...Everything I Eat.

2009-11-25T23:25:00.003-06:00

Brunch, 2:15 p.m.

No breakfast today because I had to fast for some blood work that was done at 1:30 -- some b.s. mandated by the insurance company to maintain my current level of benefits. Anyway, that meant no food until after. Since I had an afternoon of errands planned, I just ate at the Taco Bell right next to the clinic. I ordered 2 beef tacos and Cinnamon Twists, but I ended up with 2 Taco Supremes slathered in sour cream. Gross. So, I didn't eat very much of my tacos. Why didn't I complain and get new tacos? Because it took them almost 10 minutes -- I shit you not -- to make the wrong thing. Never mind that there was one car in the drive thru and I was the only person inside.

Dinner, 6:45 p.m.

We went to Antoinette's, where I ordered my usual plate of pasta. Jon also had beer-battered cheese curds, and I ate quite a few of those as well. I ate only half of this pasta, at most. Maybe even less. I know what I'm having for lunch tomorrow...

Snack, 9:30 p.m.

Apple.

Snack, 1:00 a.m.

Baked Lays, BBQ flavor. Verdict? Not as good as the plain ones, but not bad either.

2009-11-24T13:18:00.001-06:00

Breakfast, 9:00 a.m.

Parmesan bagel.

Lunch, 11:45 p.m.

We had a dreadful 2-hour meeting during lunch, so I packed my lunch box and took it along. I had a turkey sandwich, yogurt, a granola bar, and Goldfish crackers. Oh, and a Diet Pepsi, of course. Have to stay awake during those things.

Snack, 3:00 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: Granola bar.

Dinner, 7:15 p.m.

A take-n-bake pizza from Wal-Mart. (They're quite good.) This one is "ultimate meat," which I personally think is way too much meat...but it's Jon's favorite. That's OK. I just pick off half of my meat and give it to him.

Snack, 10:30 p.m.

More peppermint bark. I love Costco; my thighs do not.

2009-11-23T13:06:00.003-06:00

Breakfast, 7:30 a.m.

Light strawberry banana yogurt and a parmesan bagel.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.

Easy Mac and a granola bar.

Snack, 2:45 p.m.

Skittles.

Dinner, 5:15 p.m.

Frozen fettuccini alfredo. (a.k.a. 340 calories of Michelina microwave goodness.)

Dinner #2, 7:45 p.m.

I take skating lessons on Monday nights, and I was ravenous when I got home. So...I made goulash. Except that I used ground turkey instead of ground beef. Bad move. It had zero flavor, and I didn't eat much at all. Neither did Jon...so you know it was bad.

Snack, 8:15 p.m.

I was still hungry, so I had a can of mandarin oranges. (I drained the juice.)

Snack, 11:30 p.m.

A piece of peppermint bark before bed. Yum.

2009-11-22T17:23:00.000-06:00

Breakfast, 12:30 p.m.

Cherry pop-tarts.

Lunch, 4:00 p.m.

A Costco chicken bake and a berry smoothie.

Snack, 6:30 p.m.

A very filling parmesan bagel.

Snack, 9:15 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: A piece of almond bark. We found it at Costco, and nostalgia for the stuff my mom used to make convinced me to buy a tub. It wasn't as good as Mom's, but it was pretty darn good.

Dinner, 10:00 p.m.

Leftover Hamburger Helper and a mug of Land-O-Lakes white hot chocolate. Yum.

Long Overdue

2009-11-21T21:19:00.011-06:00

This isn't nearly as many photos as I ought to have, given that it's been 3 weeks since my last post. Thing is, my friend Kelly had my camera for about a week because she doesn't have a digital and needed some photos of her leaky basement for insurance stuff. Anyway...here's what I've got.

I Learned Something Today.

2009-11-11T14:03:00.002-06:00

My father should be Chinese. I think this excerpt from one of my students' papers (an international student from Shanghai) will explain why.

As we all know, say "hello" to others is very common thing everyday in America. However, in China, if two friends meet, they won't say "hello" to each other -- they will ask after food. For instance, I meet my friend on the campus, I will say, "Have you ate today?" or "What did you eat today?" Then, he or she will be so happy to answer me yes or no and say what he or she have ate.

Is this Big Lare or what? How much would he love a culture where it was polite to ask what people have eaten? In some ways, my father already does this. If he calls at 6:00, after I say hello he'll say, "Did you eat supper yet?" If I say yes, he wants a run-down of the meal. If I haven't, he wants to know what I plan to eat. Or, if he calls in the afternoon he'll ask if I've started thinking about supper yet. It's pretty funny.

As far as I've observed, he doesn't ask these kinds of questions to people outside the family, but I bet he'd love it if he could. The one exception is when discussing vacation with people. His first question, without fail, is some variation of "What did you eat?" Sometimes it's "What kind of food did you eat in that country?" and sometimes it's "How much did they feed you on that cruise ship?" But always, always, his biggest interest is the dinner.

Some Eats.

2009-11-03T00:45:00.015-06:00

I am not even going to TRY to arrange these in any sort of order that makes sense...

2009-10-22T22:26:00.003-05:00

Brunch, 12:15 p.m.

Subway. I had a 6" turkey ham and Baked sour cream & cheddar chips.

Snacks, 2:30 and 5:00 p.m.

I spent 5 hours at the library working on an essay. This was my brain food.

Snack, 6:45 p.m.

I went to the store after I went to the library, and I was starving, so...I bought some Rasinets. How long has it been since I last ate a Rasinet? Probably 10 years. I wanted the yogurt-covered ones, but they didn't have them. I made do.

Snack, 7:30 p.m.

I bought candy corn at the store, because how can you not buy candy corn at Halloween? Bad idea, though, because now I have candy corn sitting on my kitchen counter. I've only had a few pieces so far, but I can see this getting dangerous, like the pumpkins.

Dinner, 9:00 p.m.

Cheeseburger, fries, and pickle. Divine.

Snack, 1:30 a.m.

More ice-cream.

2009-10-21T23:41:00.005-05:00

Breakfast, 7:30 a.m.

Light blueberry yogurt and peanut butter on wheat toast.

Lunch, 11:45 a.m.

Healthy Choice ziti & meat sauce, and an apple.

Snack, 4:30 p.m.

I had 2 buttercream pumpkins. Then I had 2 more...and 2 more. It ended up being quite a few.

Dinner, 6:30 p.m.

We had a gift card to Chili's, so...we used it. I had my usual shrimp alfredo. Yum.

Snack, 10:00 p.m.

Baby carrots. They were really good. I got them for $.48 at Festival Foods. Can you believe that? I had a coupon...$.48 as long as I made an additional $5 purchase. No problem there. :)

2009-10-20T22:29:00.003-05:00

Breakfast, 9:30 a.m.

Peanut butter on wheat toast and light raspberry yogurt.

Lunch, 12:30 p.m.

Turkey sandwich and Easy Mac. The white cheddar flavor isn't as good as the original flavor, FYI.

Snack, 3:00 p.m.

Snickers & Diet Pepsi.

Dinner, 5:45 p.m.

Leftover taco fixins (the shells were a little soggy) and white rice. I definitely prefer the Mexican rice, but it was all gone so I made do.

Snack, 9:00 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: I had "lunch" at the Sons of Norway meeting. It was the kind of spread that you'd find at a Lutheran church social or a Midwestern family reunion. You know...open-faced ham sandwiches, Jello with nondescript chunks of fruit floating in it, coffee cake, a million varieties of bars. In other words...the kind of stuff that makes me feel right at home. Though I could probably find a lot of better and more interesting things to do than hang out with a bunch of old people at SoN, it's very comforting. I really enjoy it now that I'm going (my Norsk friend, Exercise Science Prof Kelly, talked me into joining). I'm very surprised by this.

