2011-08 - Rick's Food Blog
Spicy coleslaw (mayo-free)

Fish and chips

What I ate: August 1, 2011
Breakfast: French toast from homemade whole grain anadama bread with bacon and 0.6 oz. Vermont maple syrup.
Lunch: Ham and Swiss cheese sandwich with Kettle Chips barbecue potato chips.
Dinner: Beer battered fish and chips and spicy cole slaw. With homemade tartar sauce. And 1/2 of a bottle of Saranac lager.

What I ate: August 2, 2011
Breakfast: Bacon egg and cheese English muffin. On a Barowski's whole wheat English muffin. And Cabot cheddar cheese.
Lunch: Turkey and cabbage stir-fry, rice.
Dinner: Sesame tofu , spicy green beans and rice.

What I ate: August 3, 2011
Breakfast: Pancakes and bacon . Both previously frozen. With Vermont maple syrup.
Lunch: Bacon , lettuce and tomato sandwich with Kettle Chips barbecue potato chips. On one slice of Barowski's wheat bread, cut in half.
Dinner: Mussels fra diavolo . And a glass of French sauvignon blanc (Domain de Coussergues).

What I ate: August 4, 2011
Breakfast: Blueberry muffin and bacon , both previously frozen. This muffin was from the batch that I forgot to add the baking powder to, so they're a little shorter than usual.
Lunch: Beef with broccoli and scallions, rice.
Dinner: Spaghetti with Italian sausage. With 2.0 oz. Barilla spaghetti, 4.6 oz. Nature's Place organic tomato basil sauce and 1 Hannaford extra spicy Italian sausage. And a homemade whole wheat and oat dinner roll with Vermont Butter and Cure cultured butter. And 2 glasses of Cholila ranch malbec.

What I ate: August 5, 2011
Breakfast: One egg, scrambled, bacon and toast (1/2 slice of Barowski's wheat bread) with Earth Balance spread.
Lunch: Zucchini and bacon stir-fry , rice.
Dinner: Dinner: Baby back ribs with homemade barbecue sauce and fresh corn on the cob . And a Sierra Nevada pale ale.

What I ate: August 6, 2011
Breakfast: Waffles and bacon . Both previously cooked and frozen.
Lunch: Roast beef sandwich and Kettle Chips barbecue potato chips. With 3.0 oz. homemade eye of round roast beef, 1 slice of Barowski's wheat bread cut in half, horseradish, mayo and lettuce.
Dinner: Cheeseburger and fries. And 2 glasses of Aguaribay malbec.

What I ate: August 7, 2011
Breakfast: Homemade whole wheat bagel with 2.0 oz. lox, 1.0 oz. Organic Valley cream cheese, tomato and red onion.
Lunch: Twice cooked pork stir-fry with broccoli and scallions.
Dinner: Iron Chef Chinese Buffet with Mom and Dad.

What I ate: August 8, 2011
Breakfast: Bacon egg and cheese English muffin. On a Barowski's whole wheat English muffin. And Cabot cheddar cheese.
Lunch: Virginia baked ham and Swiss cheese sandwich on one slice of Barowski's wheat bread, cut in half. With Kettle Chips barbecue potato chips.
Dinner: Tenderloin filet mignon steak, salt and olive oil rubbed baked potato with butter and sour cream and broccoli.

What I ate: August 9, 2011
Breakfast: One egg, scrambled, bacon and toast (1/2 slice of Barowski's wheat bread) with Earth Balance spread.
Lunch: Beef with broccoli and scallions.
Dinner: Japanese style chicken curry and rice.

What I ate: August 10, 2011
Breakfast: Pancakes and bacon . Both previously frozen. With Vermont maple syrup.
Lunch: Sausage and green pepper stir-fry with rice.
Dinner: Homemade Fried chicken fingers, boneless Buffalo 'wings' and seasoned French fries. And a Sierra Nevada pale ale.

What I ate: August 11, 2011
Breakfast: Blueberry muffin and bacon , both previously frozen. This muffin was from the batch that I forgot to add the baking powder to, so they're a little shorter than usual.
Lunch: Homemade chana masala and rice.
Dinner: Tonkatsu , rice and sautéed cabbage. And another glass of chardonnay.

What I ate: August 12, 2011
Breakfast: Bacon egg and cheese English muffin. On a Barowski's whole wheat English muffin. And Cabot cheddar cheese.
Lunch: Roast beef sandwich with mayo, horseradish and lettuce on one slice of Barowski's wheat bread, cut in half. And Kettle Chips barbecue potato chips. 3.0 oz. of homemade eye of round roast beef.
Dinner: Mom's miso soup (not pictured), tofu and kamaboko and rice. At Mom and Dad's.

