Posted 9:56 PM

some of what i ate in april:

* oatmeal w/ peanut butter, honey & banana
* a homemade bean & cheese bowl
* homemade rosemary bread & homemade butter
* several homemade bean & rice bowls
* mushroom gallettes from new seasons (not as good as the spinach ones)
* fred meyer donuts
* egg salad toast made from easter eggs
* chocolate eggs from sven for easter
* homemade kale-mushroom polenta
* homemade shepherd’s pie & salad
* two tarts passionfruit creme cookie
* new seasons black bean quinoa salad
* sahale valdosta pecans
* some cheese, crackers & a coke at ohsu
* a homemade roast beef flatbread sandwich
* honey, peanut butter, banana & bacon oatmeal
* toasted cashews & chile mango strips
* asparagus almond flatbread from new seasons
* polenta w/ classico spaghetti sauce & nate’s “meatballs”
* mountain dew, cherry pepsi, sprite
* greensicle smoothie from sip
* half a peanut butter cupcake sven brought me from saint cupcake
* a small turkey cheddar sandwich on homemade rosemary bread
* biscuits & gravy at the arleta library bakery & cafe to reward medical fasting. also, griddle cake, limonata and an espresso cookie
* homemade black beans & rice
* homemade deviled eggs from easter eggs
* small starbucks chai blended creme frappaccino
* homemade blackberry soda made with blackberries we picked on powell butte last summer
* santa fe gardein stuffed "chicken" cutlets w/ sauteed kale & golden raisins
* new seasons rhubarb upside down cake (several times. i really like it).
* the rest of the homemade soda farls w/ strawberry jam
* honey rock dawn broccoli pasta (+bacon)
* fresh-ground honey roasted peanut butter from whole foods
* bbq kale tofu rice
* dulce apple puff pastry
* apple & candied ginger puff pastry
* chipotle macaroni and cheese with bacon
* broccoli salad
* homemade mozzarella
* roma restaurante for michael’s birthday: bread, coke, proscuttio & melon, ravioli bolognese
* original frozen yogurt at skinnidip w/ strawberries & coconut
* burgerville: crispy onion spinach turkey burger to benefit zenger farm, rosemary fries, first strawberry smoothie of season
* amy’s southwest burrito
* more cheese, crackers & coke at ohsu
* homemade chicken parmesan w/ homemade marinara sauce & homemade mozzarella (wow!)
* asparagus w/ homemade gremolata SO GOOD
* black bean & rice bowl
* cookie pedalers: 3 chai sugar cookies and a PBR cookie
* amy’s samosa wrap
* hammy’s bbq chicken pizza
* saint cupcake pumpkin
* 3 zupan's danishes
* part of a cheese danish during kristen & todd’s move
* part of a clif mojo bar
* part of a texas bbq primal strip
* some veggies at abe's birthday party, goat cheese, hummus & jalex’s homemade strawberry shortcake
* grilled cheese at alberta schoolbus & a coke
* polenta w/ homemade marinara sauce & homemade mozarella
* cucumber-red onion-tomato-feta-cilantro mash on a flatbread
* homemade portobello burgers w/ homemade oven fries & homeade roumelade
* homemade lemon cucumber soda
* a whole lot of homemade lemon soda
* smoked trout salad
* black bean salad from new seasons
* trader joe’s kettle corn
* breakfast lentils (which worked better with trader joe's beluga lentils +spinach than my own)
* some toasted almond gelato
* asparagus & remoulade
* big bowl of refried beans-cheese-rice-tomato-red-onion-cilantro-avocado-fleur de sel-lime (SO GOOD)
* an alexis biscuit & cheese
* rib eye & rice & incan cola at limo’s w/ michaelmas & his dad
* oatmeal w/ almonds-coconut-agave
* at cha w/ michaelmas & his dad: salsa & chips-mole pablano
* hammy’s bbq chicken pizza
* half a rhubarb ginger upside down cake from new seasons
v8 splash
* the rest of the asparagus & remoulade
* homemade spanokopita (wow!) with and without all-butter pastry
* homemade apple puff pastry (with and without homemade dulce de leche)
* vegetarian feast at ya holla (thanks kristen & todd) and coke and rose soda, then a slice of chocolate cream pie at the bipartisan cafe with kristen and todd
* vita edible exploration: a cup of 3-bean vegan chili, supergrain salad & blue sky coke (we think sven's meal here made us very very sick)
* breakfast lentils
* homemade rosemary bread
* tilapia citronelle from trader joe’s
* more refried beans & rice
* pb&j w/ homemade rosemary bread, strawberry jam & fresh-ground hoey roasted peanut butter
* southern unfried chicken from elephant’s deli, blackberry passionfruit tart & a coke
* sick: faux beef broth-apple-sprite-emergenC (thanks bridget!)-mushrom broth (thanks bridget!) and rice, salmon & rice , pho from pho van, sprite, entemann's donuts
* mcdonald's hamburger, small fries & small coke
* elephant's deli cinnamon roll