2009-10-19T23:14:00.006-05:00

Breakfast, 7:30 a.m.

Light mixed berry yogurt and peanut butter on wheat toast.

Lunch, 11:00 a.m.

2 slices of leftover frozen pizza, granola bar, and Jello cup. I didn't eat the apple -- it's still in my office fridge.

Snack, 2:15 p.m.

M&Ms.

Snack, 4:30 p.m.

4 buttercream pumpkins. According to the box, there are 17 calories per pumpkin. Also, a bag of pretzels since the pumpkins are not at all filling.

Dinner, 6:30 p.m.

Tacos and Mexican rice (from a box, yes).

Snack, 8:00 p.m.

Apple.

Snack, 11:00 p.m.

A dish of After Dinner Mint ice cream. I think this might be my new favorite flavor.

2009-10-18T22:58:00.000-05:00

Breakfast, 12:30 p.m.

Light strawberry banana yogurt and peanut butter on wheat toast.

Lunch, 4:00 p.m.

KFC. I had a crispy chicken leg and 3 biscuits (Jon doesn't like them). I also had a few of the potato wedges, but Jon ate about 80% of them.

Snack, 7:30 p.m.

We went grocery shopping today and discovered Halloween buttercream pumpkins. Yum! I had a handful of these while grading.

Dinner, 8:45 p.m.

A can of Campbell's vegetarian vegetable soup. This reminds me of my grandma -- she always had this stuff at her house, regular than the regular vegetable beef soup. For the longest time, I thought that the vegetable soup was something special that I could only have at grandma's. Ah, nostalgia...

Snack, 10:30 p.m.

After Dinner Mint ice cream -- so good. It doesn't take like mint chocolate chip -- it takes like the butter mints you'd get at weddings. Very good find.

More Eatin'

2009-10-17T13:20:00.000-05:00

2009-10-08T20:26:00.002-05:00

Breakfast, 9:00 a.m.

Peanut butter on wheat toast and light black cherry yogurt.

Lunch, 12:30 p.m.

Easy Mac, Skittles, and a granola bar.

Snack, 4:00 p.m.

Pretzels. I was still hungry after the pretzels, though, so I also had some mandarins. So...OK...maybe this was more of a meal than a snack.

Dinner, 6:00 p.m.

Good thing I had such a big snack, because my dinner was gross -- it was frozen chicken florentine, and while it smelled OK it tasted like...well...like nothing. Pepper didn't improve it, parmesan didn't improve it. I couldn't eat very much of it, it was so terrible.

Snack, 7:45 p.m.

I got hungry again shortly after my less-than-fulfilling dinner, so I had some more of Nacho's ice cream.

2009-10-07T20:20:00.003-05:00

Breakfast, 7:30 a.m.

Peanut butter on wheat toast and light raspberry yogurt.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.

Instant Hamburger Helper (because the stuff in a box apparently isn't instant enough) and a granola bar.

Snack, 3:15 p.m.

Peanut M&Ms.

Snack, 5:00 p.m.

Mandarin oranges. I also had a piece of string cheese.

Dinner, 7:15 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: Jon and I had some friends over to play board games last night (how wholesome of us, I know). We ordered pizza for dinner -- I had 2 slices of chicken and diced tomato -- and our friend Nacho brought dark chocolate praline cookies for dessert. Divine!

Snack, 11:00 p.m.

Nacho also brought ice cream for dessert, but we were all too full to eat any. He left it in my freezer, though, so I sampled about two hours before bed. It was pretty good. Not the flavor I would have bought, but still pretty good. :)

2009-10-06T20:13:00.003-05:00

Breakfast, 9:00 a.m.

Light mixed berry yogurt & peanut butter on wheat toast.

Snack, 12:30 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: I had a granola bar during the longest meeting in the universe.

Lunch, 2:45 p.m.

I had a meeting during lunch that lasted right up until my 1:00 class, so I didn't get to eat until late. I went to the grill and got a grilled ham and cheese sandwich and fries. Yum.

Dinner, 6:30 p.m.

Frozen fettuccine alfredo and a giant glass of cranberry juice.

Snack, 6:45 p.m.

I was still hungry, so I had some chips.

Snack, 9:45 p.m.

Apple.

2009-10-05T19:41:00.005-05:00

Breakfast, 7:30 a.m.

Honey Nut Cheerios & light strawberry banana yogurt.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.

Healthy Choice tuscan chicken. Meh...it was OK. Probably won't buy it again, though.

Snack, 2:30 p.m.

Granola bar.

Snack & Drinks, 4:15 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: A small order of cheese curds from the Log Cabin and a fuzzy navel. I met Psychology Prof Alicia at the Log Cabin, a restaurant/bar near our college, after school.

Dinner, 6:45 p.m.

Chicken noodle soup.

Snack, 8:45 p.m.

Apple...during Monday Night Football, the only time in history that I've tuned in for a game. But living in Wisconsin and being exposed to all the Favre-Packers-Vikings hype, how could I not? (I was not fully attentive, however; I was half paying attention to the game, half paying attention to Facebook, and half paying attention to the phone conversation I was having. That's too many halves...but...whatever.)

Drink, 10:00 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: Strawberry pina colada. Jon was at the bar with a friend watching the game, and he talked me into meeting them for the second half.

Snack, 11:45 p.m.

After getting home from the bar, Jon and I ate the leftover Texas Roadhouse bread. (Don't ask why we had so much...long story.) It's really yummy -- white bread with cinnamon butter. Tastes just like fresh cinnamon rolls. *Heaven.*

2009-10-04T19:34:00.002-05:00

Breakfast, 10:00 a.m.

Apple. Also, a few crackers.

Lunch, 1:00 p.m.

I stopped at a Subway somewhere near Wautoma (I think) on my way home from the Dells. This is a 6" turkey ham with lettuce and tomatoes, and pickles on the side. (They're hiding, I guess.) Also Doritos and a Diet Coke.

Dinner, 6:45 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: I owed my friend Kelly dinner for taking me to the airport this summer. She wanted to wait until the new Texas Roadhouse opened up in Sheboygan, and it just opened last week. We went on Sunday night, and it was surprisingly good. I'm not one for steak, but...yum. And reasonable! Three of us had steak and two of us had beer...for $41. Anyway, I had an 8 oz sirloin, a bowl of chili, applesauce, bread, and peanuts (because they have them on the table, kinda like Mexican places have chips and salsa). Yum.

2009-10-03T21:10:00.002-05:00

Breakfast, 10:15 a.m.

Light blueberry yogurt & Honey Nut Cheerios.

Lunch, 1:00 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: 2 McDonald's cheeseburgers and fries. I was on my way to the Dells to meet my family for a day at the Wilderness indoor water park.

Snacks, 4:00 p.m.

This is only a portion of the snack smorgasboard we had in our room. If memory serves, I had some of the Cheetos, a beef stick, and a packet of Gushers. Oh...and maybe some Gardettos, too. We were ravenous after a few hours of water park goodness.

Dinner, 10:00 p.m.

By the time we were done with the water park, and showering, and waiting for our pizza to arrive, it was just before 10:00. I had two slices of cheese pizza. It was really good...and with all the walking and swimming I did today, I think I deserved it. :)

2009-10-02T21:02:00.000-05:00

Breakfast, 7:30 a.m.

Light black cherry yogurt & Honey Nut Cheerios.