What I ate: August 13, 2011
Breakfast: One egg, scrambled, bacon and toast (1/2 slice of Barowski's wheat bread) with Earth Balance spread.
Lunch: Pork with broccoli and scallion stir-fry, rice.
Dinner: Sushi regular at Tokyo Tavern in Oneonta, NY with Mom.

What I ate: August 14, 2011
Breakfast: Homemade whole wheat bagel with 2.0 oz. lox, 1.0 oz. Organic Valley cream cheese, tomato and red onion. And Gruet brut sparkling wine. Not pictured: New York Times.
Lunch: Bacon , lettuce and tomato sandwich. On one slice of Barowski's wheat bread, cut in half. With mayo. And Kettle Chips barbecue potato chips.
Dinner: Iron Chef Chinese Buffet with Mom. And another smaller plate that I forgot to take a picture of.

What I ate: August 15, 2011
Breakfast: Waffles and bacon . Both previously cooked and frozen.
Lunch: Mom's tofu, rice.
Dinner: Steak, salt and olive oil rubbed baked potato and broccoli. Butter and sour cream for the potato. And this time I made horseradish cream for steak as a dipping sauce: equal parts prepared horseradish and sour cream, with salt and pepper. Very tasty!

Shrimp and onion stir-fry with spinach

Turkey sausage patties

What I ate: August 16, 2011
Breakfast: Blueberry muffin and bacon , both previously frozen. This muffin was from the batch that I forgot to add the baking powder to, so they're a little shorter than usual.
Lunch: Shrimp and onion stir-fry with spinach (new recipe), rice. In the past I've made this with just white onions and shrimp, but I thought it would be good to add some green vegetable so I threw in a 1 1/2 cups of spinach and it was delicious!
Dinner: Italian sausage spaghetti. With one slice of Hannaford Italian wheat bread and 2 glasses of Vine Street cabernet sauvignon. Now that it's getting cooler I'm going to have to bake some bread because this bread was a little to soft and white-bread-like for my taste.

What I ate: August 17, 2011
Breakfast: One egg, scrambled, bacon and toast (1/2 slice of Barowski's wheat bread) with Earth Balance spread.
Lunch: Sausage and green pepper stir-fry with homemade turkey sausage . This was excellent and basically tasted the same as the regular sausage version, but healthier.
Dinner: Chicken paprika with broccoli, rice and sour cream sauce.

Fried chicken dinner

What I ate: August 18, 2011
Breakfast: Pancakes and bacon . Both previously frozen. With Vermont maple syrup.
Lunch: Beef with broccoli and scallions and rice.
Dinner: Fried chicken , French fries, sautéed red chard and a buttermilk biscuit. And a Sierra Nevada pale ale.

What I ate: August 19, 2011
Breakfast: Sausage, egg and cheese English muffin. With homemade turkey sausage , an organic egg, Cabot cheddar cheese on a Barowski's wheat English muffin. The sausage is great, and healthy, too. I'll definitely be making that again.
Lunch: Bacon , lettuce and tomato sandwich. On one slice of Barowski's wheat bread, cut in half. With mayo.
Dinner: Sushi platter. Tuna sashimi, spicy tuna nori rolls and cucumber, avocado, carrot and tuna rolls.

What I ate: August 20, 2011
Breakfast: Waffles and bacon . Both previously cooked and frozen. With fresh blueberries and Vermont maple syrup.
Lunch: Tuna salad sandwich on one slice of Barowski's wheat bread, cut in half. That's a half can of tuna.
Dinner: Cuban medianoche ("midnight") sandwich . Ham, swiss, marinated roasted pork, dill pickle and mustard on a special, slightly sweet, soft, white medianoche roll. And this time I remembered to cook it in the sandwich press! Served with French fries and a Sierra Nevada pale ale.

What I ate: August 21, 2011
Breakfast: Homemade whole wheat bagel with 2.0 oz. lox, 1.0 oz. Organic Valley cream cheese, tomato and red onion.
Lunch: Stir fry of beef with broccoli and scallions. With 3.2 oz. eye round roast beef.
Dinner: Chinese buffer with Mom and Dad at Iron Chef Buffet in Oneonta, New York.

