What I ate: January 26, 2012

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Breakfast: Sausage, egg and cheese English muffin. With homemade spicy pork breakfast sausage on a Barowski's wheat English muffin. And a glass of orange juice.

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Snack: 1.0 oz. Sriracha Chex Mix and a Spicy V-8.


Lunch: McDonalds. I was out running errands and had a craving for a Quarter Pounder with cheese. It was a little disappointing, actually. I didn't expect much from the burger, but French fries were a little soggy. Mine are better.

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Walked to the drug store, about 1.5 miles. I forgot one item when I was out running errands earlier and it was the heaviest: a gallon of distilled water.


Snack: 3 Late July organic crackers (like Ritz) with Yancy's Fancy horseradish cheddar cheese. And a half glass of Glenora Riesling.


Dinner: I had a sudden change of mood so I ended up making ribs. Well, reheating a vacuum sealed package of frozen pork spare ribs, boil-in-bag, for 19 minutes from frozen. I probably should have put a vegetable or something on the plate.

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With 2 glasses of Terrazas Altos del Plata malbec.
 
And 2 strips of Green & Black's hazelnut currant dark chocolate bar.


Weight at beginning of the day: 117.4 lbs.
Weight at the beginning of the next day: 117.6 lbs.

What I ate: January 25, 2012

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Breakfast: Chorizo breakfast burrito and a glass of orange juice.

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I grilled some wild sockeye salmon. Most people probably don't stand outside when it's 27°F and grill at 8:15 A.M., but it's a surprisingly common occurrence here.

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Snack: 1.0 oz. Sriracha Chex Mix. And a Spicy V-8.


Lunch: Bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich (BLT) on one slice of Barowski's wheat bread, cut in half. With mayo. And Kettle Chips barbecue potato chips.

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Snack: 0.7 peanuts. And, later, 3 Kashi roasted garlic crackers (like Triscuits) with Cabot habanero cheddar cheese. And a half glass of Glenora dry Riesling.



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And 2 glasses of Terrazas Altos del Plata malbec.

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And 2 strips of Dagoba xocolatl dark chocolate with chiles.

Too many snacks: A bowl of evil popcorn. Also, 1.0 oz. potato chips and dip.

Weight at beginning of the day: 116.6 lbs.
Weight at the beginning of the next day: 117.4 lbs.

What's in my freezer

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As you have probably figured out I vacuum seal and freeze the vast majority of the food that I cook, which makes for quick and easy meals for one. This is my freezer:

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Though I have a good general idea of what's in it, it would be neat to be able to scroll through an inventory, which would almost certainly result in a "That's what I want for dinner!" moment.

You can now click on the "Freezer" link in the right bar. It's in the "Pages" section, near the bottom. It brings up a page that shows what's currently in my freezer! Or just click the link right there.

For the technically curious, here's what's going on: I store my freezer inventory in Evernote because I always have Evernote running on my computer and editing is instantaneous. It takes much more effort to update a blog posting or page.

Even better, I can just as easily edit the document from my iPhone, iPad, laptop or the web, which is useful for making sure the inventory stays up-to-date.

The blog page embeds an Evernote viewer window in an <iframe> in the page, so it just magically displays. Nothing special is required, and it works on any blogging platform where you can edit the HTML directly, not just MovableType. 

Use the "Share" item in Evernote to copy the share link to the clipboard. Then use this as the src attribute for the <iframe>. Voilà! 

What I ate: January 24, 2012

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Snack: 1.0 oz. Sriracha Chex Mix.



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A walk to the post office, a little more than a mile.

Snack: 0.7 oz. peanuts. Later, 3 Late July organic crackers (like Ritz) with Yancey's Fancy horseradish cheddar cheese. And a half glass of Riesling.

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Dinner: Homemade fried chicken sandwich on a Barowski's wheat hamburger bun with wasabi mayonnaise, lettuce and French fries.

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And 2 glasses of Sebastiani pinot noir.


Weight at beginning of the day: 115.6 lbs.
Weight at the beginning of the next day: 116.6 lbs.