Lunch, 11:45 a.m.

Easy Mac, granola bar, & light strawberry yogurt.

Snack, 4:15 p.m.

A piece of fudge.

Dinner, 6:45 p.m.

There are three tacos there, but I only ate 2 and picked at the third a little. El Camino carryout is pretty much the best thing ever.

Snack, 1:00 a.m.

I was so full from dinner I didn't eat anything until 1:00 a.m. I have decided that Honecrisps are the best variety of apple, by the way. YUM.

2009-10-01T20:55:00.002-05:00

Breakfast, 9:00 a.m.

Light peach yogurt and Honey Nut Cheerios.

Lunch, 12:30 p.m.

Turkey sammitch, Baked sour cream & cheddar Ruffles, granola bar, and applesauce.

Snack, 5:15 p.m.

It's Jon's birthday. He prefers fudge to cake, so I always make him a pan for his birthday. I only had a small square of it. I love fudge, but it's so much better when my grandma makes it. Anyway, the Airhead is from the present Jon's mom mailed. She put a lot of candy in there, and he was kind enough to share. :)

Dinner, 8:00 p.m.

This is the "new" stuffed crust pizza from Pizza Hut, and it's not terribly good. It's what Jon wanted for his birthday dinner, though, so...yeah. (He's very easy to please.)

Snack, 10:30 p.m.

Honeycrisp apple. They're my new favorite apple variety.

2009-09-30T19:48:00.002-05:00

Breakfast, 7:30 a.m.

Honey Nut Cheerios & light blueberry yogurt.

Lunch, 11:45 a.m.

Turkey sandwich and Easy Mac.

Snack, 3:30 p.m.

Skittles.

Dinner, 5:00 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: I had dinner at school tonight. The freshman studies profs (that's me!) were invited to a pre-convocation dinner with the convo speaker, Kenneth Miller. We had chicken in some sort of cream sauce, wild rice, and boiled carrots. I ate a few carrots, but I hate cooked carrots so I mostly pushed them around on my plate. Oh yeah...I tried my best to eat some salad (no dressing), and dessert was apple pie.

Snack, 9:45 p.m.

Apple -- yummy.

Snack, 10:30 p.m.

I was still hungry after the apple, so I had some string cheese...and also a few spoonfuls of marshmallow creme while I was making Jon's birthday fudge.

2009-09-29T22:24:00.002-05:00

Breakfast, 9:00 a.m.

Honey Nut Cheerios and light strawberry yogurt.

Lunch, 12:30 p.m.

Microwaveable Hamburger Helper and a granola bar. (Getting a microwave for my office was both the best and worst decision I made. My lunches are hot now...and probably a lot worse for me, too.)

Snack, 3:30 p.m.

Snickers!

Dinner, 5:30 p.m.

Bowl of chili.

Snack, 9:15 p.m.

I ate the apple -- the popcorn was Jon's, but I had a little of it. (Less than 1/3 of the bag.)

2009-09-28T19:50:00.003-05:00

Breakfast, 7:30 a.m.

Light peach yogurt and Honey Nut Cheerios.

Lunch, 11:00 a.m.

Microwaveable strogranoff and a granola bar. (Side note: the stroganoff costs $1.79 at Wal-Mart, and $3.25 at Piggly Wiggly. Nuts. Same thing with Easy Mac. $.89 at Wal-Mart, $1.25 .)

Snack, 2:30 p.m.

Peanut M&Ms and Diet Mountain Dew.

Snack, 4:45 p.m.

Mandarin oranges.

Dinner, 7:00 p.m.

Chocolate milk, chili, and lots of crackers.

Snack, 10:30 p.m.

Frozen yogurt.

2009-09-27T19:41:00.002-05:00

Breakfast, 11:30 a.m.

Honey Nut Cheerios & light blueberry yogurt.

Snacks, all afternoon

Granola bar, Goldfish crackers, and string cheese.

Dinner, 7:00 p.m.

"Deb's" famous chili, and Saltines.

Snack, 10:00 p.m.

Too many peanut butter cookies.

I suck at this blog.

2009-09-26T22:09:00.008-05:00

Yeah...so...it's been a while. Again. I really need to get better about posting -- and taking pictures. After about a week of not updating, I sort of gave up on the photographing because the volume of backlog was getting to be too overwhelming.

Another Week's Worth of Food.

2009-09-12T21:52:00.011-05:00

I've gotten to be really bad about updating...but I'm even worse about photographing snacks. From these pictures, you'd think I didn't snack all that much...but...that's not the case. I eat a lot of granola bars and string cheese, yet there are very few photos of these things. Hmmm.

(In Sheboygan, they serve brats on what they call a "hard roll" rather than on a brat bun. I think it's incredibly weird, but all the restaurants and brat fries do it, so...)

2009-09-05T23:53:00.001-05:00

Breakfast, 11:00 a.m.

Honey Nut Cheerios and light strawberry banana yogurt.

Snack, 2:15 p.m.

Baked Ruffles.

Snack, 5:00 p.m.

String cheese.

Dinner, 6:30 p.m.

Mexican at El Camino -- 3 beef tacos, rice, and beans.

Drinks, 8:00 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: I had a Midori sour and an amaretto sour. Jon and I ran into my friend Psychology Prof Alicia and her kind-of-sort-of-sometimes boyfriend, Handyman Charlie, at the Mexican place. After dinner, the four of us went to the bar right by my apartment (and also within walking distance of Charlie's, oddly enough) for a few drinks.

Snack, 11:15 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: Granola bar.

2009-09-04T21:57:00.002-05:00

Breakfast, 7:15 a.m.

The usual.

Lunch, 11:45 a.m.

The Costco selection -- a turkey & cheddar sandwich, string cheese, applesauce, and Baked Doritos.

Snack, 4:15 p.m.

Blueberry pop tarts.

Dinner? Snack?, 7:00 p.m.
The chair of the Social Sciences Division held a "Welcome Back" party at his house, so I ate there. It was a potluck, so I had a lot of appetizers and desserts -- garlic bread with pesto sauce, marinated cheese, cream cheese fruit pie -- but no actual meal.

Dinner? Snack?, 12:15 a.m.

I didn't feel too swell after the party -- my stomach felt weird, probably from eating a lot of stuff that didn't mix well together. I tried eating a bowl of chicken soup before bed to calm my stomach, and it seemed to help.

2009-09-03T21:51:00.000-05:00

Breakfast, 8:45 a.m.

The usual.

Lunch, 12:30 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: Today was the college's opening convocation, and they fed us when it was over. I had a slice of roast beef, rice, mashed potatoes, a roll, and a cherry dessert of some sort.

Snack, 4:00 p.m.

Baked Lays. (Yes, Erin, I'm still using the Thomson Reader -- teach what you know, I say.)

Snack, 7:30 p.m.

Chocolate milk...very chocolaty.

Dinner, 9:00 p.m.

Stroganoff flavored "Healthy Helper" (Hamburger Helper with wheat pasta and less sodium, I believe) and some canned corn. I was not a member of the Clean Plate club tonight.

2009-09-02T18:19:00.002-05:00

Breakfast, 7:30 a.m.

One of the good things about my scheduled this semester is that I don't have an 8:00 class, so I don't have to eat breakfast at 6:30 anymore. Yay!

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.

As you can see, I opted for the Costco assortment today. That can be good sometimes. I'm just happy it doesn't have to be every day anymore.

Snack, 3:15 p.m.

Pop tarts.

Dinner, 5:30 p.m.