What I ate: August 22, 2011
Breakfast: One egg, scrambled, bacon and toast (1/2 slice of Barowski's wheat bread) with Earth Balance spread.
Lunch: Grilled chicken Caesar salad with Drew's Caesar dressing, freshly grated Parmesan and a home whole wheat and oat dinner roll with Vermont Butter and Cheese cultured butter.
Dinner: My originally scheduled dinner of salmon, sautéed spinach and rice has been postponed because I had a crazy craving for a hot dog. I have a hot dog maybe 2 or 3 times a year, so this is unusual. Fortunately I was planning on going to the grocery store today anyway.

What I ate: August 23, 2011
Breakfast: Blueberry muffin and bacon , both previously frozen.
Lunch: Beef with snow peas. And rice.
Dinner: Grilled salmon, sautéed spinach and rice with furikake. I previously grilled, vacuum sealed and froze the salmon so I just put the frozen salmon into the sous vide for about 40 minutes at 140°F. And a glass of Arca Nova vinho verde.

What I ate: August 24, 2011
Breakfast: Sausage, egg and cheese English muffin. With homemade turkey sausage , an organic egg, Cabot cheddar cheese on a Barowski's wheat English muffin.
Lunch: Twice cooked pork, broccoli and scallions. With rice.
Dinner: Tonkatsu , rice and sautéed cabbage. And two glasses of Parker Station pinot noir.

What I ate: August 25, 2011
Breakfast: Western omelet with Vermont Smoke and Cure ham, green pepper, onion and a Pete and Gerry's organic egg. And a half slice of Barowski's wheat bread toast with Earth Balance spread.
Lunch: Spicy vegetarian chili with jalapeño skillet cornbread .
Dinner: Italian sausage spaghetti, Italian wheat bread and 2 glasses of Parker Station pinot noir.

What I ate: August 26, 2011
Breakfast: One egg, scrambled, bacon and toast (1/2 slice of Barowski's wheat bread) with Earth Balance spread.
Lunch: Roast beef sandwich with mayo, horseradish and lettuce on one slice of Barowski's wheat bread, cut in half. And Kettle Chips barbecue potato chips. 3.0 oz. of homemade eye of round roast beef.
Dinner: Steak, seasoned French fries and broccoli. I made horseradish sour cream, but I decided to switch to using soy sauce as my dipping sauce after I took the picture. With a glass of Seven Deadly Zins zinfandel.

What I ate: August 27, 2011
Breakfast: Blueberry muffin and bacon , both previously frozen.
Lunch: Sausage and green pepper stir-fry with homemade turkey sausage . This was excellent and basically tasted the same as the regular sausage version, but healthier.
Dinner: Fish and chips . I previously made, vacuum sealed and froze the fish so it was easy to defrost and drop in the deep fryer for 1:30 and it was perfect. The French fries were frozen, so that's just 2:00 in the deep fryer at 360°F. Also, a quick homemade tartar sauce. And a Lake Placid Ubu Ale.

What I ate: August 28, 2011
Breakfast: Homemade whole wheat bagel with 2.0 oz. lox, cream cheese, tomato and red onion. Actually, that's Vermont Butter and Cheese goat cheese because my cream cheese looked weird and going out to get cream cheese in a hurricane seemed like a bad idea.
Lunch: Bacon , lettuce and tomato sandwich. On one slice of Barowski's wheat bread, cut in half. With mayo. And Kettle Chips barbecue potato chips.
Dinner: A random assortment of Doritos, potato chips and French onion dip, chocolate, wine and beer. Though I lost power (and Internet) between the gas stove and the generator I could have cooked anything, but didn't.
What I ate: August 29, 2011
Breakfast: Bacon egg and cheese English muffin. On a Barowski's whole wheat English muffin. And Cabot cheddar cheese.
Lunch: Beef with broccoli and scallions. And rice.
Dinner: Chinese buffet at Iron Chef Buffet in Oneonta, NY with Mom, Dad and my nephew.

What I ate: August 30, 2011
Breakfast: Waffles and bacon . I made waffles for Mom and my nephew because Mom and Dad's house still doesn't have power after hurricane Irene.
Lunch: Mom's BLT.
Dinner: Spinach eggplant Parmesan at The Depot in Oneonta, New York.
What I ate: August 31, 2011
Breakfast: Half a grapefruit and bacon at Mom and Dad's with my nephew.
Lunch: Mom's shrimp and eggs and rice.
Dinner: Sushi regular at Tokyo Tavern in Oneonta with Mom and my nephew.
What I ate: August 31, 2011
