Food log: Tuesday, September 22

Here we go.

Cream cheese toasts with grapefruit juice at home



Tea from the bistro - free


Candy from the Special Needs kid 

A client sent a big basket of goodies and Lindsay pilfered these delicious items.


BLT, fennel salad, Diet Coke, grapes and apple sauce from home


Diet Coke from the vending machine - $1.25


Oatmeal muffin from the bistro - free


Pre-pool piece of cheese from home


Home made veggie and beef pasta with Gruyère and lemon sauce


Also: I had a whole 750 ml bottle on Perrier because I was parched from the aquagym class and OMGTHENEWTEACHERISCRAZYANDILOVEHER.

Sorry. I'm excited.

We also had candy apple treats at the bistro today, but I didn't have one because
a) they are more of a decorative object than a food item
b) I like having teeth

Still: pretty.

Money spent on food today: $1.25

Food log: Monday September 21

Another day, another food log...

Nature's Path instant oatmeal and apple from home, sencha tea from the bistro

I just bought this brand for the first time. It's MUCH better than the instant crap that religious guy with the black hat and white hair sells, and worth the extra money. The texture is creamier and it has flax seeds and blueberries in it. Yum.

Primavera pasta, leftover chicken, carrots, grapes, veggie juice and Diet Coke from home

The pasta is from a batch of frozen lunches I made a few months ago. I am running out of freezer lunches and need to make more.
I refuse to buy pre-packaged frozen meals, they are so salty! Any suggestions for good dishes that freeze well?

Pistachios from the bistro - free

Pilfered from the happy hour last Friday.

Muffin from the bistro - free

Another cool thing at Sid lee: free muffin surprise!

Leftover Indian food and a salad

Indian food is the gift that keeps on giving. I put the rest in the freezer.

Leftover pancake with maple syrup

Aaaaaaand I am now all out of syrup. I hate to pay for maple syrup. My grand-father used to have a sugar shack and I could get all the maple products that I wanted. Maybe I should plant a few trees in the garden.

Money spent on food today: 0

Yummy Link

When animals want to be eaten: Suicide Food

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.


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






BLT at home


Apple at home


Steak, mashed potatoes and corn


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!




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.




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


Vitamine Water - $2.50


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

Piece of cheese at home


Carrots at home


Cookie at home


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

Indian dinner for two - $35 including tip



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


Money spent on food today: $37.50

Food log: Friday, September 18

Delicious peach from home while waiting for the bus


Cheese toast and a V8 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


Fennel soup, chicken and duck wings, salad, potatoes and zucchini-chocolate cake from the bistro (free - buddy meal ticket)
Brilo 0 $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)


Bought some italian pastries for tonight's dinner and a bottle of balsamic vinagar at Beniamino's ($27.10)


Surprise Happy hour at work - free




From time to time, we get a special "IT'S FRIDAY!" surprise happy hour at work. Fun!

Wine from the SAQ - $28.60

I had a dinner date at Julie's tonight with her beau and our friend Véro.

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


Christo's pasta with home made tomato and sausage sauce



Delicious! He used fresh tomatoes and sweet italian sausage. We were STUFFED.

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


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

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!