I came home yesterday to find that Jon had already taken care of dinner, via Papa John's. I had 3 pieces of pizza (Canadian bacon & mushroom).

Snack, 9:30 p.m.

Frozen yogurt, straight out of the carton...because I can.

Snack, 12:30 a.m.
NOT PICTURED: Jon was eating pretzels, so I had a handful right before bed.

2009-09-01T18:11:00.004-05:00

Breakfast, 9:00 a.m.

Peanut butter on wheat toast and light mixed berry yogurt.

Lunch, 12:30 p.m.

Easy Mac. Buying a cheapo office microwave was a good investment -- now I don't have to waste half of my lunch hour running up to the 3rd floor, waiting for the microwave in the faculty lounge to become available, and getting sucked into conversations if I want to have hot food. Nor do I have to feel trapped into bringing the same assortment of Costco crap every day.

Snack, 3:45 p.m.

Twix!

Snack, 5:30 p.m.

Peanut butter chocolate chip granola bar.

Dinner, 7:30 p.m.

We decided to try dinner at Judi's, a place I'd heard a lot about. Yeah...not too impressed. Anyway, I had popcorn shrimp...which came with bread, a baked potato, a cup of soup, and a salad. It's the kind of place my dad's cousin Glenn would like: lots of food for cheap, never mind that the food isn't particularly good.

Snack, 11:00 p.m.

Frozen yogurt -- yum.

Some Eatin'.

2009-08-31T20:01:00.011-05:00

School started today, which meant that last few weeks have been a blur of meetings, faculty workshops, employee picnics, student welcome activities, school-mandated volunteering (doesn't that defeat the purpose?), syllabi writing, and all that good stuff that happens as professors scramble to be ready for the school year. Also, a lot of my eating isn't recorded here due to the immense amount of feeding that occurred at these college-sponsored functions.

2009-08-20T21:56:00.003-05:00

Breakfast, 12:15 p.m.

Peanut butter on wheat toast and light mixed berry yogurt.

Snack, 2:45 p.m.

Blueberry Special K bar.

Snack, 6:15 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: A single-serving bag of Baked Lays.

Dinner, 8:30 p.m.

2 ears of sweet corn (with lots of butter and a little salt) and a boneless pork chop cooked in cream of mushroom soup.

Snack, 1:15 a.m.

Aprox. 1/3 pint of frozen blueberries.

Beverage, 2:30 a.m.

A glass of Kungfu Girl. Jon got this riesling on the cheap. I don't really like wine, but this was palatable...whatever that means.

2009-08-19T19:53:00.001-05:00

Breakfast, 12:15 p.m.

Light blueberry yogurt and Honey Nut Cheerios.

Snack, 3:00 p.m.

Blueberry Muffin flavored Pop Tarts. They're not bad, but I wouldn't say they're good either. My advice is to stick with good old fashioned blueberry.

Dinner, 7:00 p.m.

Mmmmm -- El Camino. I had the taco plate, which is 3 beef hard shell tacos, rice, and beans.

Snack, 10:00

The last of the Cold Stone mango strawberry banana sorbet, leftover from before the AK trip. It was about 1/3 of a pint.

Snack, 1:30 a.m.

Trail mix.

I've Been Neglectful.

2009-08-11T14:15:00.011-05:00

Since the Door County trip, life has been eventful. I went from Door County immediately to Madison for childhood friend Vanessa's wedding. Then I was home for just two days before my cousins came and we went to the State Fair and the Milwaukee Zoo. Then I started preparing for my upcoming trip to Alaska. (Yes, the second one this summer -- I leave tomorrow.) This time, though, instead of going to Anchorage and Homer, I'm going to be in Fairbanks and Valdez -- Jon's sister is getting married on Saturday.

I'm missing a lot of photos from the foods I've eaten in the past two weeks, but this is a pretty representative sample. (In other words, I've been eating crap.) They are not necessarily in chronological order. Also: I most likely will not post again until I return from Alaska, unless I've got a wireless connection -- which I don't anticipate, so hold tight. I'll be back Wednesday, the 19th.

Door County, Day 5

2009-07-29T00:37:00.003-05:00

Breakfast, 9:45 a.m.

A bowl of cereal.

Lunch, 1:30 p.m.

A pouch of Easy Mac. It's not as good as I remembered from my college days.

Snacks, afternoon

More candy. Bad Sig.

Dinner, 5:45 p.m.

Big Lare took us out to Sister Bay Bowl before we went over to the Peninsula Players for an evening of exquisite theatre. I had the "lite" portion of shrimp (meaning 5 instead of 8). Also a baked potato, and cottage cheese & peaches (instead of a salad). Yum.

Snack, 11:00 p.m.

I finished off the Turtle Sundae. As you can see, there wasn't a whole lot left.

Door County, Day 4

2009-07-28T01:05:00.008-05:00

Breakfast, 9:30 a.m.

A bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Nothing like sugar for breakfast...

Lunch, 12:30 p.m.

Big Lare and I had chili and cheese curds at Mike's Port Pub. This is my favorite chili in the whole world.

Snack, 4:00 p.m.

Little Susan and I were in Sister Bay because she wanted to go to Tannenbaum...and since Tannenbaum is right across the street from the ice cream factory, we stopped by. I had a kid-sized scoop of Blue Moon. Little Susan refrained because she didn't want to spoil her dinner...but she did buy a pint for later. :)

Dinner, 5:30 p.m.

Chicken breast, hashbrowns, and toast. Also, blueberries and canteloupe (not pictured).

Snacks, afternoon & evening

I really need more self control. Having snacks just sitting on the table is dangerous. If it's in front of me, I eat it. That needs to stop.

Snack, 10:00 p.m.

Little Susan busted out her pint of Turtle Sundae and we each had a small dish. I'd say it was roughly the equivalent of a kid's cone, or maybe a little bigger...but definitely not as much cream as if I'd walked into the store and ordered a single scoop.

...and just for fun, here's a shot of the New Kids on the Block doll I found at a flea market today. It's Danny in all his mulleted glory. You can't see from this shoddy cell phone picture, unfortunately, but he's even got a long flowing rat tail! It's hot.

Door County, Day 3

2009-07-27T22:36:00.003-05:00

Breakfast, 10:15 a.m.

A bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch...dry.

Snack, 1:45 p.m.

Cherry gelato from Double Delites (the place that used to be The Chocolate Chicken). It was kinda spendy, but Big Lare was hankering for ice cream.

Snack, 4:00 p.m.

Twix bar. I also had a few Wheat Thins, but I forgot to take a picture. I was starving after taking a long walk on the "beach." I say "beach" because most of the beach was under water, so it was more like wading than walking.

Dinner, 5:45 p.m.

Brat, potatoes, and fruit (blueberries and canteloupe).

Snack, 9:00 p.m.

A hunk of Milk Chocolate Toffee from the Confectionery. Yum.

Door County, Day 2

2009-07-26T23:18:00.007-05:00

Breakfast, 10:30 a.m.

Big Lare took me to the Sandpiper for breakfast. I had ham and an order of hashbrowns.

Snack, 2:30 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: I stopped by the Door County Ice Cream Factory and had a single scoop of my favorite flavor, Harley Davidson -- orange ice cream with chocolate chips.

Snack, 5:30 p.m.

My mom and I found these at Walgreens. I had a few, but I thought they were nasty. She liked them and ate most of the bag -- she said they taste like Almond Joy.

Dinner, 6:30 p.m.

Roast, boiled potatoes, wax beans, and toast. I also had a few cherries.

Snack, evening

I spent the evening playing Rummikub with my parents...which necessitated sitting at the table. And there were snacks on the table -- yogurt-covered raisins and a candy dish.

