nibbles

Monday, December 31, 2012



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

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