Food log: Friday, December 11

Toasts with PB, milk

Diet Coke from the vending machine - $1.25

I'm back on the wagon with the morning Diet Cokes. Or is it off the wagon? I need to check that Seinfield episode where they ponder that same question. Anyway, there's a wagon full of Diet Coke somewhere and it has my name on it, apparently.

Vegetable soup, herbed chicken, rice, salad with bacon, orange juice, cupcake - $6 from the bistro


That bacon was very random but still delicious.

One piece of Fuzzy Peach candy from the bistro - free

One bag of yogurt-covered raisins, congratulation gift from Gaz Metro

One of our clients sent us this as a congratulation gift for winning Agency of the year. How nice!

Another Diet Coke - $1.25



After work, I met Lindsay at St-Hubert on Ste-Catherine. Yes, we had dinner at 5:30 with the grey hair crowd and it was awesome. We had a table d'hôte dinner and stuffed ourselves silly. I skipped the cute wine list and opted for beer.


Tomato juice and slaw

Chicken breast, mashed potatoes, bread, honey, gravy

Then it was time to pick our dessert. Only losers choose the berries and yogourt! Lindsay was about to wave a white flag, but in the end, we picked a pile of poudding chômeur with ice cream.




Tea was needed before going back into the cold night

Table d'hôte dinner at St-Hubert - $36

We dared not walk in the cold (I was wearing my fall coat) and hopped into a cab to go surprise Jessica. Her Creative Boost painting class was graduating! We got to admire the work of our avant-garde artist friend. She did an hommage to Roscoe's. Then we had juice. A girl in a cake dress offered us cupcakes. That was weird.





Back home, I started on my project: to make a cake in the shape of my building for the annual Christmas dinner we have amongst neighbors. I used cake mixes to bake 3 cakes, then layered them with icing and quality jam. Off to the freezer it went to make it easier to shape tomorrow.








Money spent on food today: $42.50

Food log: Thursday, December 10

Grilled cheese from Pasta Café - $2.30
Diet Coke from the vending machine - $1.25

Cabbage soup, spaghetti with blue cheese sauce, banana, lemonade - $6

This lunch came with a banana-papaya milk shake, but I passed. I love bananas, but you know my opinion about banana-flavored food items. (Hint: it's negative.)

Snacks from the bistro

I need to stop eating these delicious snacks! How can one resist? Look at those beautiful berry jujubes! How they glisten! How they shine under my work light! Awww...

Spinach and cheese raviolis with rosé sauce and Parmesan

Willm Pino gris wine from Alsace

An old weekday stand-by.

Chocolate gauffrettes


Money spent on food today: $9.45

Food log: Wednesday, December 9

Toasts with cream cheese


Almonds



Ham wrap, crudités, cheese, cookie, juice - free from the bistro

This was Month-Lee, our agency meeting, which meant free lunch! Thanks, Sid.

Outside, the snow was falling hard but we had a client meeting far away. So of we went in Yann's ride!

(not pictured: Yann's actual ride)

I do not drink coffee, but our client had delicious candy-bar flavored hot chocolate. Yum I had a Rolo and an After Eight.




Back home, I had spaghetti squash gratin, carrots, snow peas and chicken pot pie, but I forgot to take a picture of the actual meal.


Money spent on food today: 0

Food log: Thursday, December 8

Cream cheese and bacon bagel, chocolate milk - $6 from Pasta Café

Also known as "The chubby gal's delight"

Tea from the bistro


Lentil soup, salads, raspberry mousse, lemonade - $6 from the bistro

This soup was very delicious, with lots of veggies and fresh lime to squeeze on top.

Crudités and dip from the bistro - free


Green tea Kit Kat shared with Véro

That was the last piece! Someone needs to go to Japan soon and bring me back some more!

Hamburger steak, veggies, mashed potatoes, Diet Coke from Plaza McGill - $16 including tip


I love Plaza McGill. It's a (clean) dive, the waitresses have been working there for 25 years and they have that classic decor behind the cash register, with pictures of dearly departed, press cuttings about Greece and a few Polaroïds of Matthew Perry uneasily shaking the hand of the owner after a meal.




Diet Coke from a vending machine at the co-op board meeting - $2

English muffin with cream cheese and honey at home

Money spent on food today: 30

Food log: Monday, December 7

Oatmeal from home, tea from the bistro


Nuts from the bistro - free



At noon, we got called in to the bistro for a champagne toast. We won Agency of the Year! Martin gave us a lovely speech and we all cheered!




Two flutes of champagne - free


For lunch, I had the schoolkid's special.

Tootsie roll from the bistro - free

Tea and an apple from the bistro - free

Crunchy things from the bistro, shared with Véro - free



Then a bunch of us packed into Laurent's car and drove to Boutique Point G for a macaron event! I ate at least one of each flavor, plus a yummy strawberry drink. There was a guy in a Darth Vader suit making frozen macarons, and I got to meet some of my foodie Tweeter friends (yay!). Let's just say it was a succesfull event.








Back home, I washed up the excess sugar with leftover Chinese food.

Money spent on food today: 0