Door County, Day 1

2009-07-25T23:15:00.004-05:00

Breakfast, 11:30 a.m.

Glazed donut -- a gas station Krispy Kreme.

Snacks, afternoon & evening

My mom has this habit of leaving bowls of candy on the table when we're in Door County...and since I was sitting around with nothing to do, I ate some. A lot, to be honest.

Dinner, 6:45 p.m.

Hamburger and corn on the cob. We didn't have a pot big enough to boil the corn in so we had to break it into halves. I had 3 half-cobs.

Snack, 9:45 p.m.

Cherries. Yum.

2009-07-23T16:25:00.006-05:00

Breakfast, 11:30 a.m.

Light raspberry yogurt & Banana Nut Cheerios.

Snack, 2:00 p.m.

Cherry pop tarts.

Dinner, 5:00 p.m.

Ravioli carbonara & corn (canned).

Snack, 8:15 p.m.

The last of the Banana Nut Cheerios.

Snack, 11:30 p.m.

Tortilla chips & nacho cheese.

2009-07-22T16:20:00.002-05:00

Breakfast, 11:30 a.m.

Light strawberry yogurt and Banana Nut Cheerios.

Snack, 1:30 p.m.

Banana.

Dinner, 4:45 p.m.

Lunch-sized portion of chicken fettuccine alfredo (still didn't finish it), and 2 dinner rolls. (Jon didn't want his.)

Snack, 11:15 p.m.

Vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup.

Snack, 1:30 a.m.

Light string cheese.

2009-07-21T16:15:00.003-05:00

Brunch, 12:00 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: I met Kelly for lunch at El Camino. I had 2 beef tacos (hard shell), rice, and beans.

Snack, 3:30 p.m.

Light mixed berry yogurt.

Snack, 7:45 p.m.

Chocolate chip cookie.

Dinner, 9:00 p.m.

Nachos -- just chips, cheese, and hamburger.

Snack, 12:30 a.m.

Jon and I split these blackberries.

2009-07-20T15:49:00.001-05:00

Breakfast, 12:00 p.m.

Light raspberry yogurt & Banana Nut Cheerios.

Snack, 4:15 p.m.

I had a work meeting in the afternoon. The plan was to pick Jon up after a meeting and head to Costco, and eat lunch/dinner at Costco. I was so hungry after the meeting -- which lasted longer than expected -- that I made Jon bring me a snack to eat in the car on the way. (Costco is a half hour drive from our place.)

Lunch/Dinner, 5:30 p.m.

Chicken bake & a berry smoothie. When did they stop serving chicken bakes in the foil wrapper? They're way too messy this way...

Snacks, 8:30 p.m.

You can't come home from Costco and not sample the fare...so I had a banana and a chocolate chip cookie. (Hey, we had a coupon. All those cookies only cost about $4...and they're Jon's. He'll eat about 80% of them.)

Snack, 1:30 a.m.

We popped in Slumdog Millionaire before bed -- Jon hadn't seen it yet -- and you can't have a movie without popcorn. We split a bag of microwave popcorn...it wasn't the super healthy cardboard-tasting kind, but it wasn't the gooey extra butter kind either. Just the standard stuff.

2009-07-19T15:17:00.002-05:00

I spent the unphotographed days in Washington, D.C. doing some research at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum with Jillian. It was an amazing trip, and despite eating really bad-for-me restaurant food every day, I lost a few pounds from all the sweating and walking.

Breakfast, 11:45 a.m.

Light blueberry yogurt and Banana Nut Cheerios. I decided to be adventurous and buy some "exotic" cereal, but I shouldn't have wasted the money. I could get 3x the Honey Nut Cheerios at Costco for the same price, AND they taste better. The Banana Nut isn't bad...it just isn't good, either.

Lunch, 5:00 p.m.

I was out and about doing errands, and in the middle of picking out some wedding jewelry at Kohl's I all of a sudden felt like I was going to pass out, and then I realized, "Wow, I'm really hungry." Taco Bell was right next door, so... Anyway, I had 2 beef tacos and a Cinnamon Twist.

Snack, 7:30 p.m.

I expected there to be a lot more Skittles in a box this big. It was actually only the equivalent of maybe a pack and a half.

Dinner, 11:00 p.m.

So...whenever I have hot breakfast food at home, it's always for dinner. I'm not sure why that is. I guess because I'm too lazy to cook in the morning, but I have an affinity for bacon.

2009-07-11T00:30:00.002-05:00

Breakfast, 11:30 a.m.

Blueberry muffins (they're small) and light raspberry yogurt.

Snack, 3:15 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: half of a cinnamon roll from Amanda Senn's pantry. It was pretty yummy.

Lunch/Dinner, 5:00

Today was "Brewers Game with Amanda Senn & Jillian" day. I grazed on baby carrots and various types of chips during much of the tailgating, then had a brat, more chips, and a beer for dinner.

Snacks, evening
NOT PICTURED: I had a bag of cotton candy and a margarita during the game, and a bunch of peanuts (in the shell!) after.

2009-07-10T00:10:00.004-05:00

Breakfast, 12:15 p.m.

Light raspberry yogurt & a banana.

Lunch, 4:00 p.m.

Mac-n-cheese. The Sponge Bob kind. Jillian's right...the shapes are way better than the plain old noodles.

Snack, 7:30 p.m.

Strawberried Peanut Butter M&Ms. I split these with Jon...they were a curiosity purchase, and not a worthwhile one. One question: When did "strawberried" become a word?

Dinner, 10:30 p.m.

3 pieces of frozen pizza.

Snack, 11:00 p.m.

While the oven was warm from the pizza, I figured I may as well bake some cookies. They're peanut butter cookies with peanut butter cup chunks...very good. I ate one and a half.

Snack, 11:30 p.m.

...and then I remembered there were eggs in the fridge that needed to be used up, so I whipped up some muffins. I was freaking Betty Crocker tonight! But why not? The oven was already heated... I didn't actually eat any of the muffins, but I did eat the leftover batter. It was probably an entire muffin's worth, so I may as well have eaten one.

2009-07-09T18:19:00.004-05:00

Breakfast, 9:45 a.m.

Honey nut Cheerios & light strawberry banana yogurt.

Lunch, 12:30 p.m.

I met my mom, sister, aunt, and cousin in Appleton for a day of hardcore shopping at the Fox River Mall. It's probably been 10 years since I shopped there. Anyway...we had food court for lunch. Oh? And, note to self -- your students are everywhere, even at the mall in Appleton. Weird.

Snack, 4:00 p.m.

Still at the mall. This is half wildberry sorbet and half strawberry-banana-mango sorbet. Very, very yummy. It's the medium size, whatever weird name they call it.

Dinner, 9:00 p.m.

For the first time in ages, I actually cooked...if throwing some stuff in the oven for an hour can be considered cooking. Anyway, this is just chicken breast, au gratin potatoes (from a box), and wax beans (from a can). It was really good.

Snack, 12:30 a.m.

A packet of peaches & cream oatmeal...dry. Because I'm weird like that.

2009-07-08T20:50:00.003-05:00

Breakfast, 12:45 p.m.

Light black cherry yogurt and honey nut Cheerios.

Snack, 3:45 p.m.

Two slices of Salami cheese. I forgot I had this stuff...yum.

Lunch, 4:30 p.m.

Leftover Stouffer's alfredo.

Snack, 6:30 p.m.

Caramel apple sucker.

Dinner, 10:15 p.m.

White rice with salt and butter.

