Posted 8:50 PM

noteable in january:

* more tortillas
* black eyed peas, bacon & kale
* cornbread muffins
* homemade vegetarian pho (wow! excellent w/ roast beef slices instead of sirloin)
* homemade fried rice (need more recipes to use up bean sprouts)
* cucumber salad
* burgerville yukon gold waffle fries (but then i tried a great oven fry recipe and i might not buy these anymore)
* crispy chicken salad w/ homemade buttermilk dressing
* homemade black beans & toasted brown rice
* using the different salts sven gave me: smoked salt is a particular favorite
* SHAT (Spinach, Hummus, Avocado and Tomato) on homemade bread + flakey salt
* homemade mushroom capellini
* broccoli salad
* bbq tofu-kale-toasted quinoa-avocado bowl
* breakfast quinoa (poached egg over fennel/onion reduction & goat cheese; mango ginger cashew simple syrup & curry sauce; mango yogurt cashew chicken)
* homemade pinto beans, whcih sven says he likes better than any canned
* homemade vanilla in homemade caramel sauce over shuju’s homemade persimmon bread
* TJ lemon squares (at least i bike to get 'em!)
* homemade rosemary bread w/ maldon finishing salt
* homemade portobello burgers w/ oven fries
* elephant’s deli curry chicken
* elephant’s deli roasted veggies
* chicken & waffles
* bipartisan cafe cherry pie & iced tea
* homemade pickled onions & cucumbers
* poached eggs w/ roasted veggies & polenta
* homemade garbanzo bean salad (blech)
* parmesan garlic twists
* snack plate for sven’s play group
* dechutes brewery: hops hummus & sarsaparilla
* saint cupcakes: day old pumpkin spice & coconut dot
* i've been using my great dough recipe as pizza dough, whic is delicous. but i'm still tinkering, so i tried using beer instead of water. fail. i'll try again.
* at kristen's 30th birthday party: delicious asparagus, flatbread, chocolate peppers, champagne, amaretto pie
* mcmenamin's ruby ale shake in celebration of biking all the way to edgefield
* potatoes au gratin

in the midst of this, the cat stopped eating for a while & sven had to force feed her. fortunately she's back to normal now.