Sunday September 30, 2007

B/L: Remainder of the resealable salad pack (iceberg, romaine, carrots, red cabbage, etc.) w. cilantro lime dressing and Albertson's rotisserie chicken (in bite-size pieces)


Afternoon snack: Teddy Grahams and Wheat Thins

D: Dining commons meal #5 - soymilk, veggies and tofu + chicken stir fry w. white rice, peas, garlic mashed potatoes w. gravy, chex cereal and cocoa crispies w. soymilk, carrot cake

Midnight snack: Michelle baked a cake for Audrey's birthday. A slice of chocolate cake w. white chocolate, cocoa powder, and icing.

Saturday September 29, 2007

L: AACF BBQ. I had a cheeseburger w. tomato and lettuce, and ketchup. 1 + 1/2 chocolate chip cookies from Costco (really good when warm and melted!).

D: Dining commons meal #4 - potato leek soup, chicken pad thai w. white rice and green beans, soymilk

Friday September 28, 2007

B: 1 Dannon All-Natural yogurt, blueberry, 4 oz.

L: Salad (from a resealable pack; iceberg, romaine, carrots, etc.) with Jack in the Box(R) cilantro lime dressing (from home) and Albertson's rotisserie chicken (in bite-size pieces) mixed in

Pretty good.

F: Red grapes

D: Dining commons meal #3 - stuffed tomato w. broccoli, au gratin potatoes, fettucini carolina, soymilk

At Sarah and Madisyn's house: Chocolate ice cream

Thursday September 27, 2007

B: 1 Dannon All-Natural Yogurt, blueberry, 4 oz.
1/2 mooncake

L: Dining commons Meal #1 for the week - garlic bread, fried beef taco, soymilk, chickpea soup, bowl of steamed broccoli w. corn added

F: 1 banana

D: Dining commons Meal #2 for the week - lasagna, soymilk, and linguini w. pesto sauce, steamed carrots and zucchini

Wednesday September 26, 2007

B: 1 Dannon All-Natural Yogurt, blueberry, 4 oz.

L: Leftover curry w. freshly cooked white rice (not refrigerated and microwaved rice, yum!)

Snack: 1/2 small mooncake

D: Galleria Food Court leftovers (seafood noodles in black bean sauce)

Tuesday September 25, 2007

B: 1 banana

L: Galleria Food Court leftovers (from home) - Korean BBQ, mackerel, tofu stew, and rice

D: Galleria Food Court leftovers (from home) pt. 2 - Seafood noodles in black bean sauce

Late night snack: Tofu and mame bun (from Tous Les Jours)

Monday September 24, 2007

D: Potluck at Steph's house

I brought vegetarian curry. Earl brought 4 pieces of chicken. Matthew brought tomato and egg. Caroline, Sam, CChan, Cathy, and Am brought peach cobbler, garlic bread, fried rice, and bok choy w. oyster sauce. Steph made broccoli, a meat dish, and white rice. She also made milk tea and boba.

Friday September 14, 2007

Earlier breakfast: 1 Albertson's blueberry nonfat yogurt, 8 oz.

Later breakfast: 1 egg omelete w. scallion and cheddar cheese

Lunch: 1 piece of salmon

40 Days of Cooking

I decided to make 40 days a milestone.

Top Awards goes to:
1. Fried rice from August 15th
2. Sushi from August 30th
3. Spaghetti from September 7th
4. Curry from August 23rd

Lessons Learned:
1. Use ingredients that are as fresh as possible
2. Leftovers should be eaten within two, three days
3. Dumplings are a sure bet for a quick and filling meal

Thursday September 13, 2007

B: 7 chicken nuggets w. honey roasted garlic BBQ sauce

L: I had a lunch date with Audrey today. We went to New China.
Vermicelli with beef

It was distinctly unlike any other Vietnamese food I've ever had.

D: This is when I start really feeling like a starving college student. I still can't microwave zong zhi. Out of the whole "pyramid" of rice, I can get only three edible bites. It's not very good to begin with, I guess, so I don't have qualms about tossing it. But it is sad that all I have after waiting 3 minutes for it to heat up, all I have to show for it is hardened rice and rice that eats like it's uncooked but beyond salvaging. That's my "rant" of the day.

Leinah saves the day. She'd given me some salmon earlier.

3 bites of zong zhi
2 pieces of pre-seasoned salmon (I couldn't finish all three.)
1 Albertson's nonfat strawberry banana yogurt, 8 oz. (Note: the texture changes once the yogurt's been frozen)

Wednesday September 12, 2007

B: 6 chicken nuggets w. Honey Garlic BBQ sauce

L: 1 bowl of fried rice

Mid-afternoon refreshment: 1 Silk Chocolate soymilk

D: 2 Hebrew National(R) hot dogs
Fried rice

F: 1 can of Dole(R) pineapple, in slices

Tuesday September 11, 2007

B: A little bit of mostly-frozen Albertson's strawberry nonfat yogurt, 8 oz.
It didn't thaw in time, so I took some Cheez-Its with me to go.

L: Finished the rest of the Cheez-Its I had, then got Gaucho Cafe's Grilled Rosemary Chicken sandwich (plenty of chicken, some kind of cheese, red bell pepper, caramelized onions, and some sort of sauce on a french baguette). Ordered a fountain soda: Sweetened Raspberry Iced Tea. Total? $7.49. Slightly pricey.