2009-07-07T22:47:00.002-05:00

Breakfast, 12:00 p.m.

Light raspberry yogurt & honey nut Cheerios.

Snack, 3:00 p.m.

Wild berry pop tarts.

Dinner, 7:45 p.m.

Pizza Hut! We had an order of breadsticks and stuffed crust pizza. I had 2 slices of the half with Canadian bacon.

There must have been other snacks during the day, but I can't remember what they were or when I ate them. Or maybe not...I did spend a good portion of the day running errands and blowing my nose from allergies. So...I don't know. This is what I got pictures of. :)

2009-07-06T22:39:00.002-05:00

Breakfast, 11:30 a.m.

Light mixed berry yogurt & honey nut Cheerios.

Snack, 3:15 p.m.

String cheese.

Snack, 4:45 p.m.

Whoppers. Yum. They were on sale at the grocery store where I do my banking...

Lunch (?), 6:30 p.m.

Shrimp & french fries from Al &Al's -- the tavern side, not the dining room. (Also: Is this really lunch? It was my second meal of the day, but it was in the evening...)

Dinner, 11:45 p.m.

Campbell's vegetable beef soup.

2009-07-05T19:28:00.012-05:00

FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND

Thursday, July 2
Breakfast, 12:30 p.m.

Krispy Kreme maple bar. I picked it up at the gas station on my way out of town. I spent the weekend in western Wisconsin visiting family. It was a busy weekend -- a family reunion and a wedding.

Snack, 2:00 p.m.

More gas station food...

Dinner, 6:00 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: a cheese enchilada, 2 chicken tacos, rice, and beans. I went out for Mexican with my sister, mom, aunt, and cousin.

Snack, 1:00 a.m.
NOT PICTURED: 3 slices of frozen pizza. I can't tell you why, but Ingie and I always end up making pizza in the middle of the night when we're at our parents' house.

Friday, July 3
Breakfast, 9:30 a.m.

Light strawberry yogurt.

Snack, 12:30 p.m.

A homemade blueberry muffin. I love going to grandma's -- lots of good eating.

Lunch, 1:15 p.m.

I went out to The Rainbow with my mom, sister, and grandma. Grandma always has lots of baked goods at her house, but never anything to eat for a meal. I had a grilled ham and cheese sandwich and fries.

Dinner, 7:00 p.m.

OK...not the healthiest day ever, but whenever I'm in Blair with my sister and cousins, we go to the rootbeer stand (a.k.a. A&W). It's just what we do. In addition to the burger, I also had half of a peanut butter cup flurry. I shouldn't have, but...it was so good.

Snack, 11:30 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: A package of tropical skittles. My cousin and I went on a contact solution and beer run to the gas station after the fireworks (yes, fireworks on the 3rd...whatever), and ended up with snacks.

Saturday, July 4
Breakfast, 10:00 p.m.

Blueberry muffin.

Lunch, 12:00 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: Lunch at the family reunion. I had a sloppy joe, potato chips, and...fruit salad? I can't remember for sure.

Dinner, 6:00 p.m.

Wedding food! Beet root salad (I didn't eat much of it), the best pork ever, and wedding cake. I also had a beef shishkebob as an appetizer. This was by far the best wedding food I've ever had in my life.

Snack, 12:45 a.m.
NOT PICTURED: Cheese popcorn.

Sunday, July 5
Brunch, 12:30 p.m.

My cousin's mom is nuts. On the day after her son's wedding, she had 20+ people at her house for the gift opening, and she made a gigantic meal. She got home from the wedding at 1:30 a.m., mopped the kitchen floor, and then got up at 7:00 a.m. to cook -- and then she apologized profusely for the plastic silverware and styrofoam plates. Anyway, I had meatballs, cheesy mashed potatoes, baked beans, fruit salad, and lefse. I also had a really yummy peanut butter dessert that's not pictured here.

Dinner, 9:00 p.m.

Stouffer's chicken alfredo. I got stuck in 4th of July traffic on the way home, so the drive (normally 4 hours) took almost 6. I was starving by the time I got home, and Jon -- good boyfriend that he is -- had dinner waiting.

2009-07-01T20:31:00.005-05:00

Breakfast, 10:30 a.m.

Light mixed berry yogurt & peanut butter on wheat toast.

Lunch, 1:45 p.m.

The last of the leftover goulash.

Snack, 5:00 p.m.

Wildberry pop tart. They come 2 to a package...Jon had the other one.

Snack, 6:30 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: string cheese.

Dinner, 8:45 p.m.

Tacos -- the American kind :) -- and rice.

Snack, 11:30 p.m.

Caramel Apple Sucker.

Beverage, 12:30 a.m.

"Special" hot chocolate.

2009-06-30T20:24:00.001-05:00

Breakfast, 11:15 a.m.

Light strawberry banana yogurt and peanut butter on wheat toast.

Snack, 1:45 p.m.

Vanilla Special K bar.

Lunch, 3:30 p.m.

Leftover goulash.

Snack, 7:00 p.m.

Light string cheese.

Dinner, 8:45 p.m.

1/2 of a sausage & pepperoni frozen pizza. I burned it (oven was turned up too high on accident), so I didn't eat all of the crust. The edges were just too crispy.

Snack, 11:45 p.m.

Vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup. Mmmm.

2009-06-29T02:56:00.003-05:00

Breakfast, 11:45 a.m.

Donut and light mixed berry yogurt. Not the healthiest, I know...Jon bought donuts when we were at the grocery yesterday.

Snack, 2:30 p.m.

Goldfish crackers.

Dinner, 6:15 p.m.

Those are tacos. I know...they don't look like tacos, right? I'd been craving Mexican all day but my car was in the shop so we couldn't go to the Mexican place we usually go to. There's another Mexican restaurant within walking distance of our house, but I've never gone in because the booths look like McDonald's booths and it just doesn't look very inviting. Anyway, I *really* wanted Mexican so we decided to venture down to Guadalajara despite my misgivings about the atmosphere. The food was OK, but I don't think I'll be going back. Thing is, they serve authentic Mexican there...and I'm a Midwesterner, so I prefer the Americanized stuff. Nothing against Guadalajara, it's just not my [lame American] style.

Snack, 9:30 p.m.

Caramel apple pop. I tried the Sherry Simpson strategy of eating a sucker while writing, but unfortunately it didn't do any miracles for me. I wrote about 2 sentences in 2 hours. No good.

Snack, 1:30 a.m.

Jon and I split these strawberries. Yum.

2009-06-28T14:51:00.004-05:00

Breakfast, 12:00 p.m.

Banana & light strawberry banana yogurt

Snack, 2:00 p.m.

Wildberry pop tarts.

Snack, 4:30 p.m.

Goldfish crackers.

Snack, 8:45 p.m.

Good & Plenty. I inherited my love of black licorice from my grandpa. This snack came about because Jon and I started to make dinner and realized that our onions had gone bad, so we needed to make an emergency trip to the grocery store. We were there a long time because our grocery list was pretty long, so I was ravenous by the time we got to the checkout line...and then we still had to cook...so...yeah.

Dinner, 9:30 p.m.

Goulash.

Snack, 1:30 a.m.

Salami cheese.

2009-06-27T17:26:00.002-05:00

Breakfast, 11:30 a.m.

Banana and light black cherry yogurt.

Snack, 3:15 p.m.

Wild berry pop tarts.

Dinner, 7:00 p.m.

Cheese ravioli & sliced new potatoes (fried in butter & pepper)

Snack, 9:30 p.m.

1/2 pint of ice cream.

Snack, 12:30 a.m.

