You Are What You Eat: May 9 through May 22
[1] I'm now up to 71 consecutive days without eating take out or in a restaurant. M's expressed desire for pizza as assuaged by a homemade one with store bought crust.
When I biked around Lakewood on Thursday night I saw several bars with patios packed to the gills. Some tables had been taken out to create more space but effectively nobody was wearing masks besides the staff. I would love to go out, but given the circumstances, I think we'll stay in. These restaurant stats may not budge again in 2020. At least I'm saving a lot of money. If it weren't for vet bills and my biannual car insurance payment my last credit card bill would have gone from average to almost minimal.
Restaurant Stats
Just Me and M, or Just Me (non-concert, non-ballgame, non-travel): 7 (+0)
-- Twice in a Week Resolution Breaker: 1 (+0)
With Friends/Family (non-concert, non-ballgame): 7 (+0)
Concert/Ball-game drinks: 5 (+0)
Travel: 14 (+0)
People over for food: 3 (+0)
[2] I'm not counting that homemmade pizza even though I'd technically never made one before with a store bought crust. Therefore, I made two new recipes for this increment, for 35 on the year. Both were freshly baked bread from the Bread Bible, which hadn't been touched much since my 2017 bread resolution, but is now looked at frequently. It turns out that the number one thing keeping me from making bread was a lack of time to set up all the rises and such. As that's no longer an issue, both of these rolled out of my oven in the last two weeks, as well as both blueberry muffins (requested by M) and banana bread, neither of which are new around here.
Both of the breads this time around were actual loaves of bread and were very similar aside from one major ingredient, which is called out right in the names of the bread!
- Ricotta Loaf
- Sweet Potato Loaf
Both had extended multiple stage rises, and both came out very well. M expressed a slight preference for the Sweet Potato Loaf, which had a lovely orange tint to the dough thanks to the roasted sweet potato. Alas, the orange tint did not end up in the final bread, but M opined that it made really good toast. I personally had a slight preference for the Ricotta Loaf, which had thick dense crumbs. Honestly, no complaints either way.
I texted pictures of both breads to Mom. She asked for the recipe. The Bread Bible is a serious cookbook with recipes that often go for pages, so bought her a copy as a late Mother's Day gift.
When I biked around Lakewood on Thursday night I saw several bars with patios packed to the gills. Some tables had been taken out to create more space but effectively nobody was wearing masks besides the staff. I would love to go out, but given the circumstances, I think we'll stay in. These restaurant stats may not budge again in 2020. At least I'm saving a lot of money. If it weren't for vet bills and my biannual car insurance payment my last credit card bill would have gone from average to almost minimal.
Restaurant Stats
Just Me and M, or Just Me (non-concert, non-ballgame, non-travel): 7 (+0)
-- Twice in a Week Resolution Breaker: 1 (+0)
With Friends/Family (non-concert, non-ballgame): 7 (+0)
Concert/Ball-game drinks: 5 (+0)
Travel: 14 (+0)
People over for food: 3 (+0)
[2] I'm not counting that homemmade pizza even though I'd technically never made one before with a store bought crust. Therefore, I made two new recipes for this increment, for 35 on the year. Both were freshly baked bread from the Bread Bible, which hadn't been touched much since my 2017 bread resolution, but is now looked at frequently. It turns out that the number one thing keeping me from making bread was a lack of time to set up all the rises and such. As that's no longer an issue, both of these rolled out of my oven in the last two weeks, as well as both blueberry muffins (requested by M) and banana bread, neither of which are new around here.
Both of the breads this time around were actual loaves of bread and were very similar aside from one major ingredient, which is called out right in the names of the bread!
- Ricotta Loaf
- Sweet Potato Loaf
Both had extended multiple stage rises, and both came out very well. M expressed a slight preference for the Sweet Potato Loaf, which had a lovely orange tint to the dough thanks to the roasted sweet potato. Alas, the orange tint did not end up in the final bread, but M opined that it made really good toast. I personally had a slight preference for the Ricotta Loaf, which had thick dense crumbs. Honestly, no complaints either way.
I texted pictures of both breads to Mom. She asked for the recipe. The Bread Bible is a serious cookbook with recipes that often go for pages, so bought her a copy as a late Mother's Day gift.