What I Ate - 21 February 2010

Today I ate:

2 pieces of Vogel's toast with peanut butter.
1 trim latte.
Barbeque Bean Supreme roast red onion and parmesan sausages, agria potatoes, red onion, courgette and sweet corn.
2 beers.
1 shot of Jagermeister.
Courgette, cheese and egg tart, green beans with garlic, chickpea and capsicum salad, roasted potatoes, puree garlic broccoli mash.
Homemade banana and nectarine ice-cream.

It's barbeque weather at the moment, which I think poses a bit of a practical challenge to a vegetarian, as barbeques are very much about meat.  Hence the vege sausages.  We hadn't tried any soy 'meat' replacements before Sunday, and weren't sure what to expect.  They were quite tasty, but very different to real sausages.  I can't put my finger on what it was that didn't quite work for me - the texture perhaps?  They were pleasant enough but just not as tasty as meat.  Then again, perhaps I am romanticizing about sausages, because they can be truly awful.  In fact, given the choice between Sizzler's and bean sausages I would pick bean sausages any day.

Towards the end of lunch the host suddenly announced that he had poured out a shot of Jager for all of us.  I'm not really a fan of shots but peer pressure prevailed and that's why it ended up on the list.  Between the liquor and the drum and bass music, it was as if I was 19 again. 

After the Phoenix game (they won by the way, bring on the next semi final) we went to Phil's parent's house for dinner.  They are both excellent cooks and Sunday night dinner at their house is a regular appointment.  They pick us up, feed us lovely food and wine, and then drive us home.  We are so spoilt.  I felt a bit strange imposing our eating restrictions upon them but they were very understanding and made an incredible vegetarian feast. 

What I Ate - 11 February 2010

Today I ate:

2 pieces of toast with peanut butter, another 1 with Marmite.
1 trim latte.
Small handful of chilli and lime cashew nuts.
2 pieces of Vogels toast with Marmite, avocado and tomato.
1 fruit yoghurt.
1 Gala apple.
1 mini Moro bar.
Baked potato with black bean chilli, cheese, carrot, capsicum, spring onions, coriander and sour cream.
Bowl of vanilla ice-cream.

So today's food is a bit repetitive.  All I have to say about that is...I really like peanut butter.  And the baked potatoes are that good.

Energy wise, I am feeling really, really good.  Full of beans. 

Tomorrow we are going to our friends' house for dinner and then off to the Phoenix game.  I'm told that they have a spot in the semi-finals and if they win tomorrow's game there might be a semi-final here in Wellington, exciting!

What I Ate - 7 February 2010

Today I ate:

1 piece of toast with peanut butter.
Quite a lot of chocolate brownie.
1 trim latte.
1 glass of orange juice.
Homemade potato wedges with sour cream.
Bread topped with balsamic onions and parmesan cheese.
Channa masala curry with Indian spiced potatoes and cauliflower.
2 glasses of pinot gris.
Oat fruit crumble made with nectarines, cherries, apple and rhubarb.

Phil makes really, really good home made potato wedges.  In fact, I think I might write a post about them.  One secret that I will give away is that Agria potatoes make the best wedges, crispy on the outside and fluffy in the middle.

We had some friends around for dinner and I made a curry that was quite good but probably a bit on the spicy side.  Still, it was pretty good and there was enough left over for us both to have little containers to take for our lunches tomorrow.

The Phoenix are currently 1 up against Gold Coast!  Got to go.