Apple.

2009-06-26T17:22:00.003-05:00

Breakfast, 12:00 p.m.

Light strawberry yogurt and a banana.

Lunch, 3:45 p.m.

Rice-a-roni.

Snack, 5:30 p.m.

Pretzels.

Snack, 6:15 p.m.

2 slices of salami cheese.

Dinner, 9:30 p.m.

Spaghetti w/grated Parmesan cheese.

Snack, 12:30 a.m.

Apple.

2009-06-25T21:16:00.003-05:00

Breakfast, 12:45 p.m.

Banana and light raspberry yogurt.

Lunch, 4:15 p.m.

Turkey sub (turkey, cheese, lettuce, tomato), Cheetos, & Diet Coke mixed w/Cherry Coke.

Snack, 6:30 p.m.

Wild berry pop tarts.

Dinner, 10:30 p.m.

3 slices of frozen pizza (pepperoni & sausage).

Snack, 12:15 a.m.

1/2 pint of ice cream.

2009-06-24T12:30:00.004-05:00

Breakfast, 12:30 p.m.

Light mixed berry yogurt and peanut butter on wheat toast.

Lunch, 3:15 p.m.

Frozen lasagna.

Snack, 5:30 p.m.

Banana.

Snack, 6:15 p.m.

Slice of salami cheese.

Snack, 10:00 p.m.

Blueberry Pop Tarts.

Dinner, 11:30 p.m.

Rice. It was too hot to turn the oven on...and that's a big part of the reason why I ate so many snacks before dinner. I could not find the motivation to cook anything. I wish running the central air was free...

Snack, 1:30 a.m.

Caramel apple sucker. Sherry bought a bag of these on our way back to Anchorage from Homer after the writers conference, and she gave me a bunch before she dropped me off.

2009-06-23T18:21:00.003-05:00

Breakfast, 12:30 p.m.

Light blueberry yogurt and peanut butter on wheat toast.

Lunch, 3:00 p.m.

Spaghetti-O's.

Snack, 5:30 p.m.

Apple.

Dinner, 8:45 p.m.

Leftover fettuccine alfredo.

Snack, 11:00 p.m.

A slice of salami cheese.

Snack, 2:15 a.m.

Blackberries. I shared these with Jon.

Alaska Eatin'

2009-06-22T18:13:00.000-05:00

I spent the last two weeks in Alaska. I went up for the Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference and stayed to visit friends. I took a lot of photos in Alaska, but very few of them were of food. The summary version of my eating is that I barely snacked at all, but my meals were, on the whole, not healthy. I had two of the things I've been craving since I left (Milano's, Moose's Tooth, and La Mex), but didn't have an opportunity for others (Arctic Roadrunner, Bear's Tooth, and chicken cordon bleu balls from the Blue Fox). Anyway, for what it's worth, here are the pitifully few photos I took:

2009-06-06T23:16:00.006-05:00

I'm on my dad's computer, and Blogger is being weird. It won't let me rearrange the pictures -- whenever I try to move them around, they disappear completely. So...they're out of order, because I'm sick of re-uploading. Screw it.

Snack, Afternoon

I had a few of my mom's home-made chocolate chip cookies. They're pretty small because Big Lare is diabetic and can't handle too much sugar. If the cookies are small, he can still eat them without getting his blood sugar too screwey.

Snack, 3:30 & 9:00 p.m.

I took Jon to the cheese factory today. We bought fresh cheese curds (not pictured) -- the warm squeaky kind -- and ate those in the afternoon. Then we ate the nibbler bag in the evening.

Breakfast, 10:00 a.m.

Peanut butter on wheat toast and light raspberry yogurt.

Dinner, 6:15 p.m.

Brat and fried potatoes. Also (but not pictured), some sort of cherry orange salad with a cottage cheese base. It was really good, but I have no idea what to call it.

2009-06-05T16:02:00.004-05:00

Breakfast, 12:45 p.m.

Peanut butter on wheat toast and light mixed berry yogurt.

Snack, 3:30 p.m.

Blueberry cereal bar. I was still hungry, so I also had a small bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios (no milk).

Dinner, 8:30 p.m.

Frozen pizza (sausage & mushroom).

Snack, 12:30 a.m.

Light raspberry yogurt.

2009-06-04T15:53:00.005-05:00

Breakfast, 1:00 p.m.

God, I love summer -- breakfast at 1:00 p.m. is divine.

Lunch, 3:30 p.m.

Leftover shrimp alfredo from Chili's, and a glass of cranberry juice.

Snack, 6:30 p.m.

Cherry pop tarts.

Dinner, 9:00 p.m.

Tacos and Mexican Rice (the Rice-a-Roni kind). Oh -- and a Sobe. They were on sale.

Snack, 1:30 a.m.

Cherries in bed while watching Beavis & Butt-Head reruns. Also on sale -- the fruit, not the show.

Another Food Photo Dump.

2009-06-03T20:47:00.006-05:00

So...I've once again been neglectful. This is a pattern with me, it seems. Here's the last week or so in food -- what I remembered to photograph, at least:

2009-05-27T00:22:00.005-05:00

Breakfast, 12:15 p.m.

Banana and peanut butter on wheat toast.

Snack, 2:15 p.m.

Goldfish crackers.

Dinner, 5:30 p.m.

We discovered a new restaurant -- Antoinette's, in Plymouth. We had beer-battered fried cheese curds as an appetizer (quite possibly the best fried cheese I've ever had, including the curds at Cheese Fest), and then I had fettuccine Alfredo w/shrimp as my meal. Super good. I am pleased.

Snack, 11:30 p.m.

Chips and salsa.

Snack, 2:00 a.m.

Cottage cheese. I realize 2:00 a.m. is a bit late to be having snacks, but I was up until almost 5, so...

2009-05-26T23:08:00.003-05:00

Breakfast, 12:15 p.m.

Light banana cream pie yogurt and Honey Nut Cheerios.

Snack, 3:30 p.m.

Goldfish crackers.

Snack, 5:45 p.m.

Banana.

Dinner, 7:30 p.m.

Cheese ravioli and [canned] mushrooms.

Snack, 10:15 p.m.

The milk was on the verge of expiring, so I figured a chocolate malt would be a good way to use it up. Yum.

2009-05-25T23:01:00.001-05:00

Breakfast, 11:45 a.m.

Light strawberry banana yogurt and peanut butter on wheat toast.

Lunch, 2:30 p.m.

A slice of Sam's Club take-n-bake pizza.

Dinner, 6:30 p.m.

Exercise Scientist Kelly invited us over for a Memorial Day cookout. I had a brat and potato chips for dinner.

Snack, 7:30 p.m.

What's a Memorial Day cookout without S'mores, right? I had one S'more, plus several additional roasted marshmallows, graham cracker pieces, and chocolate squares.

2009-05-24T22:57:00.002-05:00

Breakfast, 12:00 p.m.

The usual.

Lunch, 1:30 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: I went over to Exercise Scientist Kelly's house to help her plant her garden. We had Subway for lunch -- I had a 6" oven roasted chicken sub on wheat bread, and Doritos.

Snack, 5:00 p.m.

Blueberry oatmeal -- dry.

Dinner, 9:30 p.m.

Hamburger hotdish. It looks awful, but it's actually quite tasty. (And quite Midwestern.)

Snack, 12:30 a.m.

Blue Moon ice cream sandwich.

2009-05-23T22:44:00.000-05:00

Breakfast, 11:30 a.m.

Light blueberry yogurt and Honey Nut Cheerios.

