august 3, 2012 breakfast

takoyaki girl photobombs my frittata.

august 2, 2012 breakfast

attempting to get as much dahlia backdrop in this week as possible. breakfast is almost as colorful and quite satisfying.

august 1, 2012 breakfast

happy august! dahlias are my favorite flower. sure, they're showy and ostentatious, but what's not to love? my breakfast was so excited, it hopped up onto the printer.

july 31, 2012 breakfast

a fine entry in the frittata regatta, featuring linguica from A & J meats, and co-piloted by broccoli (roasted). i don't want to eat frittata anymore that don't have roasted broccoli. also making a showing are plums from my husband's coworker's yard.

july 27, 2012 lunch

a lunch of country captain chicken from paleo comfort foods (chicken breaded with almond flour and curry powder, broccoli, more tomatoes than you can shake a stick at, onions, etc. all cooked in a yummy broth), plus purple coleslaw and a salad. i know i haven't been consistently posting dinner photos, but the country captain chicken is leftover from wednesday night. it has some strange ingredient combinations, but it's pretty good!

july 27, 2012 breakfast

friday breakfast is a couple of hard boiled eggs and some roasted broccoli. hint: walking a mile with uncushioned eggs bopping around in your backpack make them easier to peel!

july 26, 2012 breakfast

no, i didn't eat a crow for breakfast. but i saw this fledgling crow on the way to work! note the stumpiness of the tail compared to the rest of its body, the blue eyes, and the blunt beak. it was super cute! its parents were none too happy with me for taking this photo.

the crow's parents had no issue with me taking this photo of my breakfast, though.

july 25, 2012 breakfast

same breakfast, only sunnier.

july 24, 2012 breakfast

i think the pros outweigh the cons of having the same thing all week. the convenience of having a ready-made portion of eggs, meat and veggies to bring to work ensures i don't have to make the choice between spending money on something on the way to work or trying to hold out until lunch.

july 23, 2012 breakfast

a similar frittata to last week's, but with sliced chicken andouille sausage from trader joe's instead of bacon, plus a good deal of fresh basil. a nice addition to the standard crowd pleasers of oven-roasted broccoli, spinach, roasted red pepper, sun-dried tomatoes, etc. both the sausage and the cholula lend it a nice wake-up kick.

july 13, 2012 breakfast

given the balmy weather so far this week, i wore a skirt and left my rainjacket at home. commence torrential downpour accented with extra-boomy thunder. half the people at work (the ones from back east or the midwest) can't help themselves: "you call this a thunderstorm? ha!" while the other half run home to check on their dogs. however, in the immortal words of the itsy bitsy spider, "out came the sun and dried up all the rain", so it should be pleasant walking weather after work.

the green guy is excited about my frittata of bacon, roasted broccoli and sun-dried tomatoes.

july 12, 2012 breakfast

the bacon grease we cooked the kale in last night had to come from somewhere, and sure enough, there's bacon hidden in this frittata, along with roasted broccoli, roasted red pepper and eggs. it was pretty simple to throw together last night, but the flavors all complement each other nicely. that's the beauty of frittatas, omelets, and scrambles - they pretty much work with whatever you have on hand!

july 11, 2012 dinner

tonight was my first outdoors tai chi class (we usually practice inside), and it was a beautiful, sunny evening in the park. it feels totally different to practice with springy grass and soil underfoot instead of floorboards - i like it!

it was also 'eat what's in the fridge night', so we fried up some grass-fed ground beef and had burgers served open-faced on butter lettuce, with mustard, tomatoes and red onions. sides are oven roasted broccoli (we hesitated firing up the oven on such a warm evening, but roasted broccoli sounded so good) and kale cooked in bacon grease, with smashed garlic, crushed red pepper and black pepper too. good stuff!

july 3, 2012 breakfast

breakfast is an experimental frittata with bacon, spinach, roasted tomatoes, roasted garlic, mushrooms, and green onions. i think it turned out quite well! on the side is leftover roasted broccoli, with garlic and red pepper flakes. tasty!

july 1, 2012 breakfast

crabbing season opens today, and as we were packing up, the campground was filling up with people rolling in with boats and crab pots, or just settling down for the fourth of july fireworks show in a few days. i whipped up a quick scramble of eggs, bacon, broccoli, mushrooms, orange bell pepper, onion, garlic and scallions. farewell to our favorite campsite here at sequim bay, 81. it is small, and doesn't have the most privacy, but the views out to sequim bay and north to dungeness bay and dungeness spit, with its lighthouse, and cargo ships passing through the strait of juan de fuca beyond that.. well, it is always too soon to leave.

june 29, 2012 dinner

when we rolled into our campsite at sequim bay, it was already after 9pm. we managed to get the tent, pop-up, and just-in-case tarp all set up just before the sky opened up. it pretty much rained for the next 16 hours or so, but camp set-up was complete, so we were snug and dry. it was so late, we didn't feel like firing up the stove, so dinner was leftover green eggs and turkey. easy, portable, and pretty darn good eaten cold, actually!

june 28, 2012 breakfast

today is all about avocado! we have a couple that are just right (seems to always happen when we buy them on sundays!), so i topped my green eggs and turkey frittata with half of one. makes it look like this is supposed to be a st. patty's day-themed meal, but i declare, the humble gator pear makes just about anything more delicious!

june 27, 2012 breakfast

wednesday breakfast is a slice of green eggs and turkey frittata, crammed to the gills with various veggies, as well as some leftover kohlrabi and beet salad (dressed with olive oil, lemon juice, cilantro and walnuts). the salad sounds and looks a little weird, but it totally rocks my socks! maybe i'll pack some for our zoo concert picnic tonight..

june 26, 2012 breakfast

here is another slice of the green eggs and turkey frittata, stuffed with goodies like artichoke hearts, sundried tomatoes, broccoli, spinach, and walla walla sweets. i like it with the turkey, but i think the same base would work well with bacon and asparagus and maybe some other stuff. maybe i will try a variation next week!

june 25, 2012 breakfast

i tried a new recipe (green eggs and turkey from the cookbook paleo comfort foods) for breakfast - a frittata with turkey sausage, broccoli, artichoke hearts, sundried toms, a couple of walla walla sweet onions, spinach and eggs, seasoned with salt, pepper, fresh basil and paprika. a splash or six of cholula and i'm off!