Snack: 1.0 oz. Sriracha Chex Mix.

Just a short walk to the post office today, about 1.4 miles.

Lunch: Sausage and green pepper stir-fry.

Snack: 0.7 oz. peanuts. And later, 3 Late July crackers (like Ritz) with Yancy's Fancy horseradish cheddar. And a half glass of Paso Project New Zealand sauvignon blanc.

9 oz. of Sierra Nevada IPA. The rest of it is for the beer batter for dinner.

Dinner: Fish and chips. Actually, haddock cut into fish stick shape in homemade beer batter and homemade tartar sauce. And French fries.

And 2 glasses of Black River malbec.

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

Lunch: Zucchini and bacon stir-fry.

Snack: 0.7 oz. peanuts.

Walked 4.66 miles in 1:18:59. I took a different route this time which was a little longer and significantly hillier!

Dinner: Chicken paprika with rice and broccoli. With 1 glass of Project Paso New Zealand sauvignon blanc.

And 2 glasses of Black River malbec.

Dessert: 2 strips of Dagoba lavender blueberry dark chocolate bar.

Snack: 3 Kashi roasted garlic crackers with Cabot habanero cheddar. And a half glass of Project Paso New Zealand sauvignon blanc.

Dinner: 5.0 oz. Roasted pork, sautéed cabbage with garlic and rice. 

And 2 glasses of Gianni Russo Montepulciano d'Aburzzo (Italian red wine. Not the best pairing for this meal, but it was open.

Dessert: 3 strips of Green & Black's hazelnut currant dark chocolate bar.

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

Lunch: Pork with broccoli and scallion stir-fry.

Walked 4.51 miles in 1:15:14. Sunny and 54°F is not what I think of for upstate New York weather on January 31!

Snack: 0.8 oz. peanuts.

Dinner: Rigatoni with prosciutto, tomato and broccoli.

This is not the lowest in calories with the cheese and cream sauce, but with careful portion control it's not that bad, actually. An accurate kitchen scale is invaluable, because, for example, a 2 oz. portion of rigatoni, the package portion size, is a lot less than you'd think. It's 12 pieces!

And 2 glasses of Gianni Russo Montepulciano d'Aburzzo (Italian red wine).

Dessert: 2 strips of Green & Black's hazelnut currant dark chocolate.

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

Lunch: Stir-fry of roasted chicken, cabbage and garlic. With 3.2 oz. of roasted chicken.

Snack: 0.7 oz. peanuts. Later, 3 Kashi roasted garlic crackers with Cabot habanero cheddar cheese. And a half glass of Project Paso New Zealand sauvignon blanc.

Dinner: Grilled wild sockeye salmon, rice, sautéed spinach.

And 2 glasses of Cupcake malbec.

Snack: 1.0 oz. Sriracha Chex Mix.

A nice, sunny, 31°F day so I went for an unusually long walk: 4.43 miles in 1:13:43!

Lunch: Beef with broccoli and scallions.

Snack: 0.7 oz. peanuts and a Saranac Big Moose Ale. It was pretty good - it reminds me a little of my Vermont favorite, Switchback (American pale ale).

And 1.0 oz. potato chips and French onion dip.

Dinner: Iron Chef Chinese buffet with Mom and Dad.

And 2 glasses of Cupcake malbec.

Snack: 1.0 oz. Sriracha Chex Mix.

Lunch: Barbecued pork sandwich. It's the meat left over from one pork spare rib on a Barowski's wheat hamburger bun, with barbecue sauce. It doesn't look that exciting, but it was tasty!

I went to the grocery store today since I was in a cooking mood. And, oh, did I do some cooking!

The first thing wasn't so much cooking, but dividing 4.7 lbs. of chicken breast tenders into approximately 6 oz. packages, vacuum sealing and labeling. 

Cooked then individually vacuum sealed and froze a half dozen extra-spicy Italian sausages.

Seared 3 filet mignon steaks, then vacuum sealed then froze them. I'll finish cooking them in the sous vide - 45 minutes directly from frozen at 132°F.

Made a roasted pork, the old fashioned way, in the oven! 

I sliced most of it for roasted pork dinner (4 packages of 5.0 oz. each), 3 packages of stir-fry meat (3.2 oz. each) and a little for Roscoe.

And made some roasted pork jus.

I made a batch of homemade ground beef from chuck steak. I thought I had fixed the meat grinder, but sadly, no. Food processor it was, but it turned out well. One 1 lb. package and two 8 oz. packages. It's quite red because it's very, very fresh and very lean.

Also 1 more pound of ground beef made into four 3.2 oz. packages of taco seasoned ground beef for tacos or nachos.

Snack: A bit of roasted pork trimming from the roasted pork. And a rice ball (omusbe). 

And a Saranac pale ale.

All of this ridiculous dividing, vacuum sealing and labeling was made much easier thanks to my new kitchen label printer! Okay, it's maybe 30 feet farther to walk to my office and use my desktop computer and the other label printer, but this really is helpful! I print a lot of labels. 33 labels just for today!

Dinner: Tingua poblano and a warm flour tortilla. And 2 glasses of Leese-Fitch California pinot noir.

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

Lunch: Sausage and green pepper stir-fry with rice.

Snack: 0.7 oz. peanuts. And, later, 3 Kashi roasted garlic crackers (like Triscuits) with Cabot habanero cheddar. And a quarter glass of Glenora Riesling (that's all that was left in the bottle).

Dinner: Roasted chicken, broccoli, rice and gravy. With 5.0 oz. chicken; when I packaged and froze it I accidentally put 6.0 oz. in the packages so I took out 1.0 oz. for Roscoe.

And 2 glasses of Leese-Fitch California pinot noir.

Dessert: Two strips of Green & Black's hazelnut currant dark chocolate bar.

Vodka flavor of the day us: Absolut Gräpevine.

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.

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.

With 2 glasses of Terrazas Altos del Plata malbec.

 

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

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.

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.

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.

Dinner: Meatloaf, rice, gravy and peas.

And 2 glasses of Terrazas Altos del Plata malbec.

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.

Snack: 1.0 oz. Sriracha Chex Mix.

Lunch: Tofu, broccoli and scallion stir-fry with rice.

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.

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

And 2 glasses of Sebastiani pinot noir.

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

Lunch: Pork with broccoli and scallions.

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

Dinner: Salmon, rice and cabbage.

And 2 glasses of Sebastiani pinot noir.

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!

Lunch: Spicy beef with snow peas.

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

And 1.0 oz. Doritos.

Dinner: Iron Chef Chinese buffet with Mom.

Snack: 1.0 oz. Sriracha Chex Mix.

Lunch: Vegetarian chili and jalapeño skilled cornbread.

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.

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

And 2 glasses of Vadossi Chianti Riserva 2005.

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