Mon, March 31, 2008

7.53am - chocolate almond milk, soy yogurt, granola, fresh squeezed OJ, mate, at home1.18pm - spicy chicken wrap w/ coleslaw from California Crisp, outside work

2.46pm - plums, at work

5.07pm - fuji, at work (some of our Oscars in the background)

6.01pm - chocolate croissant from Whole Foods, outside work

8.16pm - Kathleen Hylen's famous home made chicken pot pie, mixed salad, at Laura's, with Laura, Kathleen and little Jasper

9.15pm - apple tart, at Laura's, with Laura and Kathleen

Sun, March 30, 2008

12.05pm - oat bran w/ walnuts, sesame seeds and beetroot syrup, at home4.18pm - fuji w/ peanut butter, at home

7.41pm - what's left from an appetizer plate of chips at Shutter's on the Beach, with Laura, Kathleen and Pam

7.41pm - caesar salad w/ grilled shrimp, at Shutters on the Beach, with Laura, Kathleen and Pam

Sat, March 29, 2008

12.37pm - my Asian-style tuna salad (w/ pears, wasabi mayo, nama shoyu, and a bit of sesame oil and white pepper) on some German whole grain bread, at home, with Ritesh5.34pm - a fuji on the drive to Diamond Bar

5.45pm - a new and very good healthy chocolate-nut bar, still on the drive to Diamond Bar

7.11pm - Phinney's delicious coconut prawns, with grilled fresh pineapple and two kinds of mango chutney for dipping, at Greg's parents' house in Diamond Bar, with Ritesh, Greg, Phinney and Juan, watching the LA Galaxy lose 4:0 to the Colorado Rapids. Ah, it was painful. But congrats on your team, Laura!

8.44pm - Ritesh's fresh grilled buffalo burger, with Phinney's rosemary potatoes and a grilled portobello mushroom

8.50pm - Ritesh's grilled corn w/ lime, salt and red chili. Ritesh claims it's Indian, Juan claims it's Mexican. Either way, it's great - but so spicy we were in urgent need of some cold dairy

8.58pm - and voila - some homemade cookies 'n creme ice cream. Can't wait until we get our own ice cream maker! (Monday, hopefully...)

Fri, March 28, 2008

8.46am - Ritesh's turkey-bacon tomato omelette, olive bread, fresh pear and mate, at home1.02pm - salad from Mrs. Winston's, outside work

2.48pm - a fuji, at one of the animator's stations, at work

4.58pm - a cranberry-apple fiber cake from Zen bakery, at work

6.17pm - a blackberry-mint mojito-style margarita, chips and salsa, at Kay'n Dave's Mexican Cantina, with Ritesh

7.01pm - a grande coconut margarita, which was so not good, I sent it back...

7.09pm - ... and got another one of these lovely blackberry-mint margaritas instead. At Kay'n Dave's, with Ritesh, and now Greg and Phinney

7.15pm - a messy but tasty combo plate I shared with Ritesh: a carnitas taco for him, chicken mole enchilada for me, salmon-spinach enchilada, grilled veggies and mixed beans for both of us. All healthy and lard-free. We looked up lard on wikipedia after we got home, though, and it's really not that bad for you after all...
7.47pm - banana flautas for dessert, at Kay'n Dave's, with Ritesh, Greg and Phinney

Thurs, March 27, 2008

5.51am - best vegan food bar, on the way to boot camp, with Ritesh7.49am - scambled eggs w/ tomatoes and turkey bacon, olive bread and mate, at home, with Ritesh

7.50am - leftover chocolate covered strawberry, at home, with Ritesh

8.33am - still hungry - sprouted grain cereal and chocolate almond milk, at home

1.30pm - mushroom tortellini w/ asparagus from Trader Joe's, at work

7.42pm - veggie pho and eggrolls, at Pho99, with Ritesh

Wed, March 26, 2008

8.54am - sprouted grain cereal w/ hemp milk, banana, sesame seeds 1.37pm - veggie buffet at the Hare Krishna Temple (fresh veggie juice, tofu veggie stir fry, lentil daal, mixed salad plate w/ their great sweet basil and tahini dressings, and apple halva). Love this place!

8.10pm - splurged so much at lunch, this is all I could handle for dinner:

Tue, March 25, 2008

7.51 am - sprouted grain cereal w/ soy yogurt, banana and walnuts, after boot camp, at home11.55am - a lovely early lunch of ahi tuna, arugula salad, mashed potatoes and a non-alcoholic chardonnay drink, at Tender Greens, with Nadya

2.18pm - fruit salad from Mrs. Winston's, with sprouts, fresh mint - and vegan chocolate mousse, at work

4.30pm - Korean seaweed snack from Mrs. Winston's, at work

7.26pm - Ritesh's stellar Indian salmon, w/ rice and potatoes, at home

8.00pm - and my own home made chocolate covered strawberries, at home, with Ritesh

Mon, March 24, 2008

8.53am - sprouted grain cereal w/ vanilla hemp milk, boiled egg, at home after boot camp, with Ritesh11.28am - Ritesh had packed me a turkey sandwich to take to work - thanks, sweetie!

2.46pm - a fuji at work

7.46pm - what was left of the lemon chicken and shish kebab combo plate when I remembered to take a picture ... at California Pita, with Ritesh

8.05pm - we were still hungry after sharing the combo plate, so we got an extra shish kebab sandwich

Sunday, March 23, 2008 - Happy Easter!

9.15am - fuji before working out by the beach11.17pm - fresh coconut, at home (I think this is the pink jasmine that smells so good at night...)

11.54am - Ritesh's Easter brunch: chicken seitan fajitas w/ brown rice and avocado, Chinese mustard greens with thin slices of tofu from Dai Ho, jasmine tea, at home

12.50pm - hot chocolate w/ whipped cream and walnuts, at home, with Ritesh. And yes, we'd never seen the movie, and it was Easter.

4.48pm - paleta de fresa (Mexican strawberry ice cream stick) at Ladera Park, with Ritesh

7.30pm - a good slice of olive bread w/ butter - yum!

7.56pm - a chicken taco Ritesh brought home from a taco place on Santa Monica