I found this fun project on My Charming Kids, so funny!
That was not me eating the swiss cheese and baby goldfish cracker sandwich on an old hamburger bun on Wednesday, nope, no way. I would never avoid grocery shopping for 3 weeks so that all I could find for lunch was a crackers and cheese sandwich!
I did not spend several moments looking around the parking lot to make sure there were no wheelstops (yes, that is what they are called, I had to look it up....also called parking blocks) at any of the spots because I couldn't remember if I saw one in front of my car and I wanted to pull straight through my spot to leave. I sure didn't see any. So, it couldn't have been me that confidently pulled forward and hit one just a second later. Nope.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
Bento #3
TOP:peach yogurt with cantaloupe, cukes and peppers, red cabbage, spiral noodles and peas, crackers with string cheese octopus
BOTTOM: pb & j butterflies with celery antennae, smoked almonds
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Bento Baby!
After discovering the art of the Bento Box, here, here and here, last Sunday, I attempted to create my own Japanese style lunch in an old takeout container. Clockwise from top, rice pudding, asparagus, aromatic rice with golden raisins, plum
Friday evening a box arrived with an early birthday present from my dear friend K, containing a two-tier bento box with rabbits and a full moon. The decoration is based on this.
Inside the top tier are five small dividing containers.
cantaloupe, strawberry yogurt with banana sun, yellow peppers, cucumbers with chopped peppers, red cabbage
I made two tortilla butterflies for the bottom layer.
Here is a tortilla and cheese duck floating on a chipped ham lake with celery grass and a plum moon! The duck's eye is a dried cranberry.
Thank you K!
Friday evening a box arrived with an early birthday present from my dear friend K, containing a two-tier bento box with rabbits and a full moon. The decoration is based on this.
Inside the top tier are five small dividing containers.
cantaloupe, strawberry yogurt with banana sun, yellow peppers, cucumbers with chopped peppers, red cabbage
I made two tortilla butterflies for the bottom layer.
Here is a tortilla and cheese duck floating on a chipped ham lake with celery grass and a plum moon! The duck's eye is a dried cranberry.
Thank you K!
food poll-you're tagged
Play along too:
1) Copy this list onto your blog, including these instructions.
2) Mark the items you’ve eaten with a "+".
4) Let us know when you've posted the list, so we can compare!
5) Have fun!
1. Venison +
2. Nettle tea No
3. Steak tartare no
4. Alligator +
5. Black pudding no
6. Raclette no
7. Natto no
8. Carp No
9. Borscht no
10. Baba ghanoush +
11. Calamari +
12. Pho +
13. Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich +
14. Allo gobi +
15. Dirty water dogs from a street cart No
16. Epoisses de Bourgogne no
17. Black truffle no
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes + (carambola-starfruit)
19. Steamed pork buns +
20. Green tea ice cream +
21. Ugli fruit +
22. Fresh, wild berries +
23. Foie gras no
24. Gumbo +
25. Head cheese No
26. Raw habanero No
27. Dulce de leche +
28. Raw oysters +
29. Baklava +
30. Bagna cauda no
31. Wasabi peas +
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl +
33. Salted lassi +
34. Kim chee +
35. Kangaroo No
36. Cognac (with a fat cigar) no
37. Clotted cream No
38. Jello shots +
39. Buttermilk straight no
40. Oxtail +
41. Curried goat +
42. Insects No
43. Phaal no
44. Goat's milk No
45. Whiskey that cost more than $200 a bottle No
46. Fugu No
47. Chicken tikka masala +
48. Eel +
49. Warm Krispy Kreme original glazed donut +
50. Sea urchin roe No
1) Copy this list onto your blog, including these instructions.
2) Mark the items you’ve eaten with a "+".
4) Let us know when you've posted the list, so we can compare!
5) Have fun!
1. Venison +
2. Nettle tea No
3. Steak tartare no
4. Alligator +
5. Black pudding no
6. Raclette no
7. Natto no
8. Carp No
9. Borscht no
10. Baba ghanoush +
11. Calamari +
12. Pho +
13. Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich +
14. Allo gobi +
15. Dirty water dogs from a street cart No
16. Epoisses de Bourgogne no
17. Black truffle no
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes + (carambola-starfruit)
19. Steamed pork buns +
20. Green tea ice cream +
21. Ugli fruit +
22. Fresh, wild berries +
23. Foie gras no
24. Gumbo +
25. Head cheese No
26. Raw habanero No
27. Dulce de leche +
28. Raw oysters +
29. Baklava +
30. Bagna cauda no
31. Wasabi peas +
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl +
33. Salted lassi +
34. Kim chee +
35. Kangaroo No
36. Cognac (with a fat cigar) no
37. Clotted cream No
38. Jello shots +
39. Buttermilk straight no
40. Oxtail +
41. Curried goat +
42. Insects No
43. Phaal no
44. Goat's milk No
45. Whiskey that cost more than $200 a bottle No
46. Fugu No
47. Chicken tikka masala +
48. Eel +
49. Warm Krispy Kreme original glazed donut +
50. Sea urchin roe No
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Yes, I went back
I went again for acu. treatments on saturday morning and again today. I think 3 times for the first week should jumpstart my system and get that chi flowing! I plan to go once a week for the remainder of the month and then twice a month for a couple months. By then, I should (hopefully) only need to go for "tuneups" (thanks emily qi for your comment regarding frequency in my last post!) My needs were pretty severe at first and perhaps that's why she wanted me to go so often. Or maybe she just wants the money. But I am feeling good. At the end of the second treatment (during which she added two needles for a total of 12), she gave me a magnetic patch to put in my ear and told me to press it a certain way. This was actually great. I got another one today on the opposite ear. I know that some acupuncturists really delve deep with the personal history and stuff and mine didn't so much but I'm thinking it may be a trade-off for her budget prices. Other area acu's charge 150 and then 95 per session. Maybe they offer more like dietary guidance etc. but since I'm still learning this is a good starting point.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Acupuncture
I'm not sure if they stuck the needles in my body or my wallet!
I've always wanted to try acupuncture, and today was the lucky day!
After a short (20 min.) consultation I found myself relaxing on a table with ten small needles stuck in my calves, feet, abdomen, head, hands and ear! (just the right ear-and it hurt!) burned actually. she said that was due to the lack of tissue there. $105 later I heard the words,
"Come back tomorrow."
Hold on, what?
"Tomorrow? Um, how many times..." I started
"Come tomorrow, skip Sunday, come Monday, then Wednesday, then..."
Hold up, what?
"I don't think I can afford that," I said.
"Well, come two times a week then. But come tomorrow. What time can you come?"
Ok. So I have a 10:30 appt. But I'm thinking of learning acupressure and staying home. What do you think?
(p.s. the first appt. had a $40 charge for initial consultation, follow-ups will be $65, but stilllll)
I've always wanted to try acupuncture, and today was the lucky day!
After a short (20 min.) consultation I found myself relaxing on a table with ten small needles stuck in my calves, feet, abdomen, head, hands and ear! (just the right ear-and it hurt!) burned actually. she said that was due to the lack of tissue there. $105 later I heard the words,
"Come back tomorrow."
Hold on, what?
"Tomorrow? Um, how many times..." I started
"Come tomorrow, skip Sunday, come Monday, then Wednesday, then..."
Hold up, what?
"I don't think I can afford that," I said.
"Well, come two times a week then. But come tomorrow. What time can you come?"
Ok. So I have a 10:30 appt. But I'm thinking of learning acupressure and staying home. What do you think?
(p.s. the first appt. had a $40 charge for initial consultation, follow-ups will be $65, but stilllll)
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