nibbles

Posted 11:59 PM

a december to remember:

trip to phoenix:

* go picnic box

* waldo's bbq

* peanut butter blossom cookies

* sausage mushroom pizza

* spinach crepes

* veggie sandwich & bruschetta & prickly pear lemonade & a scone at queen creek olive mill

* my dad's prime rib & mormon potatoes at julie's

* eggs benedict at TJ Eggington (thanks dad!)

* pumpkin soup & quiche

* ann's homemade cranberry bread

* veggie burrito & RC w/ sven at guadalajara's

* at the airport california pizza kitchen bbq chicken pizza & coke

then:

* sven's toasted quinoa wrap

* theo mirepoix caramels (mushroom, carrot, fennel, celery)

* payday snacks

* mcdonald's hamburger

* meatloaf burger and tater tots and chai latte at mcmenamin's after the BTA meeting in Oregon City

* sven's hot buttered rum (OH SO GOOD!)

* bland harry & david jam cookies

* elephant's deli squash tart

* frozen pizza hut slice

* broccolini & ranch

* chicken mushroom sandwich & bbq chips at compnw

* corn dog

* two caramel apple empanadas from taco bell (that was a mistake)

* frozen palak paneer

* tea & Baked Manju at jasmine pearl tea after 23 sandy show w/ brian, katura & chris

* pok pok special & lychee drinking vinegar & coconut water w/ brian (papaya salad was SO SPICY!)

* two snack-sized paydays

* burrito sven made me after a long bike ride

* michaelangelo's lasagne

* another delicious sven burrito

* pringles

* skittles

* hardboiled eggs

* half a peanut butter and jelly

* einstein brothers turkey bagel sandwich & pickle

* sven's delicious burrito w/ guacamole

* elephant's deli brisket w/ spiced apricots, mashed potatoes, gingerbread parfait & a coke

* compnw: big town hero prime sandwich, bbq chips, a cup of pears in syrup, oreos

* my first mountain dew in months

* gin & tonic at a hidden speakeasy! on 12/12/12

* compnw: prime sandwich, bbq chips, canned fruit, oreos and quarter pounder

* compnw: taco salad, tortilla chips, salsa & oreos

* grand central ot ohsu: half grinder (blech) and half chutney turkey sandwich w/ bbq chips and gingerbread cookie

* candy cane season!

* more homemade peanut butter blossom cookies

* sven's burrito (not as good this time; we don't know why)

* pringles

* a fruit cup

* a breadstick

* gingerbread cookies from a mix (some of them with the puerh tea i picked up at jasmine pearl: very nice combo!)

* a hard-boiled egg that almost got mixed into cookie dough

* frozen spinach cream pasta

* veggie plate

* several homemade veggie snack packs (with things like carrots, celery, broccolini, roasted red peppers, black olives, apples, pears, edamame, clementines, mixed fruit w/ homemade ranch and fresh-ground peanut butter and parmesan tapenade and white bean basil hummus)

* michaelangelo's meat lasagne

* bread w/ olive oil & homegrown rosemary

* homemade risotto

* spinach salad

* toast w/ leeann's homemade orange jam & freshly-ground honey roasted peanut butter

* more puerh tea

* veggie snack pack

* elephant's deli shortrib sandwich fries & mini coconut cream pie & dr. pepper

* homemade breakfast burrito

* ohsu: half turkey half roast beef sandwich, bbq chips & gingerbread cookie

* ohsu maple bar: bad idea

* elephant's deli salmon salad

* homemade pumpkin soup

* sven's kale confetti salad w/ soy

* another homemade breakfast burrito

* ohsu: half ham sandwich (we both hate the grinder), bbq chips & chocolate chip cookie

* elephant's deli salad w/ elephant's deli teriyaki salmon

* some snacks at bridget's end of the world party

* a mini turkey bacon avocado sandwich at big town hero

* a kids popcorn pack at the hobbit

* cheese stick at hot dog on a stick after the hobbit

* pumpkin quinoa kale curry

* part of a hotlips strawberry soda

* steamed spinach w/ olive oil, balsamic, garlic salt, red pepper flakes & almonds (omg so good!)

* xmas eve baked brie w/ apple, pear, spiced nuts, quince paste, apricot jam, fig & red onion jam from AZ olive mill, sven's homemade cranberry sauce, mustard, homemade roasted tomato spread

* xmas snack plates: cheese, olives, crackers & dips, pastries & cookies, veggies & ranch, bbq meatball crackers

* cranberry sparklers

* sticky rice puerh tea

* homemade french onion soup

* homemade shepherd's pie

* sven's homemade rum raisin bar w/ homemade caramel

* breakfast tea & cookies

* pumpkin soup & veggies

* sweet & spicy pecans

* fairytale brownies we got for xmas

* chocorooms

* the last of the roasted pumpkin soup

* roasted brussels sprouts w/ balasamic

* brussels leaf mustard salad

* mini stroopwaffle

* sven made me a bean & cheese burrito

* trader joe's beef stroganoff

* two einstein brothers tasty turkey sandwich (after an awkward BOGO issue)

* chris & katura's homemade tapioca pudding (thanks!)

* 5 pix frambois pyramids

* shepherd's pie at milwaukie kitchen & wine and a hazelnut orange cookie

* cranberry orange tea cake w/ tea

* homemade iced gingerbread cookies w/ tea

* a shotglass of sven's homemade caramel w/ egg nog & a spiced pecan (wow.)

* paydays while biking in the cold

* homemade chile rellaons via katura's recipe

* spinach salad w/ manzanita lime dressing & "cotija,"

* chocolate chip fairytale brownie w/ sven's homemade caramel & dusted with chipotle chocolate

* half a glass of champagne w/ hibiscus flowers & syrup halfway up powell butte with the fireworks glittering below us in the cold