I am trying to post something every day, so forgive me if things get really mundane.

I didn't cook much today, just an over-easy egg on wheat toast and orange-grapefruit juice for breakfast. My mom and stepdad came down and took my (neighbor and nursing student) sister and I to the ever-tasty Lennie's for lunch, where I ate four buffalo wings (my kryptonite) and a deliciously giant bowl of spinach, cooked chopped beets, candied pecans, and goat cheese. Then we went to Bloomingfoods East and I was allowed to go absolutely nuts thanks to my darling mother who is concerned about us starving. Here is what I acquired:

celery
chard
garlic
ginger
brussels sprouts
a fuckton of carrots

and from the bulk section:
SO MUCH brown rice
7-grain hot cereal blend
fair-trade sugar
unbleached flour
mung beans for sprouting (a new experiment! will report soon)

I already had a fairly well-stocked pantry at home and am planning on making Isa Chandra Moskowitz's Curried Carrot Bisque from Vegan with a Vengeance* before I go to bed so that I have something reasonably healthy to nom on after work tomorrow. I made a Curried Carrot soup at work last week but I believe it was a bit too spicy for most people's tastes (we only had some bland-ass and really old curry powder in our kitchen and I overcompensated a bit with cayenne). I will be interested to see how it sold over the weekend and whether our manager thinks we should price it out and add it to our regular soup menu.

I declared a potluck at my house on Tuesday to force myself to clean a bit and get creative again, and will try to *gasp* remember to take pictures. I'm definitely making madeleines for dessert but haven't decided yet about the entree, so stay tuned...

* a great and unexpected holiday gift from my dad, who can sometimes be a bit of a "cool dad" and said, upon my opening it, "I know that you eat meat, but don't you have some deviant friends who don't?" Thanks, Dad.