food log: Monday, January 25

Blueberry muffin, juice

Banana from the bistro - free

Tofu steak, rice, pickles, V8, soda ($1.25)

Chips and salsa from the bistro - free

Diet Pepsi - $1.25

Buttered bread

Tomato juice

My friend Valérie gave me a nice little piece of moose meat so I roasted it with some potatoes, pears, thyme and garlic.

The texture of moose is like a mix between roast beef and veal liver. So yummy and subtle. The last time I had it was probably in the 80's, before my grandfather's bad leg stopped him from going hunting. We used to eat the moose fondue-style, cubed and dipped in hot peanut oil, then dipped in a bunch of different sauces, with baked potatoes and a huge green salad. Oh, the good old days!

Moose roast with roasted potatoes and pears with garlic and thyme, peas



Money spent on food today: $2.50

Food log: Sunday, January 24

French toast and orange juice

I went on a walk and stopped at Marché Maisonneuve again and purchased bread, Old Bay spice mix, chèvre, asparagus, daikon, scallions and ginger ($14.20). I also purchased a bamboo steamer with hilarious Frenchgrish on the packaging.






I had two Diet Cokes in the pm (no pics).

Chèvre on multigrain bread

Last night, I discoverd Ozu's masterpiece "Sanma no Aji" (An Automn Afternoon). It's a quiet, intimate portrait of a japanese family in the sixties and features many scenes in restaurants or around the kitchen.

Suddenly, I was in the mood for a family-style japanese meal and cooked while having the last of my Maker's Mark whisky (since there's no Suntory left in my house).

Tofu steak with ginger miso sauce, scallion and sesame seeds

Macha salt flavored rice

Pickled yellow beets and daikon

It was lovely. Some meals just bring peace to your heart.

Money spent on food today: $14.20

Food log: Saturday, January 23

Cream cheese toasts, orange juice

Avocado, grapefruit, yellow beet and aragula sandwich

This is my variation of a recipe from the fantastic 'Wichcraft sandwich cookbook. Followers of my Tweeter feed chose the recipe for me, in what I called "Russian Roulette Cooking". It was great - juicy, crispy, luscious. Next time, I will toast the bread and maybe add a few slices of crisped up proscuitto.
Leftover sandwich garnishes

Banana and peanut butter

Crackers, cream cheese, tomato juice

Skirt steak, roasted parsnips, spicy sour cream sauce

I made walnut pesto for tomorrow's sandwich, also from the 'Wichcraft book

It's basically a cup and a half of toasted walnut blitzed in the mixer with a pinch of sea salt and a couple of tablespoons of olive oil. It's rich, earthy and salty. I bet it would be good with brown butter and sage on a ricotta and pumpkin ravioli.

I also made blueberry muffins using this recipe



And then I ate two while watching Million Dollar Listings.


Oh, shut up. You know you watch it too.


Money spent on food today: 0

Food log: Friday, January 22

Muffin, OJ

Vegetable and chick pea soup, ham croque-monsieur, salad, chocolate mousse, lemonade - $6

By the way, I started a Facebook group to protest the obviously flawed design of the Beatrice lemonade packaging. This spout sucks! Beatrice, please start using caps on your lemonade!

My friend Valérie gave me a piece of moose meat - yay!

I don't know what I will do with it yet. Any suggestions?

Doritos, soda - $2.50

Groceries from Marché Maisonneuve - $20.10

I prepares a Manhattan on ice and enjoyed it while cooking dinner.


Bread and lots of butter

Steak with roasted pepper sauce and shallots, broccoli, fingerling potatoes with dill

Money spent on food: $28.60

Food log: Thursday, January 21

I have the flu so I worked from home to spare my coworkers my viral self. Also, it's more polite to be at home when you stuff your nose with tissues and spread Vaseline under it.

Peanut butter toast

Fruité fake orange drink

I bought a 2L bottle last night and it was empty by mid-morning. It's my "comfort drink" of choice when have a flu.

Ham sandwich with pickles

Spaghetti with meat sauce

Nutella toast

I made roasted pepper sauce from scratch to use on meat and pasta.

You just drop the peeled roasted peppers in a blender with a few garlic cloves, salt, pepper and a pinch of Parmesan. Then you blitz it all and drizzle in a few tablespoons of olive oil with the blender still working until it emulsify a bit.



I got a $100 grocery delivery that came with this here free yogourt



Buttered toast

Orange juice


Money spent on food today: $100