Star Wars. Here is what I came up with:
Other phrases considered, but wouldn't fit on the chocolate: Just a listing of all her degrees, "Congrats Jamie!", "A Jedi Master, you are", "May the force be with you" - or something to that effect. I forget what brother in law actually wanted.
Cake from Piece of Cake bakery in the I.D. Horrible customer service on the phone. Your best bet is always to go in person. On a scale of 1 to 10 on customer service - phone I give them a -5. Don't answer any of your questions, ask you to hold (without putting you on hold so you can hear them), and they just leave you there until you hang up. In person - customer service is a 7. Baked goods 10.
During our after hours celebration we walked by this place:
Didn't actually eat there, but we have relatives named "Foley" so you know. Had to share. Via 3 am text.
Steelhead Diner - Pike's.
- Alaskan Halibut with hominy polenta
- Sockeye Salmon
- Raw oysters
- Fried chicken with gravy and spinach ( you know I ate all those things together)
You know what I should have done? Hominy polenta + gravy. Gravy just makes everything molto delizioso.
Cutter's Happy hour at Pike's. Never a disappointment. Except for maybe the Bloody Mary's.
Nickerson Street Saloon has GREAT Bloody Mary's. Didn't take a picture, but the spices are mixed appropriately and they use horseradish! AND
AND they give you pickles.