What I ate: January 23, 2012

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Breakfast: Eggs, toast and bacon. And a glass of orange juice.

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Snack: 1.0 oz. Sriracha Chex Mix and a Spicy V-8.



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Snack: 0.8 oz. peanuts. And 3 Kashi roasted garlic crackers with Cabot habanero cheddar.

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And 2 glasses of Sebastiani pinot noir.

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Weight at beginning of the day: 116.8 lbs.
Weight at the beginning of the next day: 115.6 lbs.

What I ate: January 22, 2012

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Breakfast: Bagel, lox and cream cheese. And a mimosa.

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Snack: 1.0 oz. Sriracha Chex Mix.


45 minutes of snow shoveling. I was trying to clear an ice skating rink and the ice is not thick enough to drive the tractor on it yet. Whew, that's hard work!



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A Saranac Bohemian Pilsener. It was okay for a pilsner, but I'm used to something a little darker.

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And 1.0 oz. Doritos.

Dinner: Iron Chef Chinese buffet with Mom.

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Weight at beginning of the day: 116.8 lbs.
Weight at the beginning of the next day: 116.8 lbs.

What I ate: January 21, 2012

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Breakfast: Chorizo breakfast burrito. And a mimosa.

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Snack: 1.0 oz. Sriracha Chex Mix.



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Cooked and froze two pounds of bacon. And made another batch of Sriracha Chex Mix.


Snack: 3 Kashi roasted garlic crackers with Cabot habanero cheddar. And a half glass of Glenora Dry Riesling.

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Dinner: Italian sausage spaghetti with homemade sauce and wheat Italian bread with olive oil.

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And 2 glasses of Vadossi Chianti Riserva 2005.

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And 2 strips of Green & Black's hazelnut current dark chocolate bar.


Weight at beginning of the day: 116.2 lbs.
Weight at the beginning of the next day: 116.8 lbs.

What I ate: January 20, 2012

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Breakfast: Waffles, bacon. Both were previously made and frozen so it's a quick 8 minutes in the oven to reheat.

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Snack: 1.0 oz. Sriracha Chex Mix. And a Spicy V-8.



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Snack: 0.7 oz. peanuts.

Walked to the grocery store, about 1.5 miles.

Snack: 3 Late July organic crackers, like Ritz, with Yancey's Fancy horseradish cheddar cheese. And a half glass of Glenora Dry Riesling.

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And a Saranac Lake Effect lager.

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And 2 glasses of 3 Girls cabernet sauvignon.


Weight at beginning of the day: 115.8 lbs.
Weight at the beginning of the next day: 116.2 lbs.

What I ate: January 19, 2012

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Breakfast: Sausage, egg and cheese biscuit. With a homemade spicy breakfast patty, Cabot extra sharp cheddar cheese and an organic egg on a homemade buttermilk biscuit.

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Snack: 1.0 oz. Sriracha Chex Mix. And a Spicy V-8.


Lunch: Bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich. On one slice of Barowski's wheat bread, cut in half. With Kettle Chips barbecue potato chips.

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A short walk to the post office, a little more than a mile.


Snack: 0.8 oz. peanuts.


Dinner: Steak, baked potato and broccoli. And 2 glasses of 3 Girls Cabernet Sauvignon.

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Weight at beginning of the day: 116.4 lbs.
Weight at the beginning of the next day: 115.8 lbs.

What I ate: January 18, 2012

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Breakfast: Chorizo breakfast burrito. With chorizo, green pepper, onion, jalapeño and egg. With a glass of orange juice.

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Snacks: 1.0 oz. Sriracha Chex Mix, a Spicy V-8 and 0.7 oz. peanuts.



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Snack: 1.0 oz. potato chips and French onion dip. And a delicious Saranac India-style copper ale.

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And 1 glass of Solane valpoilicellla and 1.0 oz. Doritos.


Dinner: Roast beef, rice, gravy and peas. And 1 glass of Solane valpolicella.

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Weight at beginning of the day: 116.0 lbs.
Weight at the beginning of the next day: 116.4 lbs.