You know, my job is extremely fattening. And it isn’t just the restaurants. It’s true, I had to make an emergency midday trip to a French restaurant where I ate cheesy, eggy, pastry-wrapped deliciousness.
Then I had to do some recipe testing. Was it salad? Was it vegetables? Was it Asian stir fry? Nope, it was [...]
Tortilla Soup
Tortilla soup is one of my favorites. For years, I avoided making it at home because it can be hard to track down the Mexican herb epazote, which gives it its characteristic flavor and aroma. (In Philly, I love Distrito’s version, and Xochitl’s.)
I have come to accept a version made with a combo [...]
Whoa–I was expecting to be down from yesterday, not up. First stop: the gym. I’ve already missed two days this week. Yikes.
It pains me to type this. The past few days have been a mess. I’ve already had over 10 alcoholic beverages and eaten bar food across Center City. What gets into me sometimes? At the moment, I’m test-driving next week’s Serious Eats recipe and hunkering down with water and Netflix.
By this time tomorrow, it should be 56 degrees. I look forward to having my brain back. I know I need an air conditioner for my office. I did not expect to need it in April.
Yesterday, I was making black beans for a few recipes. After the first pot turned into a pile of watery [...]
It’s very hard for me to collect my thoughts when it’s hot. It’s like I have a heat allergy. I need a swimming pool and waterproof laptop to blog from. Or a window air conditioner for my office, which happens to be the hottest room in the house.
Sunday, April 26
Homemade pizza and salad
Monday, April 27
Quinoa and black bean salad
Tuesday, April 28
Going to see Ruth Reichl at the Free Library. I may have leftovers or eat out with my date. Or Ruth, if she returns my e-mail. Which she won’t.
Wednesday, April 29
Chicken and bean chili–I’ll be testing for next week’s meat lite on [...]
2 meals away from home.
1–only 1!–infraction of the rules and regs. It was another restaurant dessert incident .
8 alcoholic beverages for the week. That’s a total I can completely live with.
6 workouts for a total of 305 minutes. Yay.
I was expecting a spike upward because I had a big delightful restaurant meal last night. Sometimes there’s no predicting things. I expect the week ahead to be light on restaurant food and, hopefully, heavy on exercise.
That’s a number I haven’t seen in a while. Yay.