Posted 5:56 PM

in the merry month of march:
6 trader joe's minicroissants in one day - not recommended
oatmeal peanut butter banana bacon honey/maple
homemade white bean chili
homemade ricotta!
elephant's deli chicken enchilada verde
chocolate chip cookies from elephant’s deli
cherry pie from elephant’s
more homemade ricotta
fennel & sausage pizza w/ homemade dough and sauce
spinach salad
apple turnovers
cherry pepsi
sausage/apple/baby bell for bike ride to parkrose labyrinth
mountain dew
clif mojo dipped
mocha iced coffee after bike ride
kale-bacon-stewed onion-biscuit-poached egg
black bean & rice soup
trader joe's lemon bars (oh my, how i love them)
lucky lou donuts (these i don't love as much)
homemade tomato sauce (oh my GOD! the secret is butter)
dagoba chai chocolate
plum and strawberry drinking vinegars from fubonn
turkey cheddar sandwiches on homemade rosemary bread (these make me so happy!)
panda express: free Honey Walnut Shrimp coupon
attempted homemade noodles (what sven calls monsteroni. it ended up something like spaetzel)
biscuits w/ strawberry jam and fresh clotted cream
veggie soup
lemon tart from new seasons (sven loved these; said they were perfect)
trader joe's raspberry tart
several cinnamon rolls from elephant’s deli
bananas
trader joe's truffle flatbread (i'm beginning to like flatbread pizza more than regular pizza)
spinach salad
spinach feta galletes from new seasons (these are really good)
michaelangelo’s lasagne
scrambled eggs w/ cheddar & cilantro
rosemary toast
homemade cherry pi! but the crusts were pacific and they were -awful-!
homemade portobello burgers (it feels like such a quintessential vegetarian dish: so glad it's good!)
salad w/ homemade ranch dressing
oven fries (i am so glad to finally have a good technique for these!)
scrambled eggs w/ spinach and goat cheese
more croissants
a whole bunch of cranberry juice
purim belgian chocolates/pistachios/candies/orange (thanks, jalex!)
grape nuts
bananas
shepherd’s pie & attempted soda farls (for st patrick's day)
homemade refried beans & cheese (this is such great comfort food)
franz old-fashioned donuts
nedd ludd for jalex's birthday: salad, ginger & lime sodas, lamb chop & crispy kale
pix: pear rosemary tart
scrambled eggs and homemade tortillas
sushiville: shrimp, rolls, salmon, wontons, pepsi
cherry pepsi w/ crushed ice
spinach-feta-red pepper-mushroom-red onion pizza and a salad
dulce de leche & apples for rebel’s party. also, quiches & cheese
ole burrito & horchata
spinach feta gallettes from new seasons
cherry juice soda from cherry pie cherries
refried beans & cheese w/ leftover soda farls
pad thai & coke at thai orchid for our annual awkward transition anniversary
cherry pepsi after bike ride to oaks park
really great smoked trout & fennel tossed salad
homemade raspberry soda w/ raspberries frozen from our bushes
veggie soup
entemann's donuts
homemade roast beef toasted flatbread sandwich (yum!)
sweet tomatoes for edible exploration (thanks, sven!)
roast beef sandwich on homemade rosemary bred
spaghetti & salad sven made
pistachios
hummus-tomato-red onion-avocado flatbread
hard-boiled egg & artisan salt
grilled pork sandwich from best baguette (really delicious!) w/ chips & a coke
polenta topped with kale-mushroom-bacon-almonds
dagoba chai chocolate
polenta w/ cheese & spaghetti sauce
cheeses & fruits at ohsu
pho (i love making this SO MUCH)
new seasons rhubarb upside down cake
two tarts lemon cookie