Snack: Finished the rest of the Albertson's yogurt

D: Fried rice

F: Grapefruit

Monday September 10, 2007

B: 1 packet instant Quaker(R) Oatmeal, Maple and Brown Sugar

L: Rice w. remainder of the two dishes

D: Fried rice (freshly cooked rice w. frozen mixed vegetables, scrambled eggs, and diced onion, and soy sauce)

Picture above.

Sunday September 9, 2007

B: 1 Albertson's Nonfat Peach Yogurt, 8 oz.
1/2 Costco bagel, toasted, with peanut butter

L: Rice w. the two dishes I cooked, plus spaghetti, plus soup.

D: Same as lunch. I'm finishing the food a lot quicker this time, than the last time I cooked in bulk. I hope I can feed myself until Friday... hehe. That's a funny sentence.

F: ~4, 5 small organic pears, cored and cut into small pieces

Saturday September 8, 2007

B: Leinah made banana pancakes, yay!

4 Banana pancakes w. Tropical(R) syrup

L: Chinese-style spaghetti (see full description in prior post)
Tofu dish
Napa cabbage dish
Cucumber and egg drop w. scallion soup


D: Same as Lunch.

F: 1 oran-jee (as another asian language would romanize it, i forget which)

Late-night snack: Saltine crackers, stale, with sharp cheddar cheese, in chunks

Friday September 7, 2007

B: 1 banana

L: 2 Hebrew National(R) hot dogs w. Ball Park(R) hot dog buns, toasted + ketchup

F: 1/2 tomato
I was cooking, and had half a tomato left over. I was hungry, cooking but doing no eating. So down it went!

D: Today was another "cook in bulk day." I made two entrees, spaghetti, and soup.
Specifically, I made:



Fried tofu w. Chinese mushroom (sliced), ground beef, and scallion. Seasoned with soy sauce and salt.

Napa cabbage, sliced, with dried shrimp. I was very happy that my estimate of vegetable to shrimp matched nicely!

Angel hair pasta w. ground beef (mixed with soy sauce and salt), diced tomato, diced onion, garlic, and ketchup to taste. I LOVED this. It reminded me of mom :)

"Cucumber" substitute and egg drop soup, w. scallion. Seasoned with salt, garlic salt, and black pepper. The only thing was I forgot to peel the cucumber skin. But it's just a little rougher, still OK.



The second-to-last-dish, spaghetti (albeit Chinese style spaghetti), was my dinner. I had soup afterwards.
The rest goes in the refrigerator for a later time.

Here's a picture of my dinner:

Thursday September 6, 2007

B: 1 banana

L: Rice w. sliced bean curd w. beef
The three dishes I'd cooked, minus the green beans because I think they'd started to go bad :(
Mango shrimp

F: Green grapes (that's the last of the grapes for a while!)

D: Baked potato w. grated sharp cheddar cheese and sour cream
I put so much sour cream (and even more cheese), the whole thing started having the consistency of mousse/cheesecake/cookie dough while mixed together with small cubes of potato. At least I baked it correctly this time, as none of the inside was still hard/cold. 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 and 1/4 hour.
5 chicken nuggets w. ketchup

Late-night nutrition: V-8 100% Vegetable Juice

Wednesday September 5, 2007

B: 7 chicken nuggets

L: Rice w. sliced bean curd and beef, w. scallion
Tomato and egg
Napa cabbage with meatballs
Stir-fry green beans

F: Green grapes

D: Rice w. mango shrimp w. snow peas
Sliced bean curd and beef, w. scallion
Tomato and egg
Napa cabbage with meatballs
Stir-fry green beans

Now that I'm cooking in bulk, the posts may seem a bit repetitive.

Late-night treat: Green apple milk tea w. boba

Tuesday September 4, 2007

B: 1 Albertson's(R) nonfat yogurt, Cherry Vanilla, 8 oz.

L: Leftovers from Red Pepper (and my cooking):
Salad w. sesame dressing
Rice w. sliced bean curd and beef, with tiny slices of red bell pepper and scallion
Tomato and egg
Napa cabbage w. meatball
Sauteed green beans

F: Green grapes

D: Vegetarian egg roll
Rice w. sliced bean curd and beef, and the three dishes I cooked. Sorry for the lack of pictures, recently! Here's dinner:

I like the colors in this one.

Monday, September 3, 2007

B: 1 bowl of Kellogg's(R) Smart Start cereal w. Albertson's(R) Lactose Free Reduced Fat Milk

L: My parents visited me. @ Red Pepper Restaurant, I had:
Salad w. sesame dressing

Cucumber and egg drop soup w. scallion and bits of ginger

Rice w. Kung Pao chicken Ma Po Tofu Mango Shrimp

D: Rice w.
Beef and bean curd w. scallion
Tomato and egg w. onion
Sauteed green beans w. garlic

F: 3 small organic pears

Sunday September 2, 2007

B: Albertson's(R) nonfat Black Cherry Yogurt, 8 oz.
L: Rice w. the three dishes I cooked
F: Blenders in the Grass(R) "Blue Orange" w. Ginseng and Bee Pollen supplements
D: 1 baked potato w. Albertson's(R) sour cream and Land O Lakes' Sharp Cheddar, grated

Saturday September 1, 2007

B: 1/2 a Finestra bagel, toasted w. peanut butter
L: 1 Hebrew National(R) hot dog w. Ball Park(R) hot dog bun, toasted
D: Rice w. the three dishes I cooked yesterday (see below entry).
F: some sliced apples, 1 orange