Sunday, September 20, 2009

Food log: Sunday, September 20

So how are your allergies on this fine september day? Mine are killing me and there is no more meds in my house. I still went for a walk outside, as I had plans to fill the freezer with vegetables and fruits today. So I went to Maisonneuve market and came back with about 50 pounds of produce, plus some olive oil, bread, hoisin sauce, organic apple sauce and organic instant oatmeal. Total: $72.59.
back from the market with $48.48 less in my pocket

I also got a delivery from IGA, as I was low on Perrier and meat, stuff I buy in bulk. I took advantage of this order to fill the freezer with a few goodies (ice ream sandwich, anyone?). I think I will be ok for a while there. No more food shopping. I am ready for the upcoming zombie apocalypse. The IGA order came to $177 with tip.

Breakfast: flax pancakes with Reese chipits and bacon, milk - at home

Flax pancakes with Reese Chipits

Flax pancakes
Flax pancakes with chipits and syrup, bacon, milk

BLT at home
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Apple at home
Apple at home

Steak, mashed potatoes and corn
Mashed potatoes, corn, steak at home

Honey toast
Honey toast

So, I worked all afternoon on the "Fill the freezer" project. I washed, cut, blanched, peeled and Ziplocked until I was left with a ton of green beans, yellow beans, tomatoes, broccoli, bell peppers, corn, strawberries and peaches ready to be eaten when the colder months come by. Yippee!
Getting beans ready for the freezer
Feezing veggies
Packing the freezer

Of course, my cat could not resist playing her favorite "let's bug Eve" game: begging for a bean, playing with it for about an hour and hiding it in my bed covers.
Waiting for a bean to play with



Money spent on food today: $249.59

Food log: Saturday, September 19

Today was a great day as it was my first ever visit to Montreal's Comic-Con, a low key event full of comics (duh), Superman nerds, toys, sci-fi geeks, graphicl novel authors, guys in trooper costumes and jail-bait girls in gothloli wear. It was awesome. And I also got to shake hands with Lou Ferrigno, The Hulk himself! He had a grip of steel. Good thing I had a solid breakfast!

Egg and bacon sandwich at home
Bacon and egg sandwich with grapefruit juice at home

Vitamine Water - $2.50
Vitamin Water - $2.50

I got back home at 2pm, not very hungry, so I nibbled while doing chores.

Piece of cheese at home
Swiss Knight cheese

Carrots at home
carrots

Cookie at home
Cookie

When dinner came, it was time for some delicious take out. Hey, it's Saturday!

Indian dinner for two - $35 including tip
Indian dinner for two - $35 with tip
Papadum

But the highlight of my day wasn't dinner. It was meeting Chewbacca! Woah!
My new boyfriend

Money spent on food today: $37.50

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Food log: Friday, September 18

Delicious peach from home while waiting for the bus
Peach from groceries

Cheese toast and a V8 from pasta Café - $4.21
V8 and cheese toast from Pasta Café - $4.21
You can always count on Pasta Café for burnt, cold toast. *sigh*

Cup of Earl Grey from the bistro - free
tea from the bistro - free

Fennel soup, chicken and duck wings, salad, potatoes and zucchini-chocolate cake from the bistro (free - buddy meal ticket)
Brilo 0 $0.50
Chicken and duck wings, salad, roasted potatoes, fennel soup, Brio, zucchini and chocolate cake - $0.50
I'm pretty sure the chefs got the recipes for the wings from Lucifer himself. SO FREAKING HOT. Laurent had sweat rolling off his face. My eyes were watering. Valerie was spitting everywhere, the spice from the wings causing overdrooling. We were a mess.

Tea time - free (bistro)
Tea from the bistro - free

Bought some italian pastries for tonight's dinner and a bottle of balsamic vinagar at Beniamino's ($27.10)
Dessert for four and balsamic vinegar from Benjamino's - $27.10

Surprise Happy hour at work - free

Cheetos at the bistro - free
Goodies at the bistro - free
Free beer at the bistro
From time to time, we get a special "IT'S FRIDAY!" surprise happy hour at work. Fun!

Wine from the SAQ - $28.60
Wine I bought at the SAQ - $28.60
I had a dinner date at Julie's tonight with her beau and our friend Véro.

Cosmo at Julie's
Cosmo at Julie's
I know, I know: usualy, there should be no ice in a cosmo. I didn't say anything, but it was hard, since I pretty much write about cocktails on a daily basis. Even so, it was tasty! I'm not complaining!

Terrine and truffled liver mousse with bread at Julie's
Apéro at Julie's

Christo's pasta with home made tomato and sausage sauce
Christo's sauce at Julie's
Christo's sausage and tomato sauce, at Julie's
ready to eat! (at Julie's)
Delicious! He used fresh tomatoes and sweet italian sausage. We were STUFFED.

Salad at Julie's
Salad at Julie's
After an hour-long break, we ate the yummy salad, made with pine nuts and mango.

Dessert plate at Julie's

Dessert plate at Julie's
For dessert, we had a choice of cannoli, Italian donut and lemon pie.

I think I need to go jogging now.

Money spent on food today: $60.21

Friday, September 18, 2009

It's apple-picking time. Yay!























I'm so excited to go apple picking. I don't know when, I don't know how, but I WILL go. I want to bring back a big brown bag of apple and bake till I drop. There's nothing like a good apple crisp to give Fall a bit of warmth. But of course, the best part of apple-picking is eating an apple directly off the tree and leaving the core hanging from the branch, just like my dad thought me when I was a kid. Heh!

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Food log: Tuesday, September 17

Peanut butter tartine and milk
PB tartine and milk at home

Celery-bacon soup with bacon and sour cream, carrots, vegetable cocktail from home
Biscuits from the bistro
Diet Coke from the vending machine ($1.25)
Carrots, celery-bacon soup with sour cream, biscuits, veggie juice from home, Diet coke ($1.25)
The soup reheated really well and was very filling. I love having soup for lunch. I just don't do it often because I am always afraid my dish will suddenly open in my bag and my stuff will get soupy. And who wants soupy stuff? Nobody, that's who.

Earl Grey from the bistro
Earl Grey from the bistro - free

Snack attack - $2.50
Snack attack - $2.50
This gave me a bad case of Vinegar Hands.


Meatloaf, mashed potatoes and peas at home
Meat loaf, mashed spuds, peas at home
I like to cook meatloaf, slice it and freeze individual portions. I was FAMISHED when I got back from the pool tonight, so I popped one out of the freezer and devoured it.

Fresh peach from groceries
fresh peach from groceries
This was fuzzyyummydrippalicious.

Money spent on food today: $3.75

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