Birthday Dinner

I ate dinner at work so that we wouldn't have to do any cooking or cleaning.  I had a veggie burger with cheese, lettuce, onion, and tomato.  A few French fries, a tomato and basil grilled cheese sandwich, some hominy casserole, and some squash.  Yum!  It was way too much food though.


Back home, my friends surprised me with some cake.  I had a piece, which was tasty, but again, I had way too much to eat.

Low Entropy Lunch

My lunch today was very organized. I had some vegan enchiladas with sweet potato, tofu, and pineapple that were fabulous. I also had two miniature tuna melts, one with provolone cheese and the other with cheddar. Finally, I had a tiny piece of a vegetable and goat cheese stromboli. Coke Zero to drink. Delicious!

Snack Time!

I got hungry around 3:30, so I had a half of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, with apricot preserves from Trader Joe's.

More Snacking

I was hungry after my meager lunch of samples, so I had a little rice with hoisin sauce:


And a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, cut diagonally for extra excitement!

A Brilliant Idea

We were over at our friends' house for dinner and games last night, and they had delicious tomato soup with tiny cut up grilled cheese sandwiches! Clearly this is the next evolution in tomato soup eating. The little sandwiches were so cute! I started out with a good bowlful.
And then went back for a little more.
I couldn't resist the huge loaf of delicious banana bread.
Or the sweet strawberries and little fresh tomatoes from their garden.
They also were evil and let me have some of these cute mini peanut butter cups. Posing behind them is their adorable daughter, who celebrated her first day of first grade!

Lunch And The Drive Back

When we got back to the car, both Kendra and I were hungry for lunch, so I had another sandwich, this time with only one piece of cheese (since there wasn't much left). I decided to make a more dramatic photograph.

I wanted another sandwich, but we only had bread left, so I had two more pieces. On the drive back (~3 hours) I got hungry again, so I had two more pieces of bread, and another cereal bar as a snack. I also started getting sleepy, so I stopped to grab a drink with caffeine in it, so I wouldn't fall asleep at the wheel.

Breakfast Before A Hike

Saturday morning we woke up, a little bit rested, broke camp, and made for the trailhead. Before we left the campsite, I ate two bananas.

By the time we actually got to the trailhead, though, I was hungry again (and so was Kendra). So, we broke into our sandwich supplies. I had a sandwich with a slice and a half of muester, some lettuce, tomato, and a few slivers of red bell pepper. I was so hungry, I was partway into the sandwich before I remembered to take a picture.

Lunch At The Beach House

Lunch at work was pizza again today, but some of us didn't want it, so we headed over to Beach House Bar + Grill to have a nice lunch. I just had water to drink, despite the fact that one of my coworkers had beer and another had Maker's Mark on the rocks. My water looks sad next to his beer.


For my entree I ordered a grilled halibut sandwich that was quite delicious. The halibut was not overcooked, which was particularly nice. For fifty cents extra, I got yam fries. Yum.


I will not be posting (although I'll try to document) over the weekend as I'll be camping up on Mt. Rainier with my wife and 4 month old baby! The plan is currently to eat at the restaurant up there possibly for one night, but for one night we're going to have hobo pockets. Oh yeah!

Things That Start With 'S'

Unlike in college, where I did a humanities concentration in "Things that start with 'L'", tonight's dinner was composed of things that begin with 'S'. Soup, salad, and sandwiches. We had the trusty Fresh Express Asian Supreme salad again, and combined it with Harry's Organic Creamy Tomato Basil soup, which we found at Costco.

Nothing goes better with tomato soup than a grilled cheese sandwich. Fortunately, we had some bread I rescued from work last week, and some muenster cheese in the fridge. Muenster also happens to be the best cheese for grilled cheese.

I wouldn't be me if I didn't want to put tomatoes on everything, and grilled cheese is no exception. I sliced up a nice tomato, and ate everything I couldn't fit on the sandwich.

A little butter and some time on the griddle later, and I've got a tasty, colorful dinner. I ate the salad afterward.

Total calories were fewer than I expected:

• 180 for my half of the salad
• 333 for the bowl of soup
• 430 for the sandwich (2 x 100 bread, 180 for 1.5 slices of cheese, 50 for the butter)
• 25 for the tomato

All told, 968 calories.