Tuesday, 06.30.09

Good Morning!

It’s cold this morning here in Oakland. Weather forecast says it’s going to be 80F. This past weekend was very warm; Sat 86F and Sun 82F.

Saturday was the worst for all of us though. We went for a long 4 mile walk with Loomis that day. Poor Loomy was dying! He kept through it though. Since he’s completely black and is just a pup (this was his longest one full walk), he was very hot from the heat. At one point he plopped down on the ground. Then we found a cool and grassy area to take a long break (in addition to many little ones). We now know not to take him on such a long walk in hot weather.

Sunday was much cooler. In fact, it was super nice. I wore shorts and a tank and was not cold at all! LOVED it. We decided to give Loomis a break and just take him to the dog park instead. Monday had a short walk and a short time in the park.

For my breaky this morning, I had a cup of earl grey tea. Not really hungry, but I will eat something soon (before 9:00) for sure. I’m going to need my energy as I plan on doing some yoga and walking with Loomis. Speaking of workouts, I’m trying to get back into the habit of updating my fitness page again. Check it out if you’re interested.

Monday, 06.29.09

Breakfast:

This morning I had a bowl of oats. I did something a bit different with my oatmeal though. Instead of adding plain ol’ regular bananas and brown sugar, I just cooked the rolled oats with plain soy milk (no salt/sugar/vanilla extract). When it was done, I topped it with cold raspberry preserves, granola, and sliced strawberries. The cold raspberry preserves cooled the hot oats nicely and I didn’t burn my tongue trying to get a spoonful. It was still hot enough to warm the strawberries, which left a warm bite of tartness. I haven’t experienced that flavor in a long time, so it was very pleasant in my mouth. The granola added a nice texture as well—crunchy. I finished it all off with a cup of earl grey tea.

I had a bunch of these crunch bars and orange cream filled ice cream bars throughout the day. It was very hot, so these made it more bearable.

Dinner: Canh Chua Soup or Vietnamese Sweet n’ Sour Soup

I also made a video showing how to make this soup. TWO VIDEOS in one day. Yay! Luckily this time I remembered to take a photo of the actual soup not like last time (read on further below). This video is in the process of editing, so it’s going to be a bit before it is up. Hopefully not too long!

Long made a side dish of Spinach and Garlic (sorry no video). It’s too simple to make to have a video of it. If you’re curious how to make this check out my Recipes page for the recipe.

Random Eats throughout the week

The following are not necessarily on the same day. I had a bunch of photos lined up, but they all got mixed up somehow.

Lunch:

I finally had a mock tuna sandwhich with mayo inside. Long made me this sandwich and he added some spice to it.

Iced Hazelnut coffee

Dinner: Banh Cheo.

I made a video to show everyone how I make this meal. Silly me, I made the video, but forgot to take a photo of the actual Banh Cheo meal! This explains why I just have a photo of the package mix here. Stay tuned to see the video post. Don’t worry I’ll notify everyone when it’s done being edited.

Making Sopes on a random day

We still had leftover burrito filling, so I decided to make Sopes from the corn flour. This is the same flour that I used to make the tortillas. Here is the corn flour mixture, baking powder, and salt.

I added water to the batter and shaped them into 1/4 cup balls and then flattened them out with my cup. I folded all of the edges up and baked in the oven for 11 minutes at 350F. Here they are fresh out of the oven.

Close up

Filled and ready for my belly!

Have a great Tuesday everyone!