Lunch, 2:00 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: I met Exercise Scientist Kelly at the greenhouse to buy plants for her yard and my balcony. We went out for Mexican after the greenhouse. Yum.

Dinner, 8:00 p.m.

Frozen pizza.

Snack, 11:45 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: Baked Lays (I think).

2009-05-22T22:35:00.002-05:00

Breakfast, 7:15 a.m.

Peanut butter on wheat toast and light peach yogurt.

Lunch, 12:00 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: It was the last day of school, and I had a "New Faculty Luncheon" to attend. We went through the cafeteria line, but I don't remember what they were serving...I remember a slice of watermelon, an oatmeal raisin cookie, and a dish of cottage cheese...and maybe some sort of noodley casserole something or other?

Snack, 5:30 p.m.

Goldfish crackers.

Dinner, 8:00 p.m.

Stouffer's chicken alfredo. So good, so bad for me.

Snack, 11:30 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: Baked Doritos.

2009-05-21T22:29:00.003-05:00

Breakfast, 7:15 a.m.

Just yogurt today...because I brought my students breakfast (muffins & juice) as a reward for pulling off an amazing poetry reading. So I had a second breakfast -- a chocolate chip muffin and a glass of OJ -- at 8:30.

Lunch, 12:00 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: It was faculty meeting day, which meant that the college fed me soup and salad for lunch...and also bread sticks and cookies.

Snack, 3:30 p.m.

Licorice!

Dinner, 6:45 p.m.

Last of the sloppy Joes.

Snack, 10:45 p.m.

I forgot that I had made pudding -- it was a pleasant surprise.

2009-05-20T22:22:00.003-05:00

Breakfast, 7:15 a.m.

Light banana cream yogurt and peanut butter on wheat toast.

Lunch, 11:45 a.m.

The usual.

Snack, 5:00 p.m.

Peaches & Berries Special K bar.

Dinner, 9:00 p.m.

Dinner was really late because my poetry class hosted a Favorite Poem Reading on campus at 7:00...which meant I didn't get home until late. The reading went so smoothly I could have sworn I was dreaming -- hooray! It was too late to actually prepare some dinner, so I just picked up Taco Bell on the way home.

2009-05-19T22:17:00.003-05:00

Breakfast, 7:15 a.m.

The usual.

Lunch, 11:45 p.m.

Also the usual.

Dinner, 6:30 p.m.

Leftovers! (Plus chips and cranberry juice.)

Snack, 11:00 p.m.

Pistachio pudding -- I only ate a little bit of it.

2009-05-18T21:56:00.002-05:00

Breakfast, 7:15 a.m.

Light peach yogurt and peanut butter on wheat toast.

Lunch, 11:45 a.m.

Turkey sandwich, Baked Doritos, blueberry cereal bar, applesauce, and string cheese.

Snack, 5:30 p.m. (and also the most unflattering photo ever)

I have avoided the donut aisle at the grocery store for...I think since moving to Sheboygan. I caved today, though. Jon wandered in, and I wandered after him. Unfortunately, there's no explanation (or excuse) for the not-at-all-sexy, double-chin, donut-in-the-car photo.

Dinner, 8:30 p.m.

Tacos and rice. Very effortless, very yummy.

2009-05-17T19:20:00.003-05:00

Breakfast, 10:30 a.m.

Light blueberry yogurt and Honey Nut Cheerios.

Lunch (Dinner?), 5:45 p.m.

Two Sloppy Joes (smallest buns ever!), wax beans (yes, canned), and Baked Lays. This looks like a lot of chips, but it's really not...I just dumped one of those individual-serving bags onto the plate because it looked really empty without the chips.

Snack, 7:15 p.m.

Cherry pop tarts...er...toaster pastries. I suppose that only the name-brand kind can rightfully be called pop tarts.

Snack, 9:15 p.m.

Yum.

Yet another Snack, 11:30 p.m.

Jon pointed out that the blackberries were on the verge of going bad...so we ate them.

2009-05-16T19:13:00.002-05:00

Breakfast, 11:15 a.m.

Light peach yogurt & Honey Nut Cheerios. (No milk.)

Lunch, 2:45 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: Psychology Alicia called because she was having a crisis. After an hour, we decided to meet up at El Camino for a late lunch. I had the taco plate -- 2 beef tacos (hard shell), rice, and beans.

Snack, 6:15 p.m.

Honey wheat pretzels.

Snack, 8:45 p.m.

I wasn't hungry, but I really wanted some sherbet. I didn't eat very much of it.

Dinner, 11:30 p.m.

I finally got hungry after Jon got home from work. I microwaved a lasagna. (One of the individual-sized ones, not one of the entree-sized ones!)

2009-05-15T19:03:00.002-05:00

Breakfast, 7:15 a.m.

The usual.

Lunch, 12:30 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: I had lunch with writing prof Nate. We went to the cafeteria (yuck), so I picked at some nasty soup, a tuna melt, and scalloped potatoes. I didn't eat much of anything. The cookie (oatmeal M&M) was the only thing I finished.

Snack, 4:15 p.m.

Cherry pop tarts.

Snack, 7:30 p.m.
Package of Goldfish crackers. I was in the middle of grading, so I didn't make dinner even though I probably should have.

Dinner, 9:30 p.m.

Norwegians love white foods: lefse, fish (lutefisk!), mashed potatoes... While others may look at this plate and see bland food, I think, "Yum!" It's cheese ravioli and sliced new potatoes. Mmmm.

2009-05-14T17:45:00.007-05:00

Breakfast, 7:15 a.m.

Light peach yogurt and peanut butter on wheat toast.

Lunch, 12:30 p.m.

Grilled ham & cheese, fries, and Diet Pepsi. This is actually an old picture -- for once, I didn't eat lunch in my office. May Term is less meeting-filled, and also all the classes are scheduled during the same time slot, so it's actually possible to meet up with folks for lunch! Thus, I ate at the grill with Criminal Justice Prof Katie and Exercise Science Prof Kelly today (as opposed to bringing a carryout order back to my office). I forgot to whip out my cell phone and take a picture, though, so I'm recycling.

Dinner, 6:15 p.m.

I got home from school after lesson planning for way too long, and gobbled down half a frozen pizza before running off to Milwaukee to collect the parents from the airport. They were returning from a little jaunt to Prague to visit my sister, complete with side trip to Greece. I am so, so, so jealous.

Snack, 9:15 p.m.

Big Lare likes Europe, but Big Lare does not like European food. He was starving after something like 19 hours of airplanes and airport and wanted to stop for cheeseburgers on the way home (you can see his nice American burger in the background). I just got ice cream (with blackberries!). Oh, and a glass of water. My poor mother...she practically fell asleep at the table. I think Little Susan was irritated with Big Lare's cheeseburger hankering and just wanted to go to bed.

2009-05-13T17:40:00.002-05:00

Breakfast, 7:15 a.m.

Peanut butter on wheat toast and light strawberry yogurt.

Lunch, 11:45 a.m.

The usual assortment of crap that comes in bulk at Costco. (Including the sandwich meat and the cheese!)

Snack, 4:30 p.m.

I hate prepared oatmeal but love to eat the fruit flavored stuff directly out of the package as a snack. I'm very weird that way -- I don't put milk on my cereal either.

Dinner, 9:30 p.m.
I forgot to take a picture, but dinner was a can of Spaghetti O's. Partly this was for nostalgia purposes (oddly, for college -- not childhood), and partly this was because I was so beat from preparing for tomorrow's three hour May Term entertainment bonanza (uh...I mean, class) that even having to slice a frozen pizza seemed like a lot of work.