raw kale salad, red quinoa salad, fire roasted eggplant

Tapioca pudding

Just had an excellent meal at a local Middle Eastern restaurant named Aladdin Pita. To start off they bring Pita and four different accoutrements - Baba Ghannoug, Hummus, Turkish Salad (onion, garlic, tomatoes, cilantro, tomato puree with salt pepper and cumin) and Arabian salad (cucumber, tomatoes, parsley and fresh mint dressed with lemon juice and olive oil). I could have stopped there. The salads were so fresh and flavorful and the hummus was the best I've ever had. We then had a plate of Falafel and tahini sauce. For main course I had Fasulia which is a green bean stew with lamb and basmati rice on the side. It was in a wonderfully spiced tomato sause with two large lamb shanks so tender the meat just pulled away from the bone with a fork. Deb had Chicken Biryani, basmati rice flavored with Indian spices, chicken and garnished with nuts. Both entres were excellent and more than we could finish. I ended with a Turkish coffee, strong but smooth and served in the ibrik it was brewed in.

The price was amazingly good even after we added an order of the Hummus and Turkish salad plus Pita to take with us. This place has been there for years but it was the first time we had gone. It won't take me long to go back, that's for sure!

Granola Recipe : Alton Brown : Food Network

The Pa's Sherried Beef Double Onion Cabin Stew garnished with a dollop of sour cream and some chopped fresh flatleaf Italian parsley:

With hot crusty French Bread and a glass of cab:

Homemade waffles with berry sauce.

Farfalle with sauteed mushrooms.

Newman's Own Bavarian pretzels

Tortilla chips. No dip.

carrot cake

Not the next 12 hours, nothing \ I'm fasting until I can get blood drawn tomorrow.

The Rachel.

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Reuben sandwich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

EDIT - It wasn't technically a Rachel since I keep the corned beef instead of substituting it with pastrami.

Edited February 9, 201016 yr by Salt Peanuts

Oh, I've had one of those. The deli where I used to work called it a Ms. Reuben.

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Plate of Mediterranean food from a presentation down the hall because I am on a long conference call. Free food is good.

Stir fried chicken w/ schezuan sauce

Wegmans White Chocolate Chip Mini Cookies

Japanese style curry

Just finished Pad Thai with chicken from Pilin

Yeah, I know, not exactly the thing to be eating during a weight loss challenge.

I'm "carb loading" for tomorrow's shoveling.

I actually haven't changed all that much of what I'm eating for the weight loss challenge. I've been just trying to do a better job of controlling my portions.

stir fried seafood over rice

Just had japanese tonkatsu ramen after getting tickets at carnegie hall

Kashi Cinnamon Harvest