A la carte

17 days of  single serve

It was interesting 17 days eating mostly alone. No one dictating what I should or shouldn’t but controlled by whatever items were left in my fridge or pantry. I went grocery shopping when it was absolutely needed such as a gallon of milk when I wanted to have cereal in the evening. It was still 2/3 left when they came home. Some dinners were just picking vegetables from garden or toasted flat bread with humus, simple like that. Dining out at a nice restaurant with girlfriends was fun. Attending a friend’s barbeque fest alone over the Labor day weekend was a bit intimidating but at least I was well fed. One day I stopped by a Korean restaurant for Dol Sot Bibimbap and friendly master talked to me and I responded with my limited Korean. I was sweating a lot but it was not just steaming hot dishes for sure. I called my husband everyday and ask what they ate for dinner. When he says Kobe beef or Matsuzaka beef I got totally jealous. Anyway, I plan to do South Beach diet while they are gone but never materialized but again I was never very serious about it either. When I got a little bit of effort to eat right but my weak will easily shattered as friends brought some homemade sweets over. I brew buckwheat tea and happily have a big portion of that. I’m saying no one to monitor my diet was the down fall of eating alone.

Free from Costco’s taster table

Fun with Food

                                                                 Peach Chutney Chicken

                                                                     Fish Taco

Bibimbap

Flourless Chocolate Cake at a restaurant

I found these while I was cleaning up and organizing things. I made the summer jacket that my husband is wearing in this picture. I guess I used to be a devoted housewife. But, what’s up with his hair???

I will be posting some pictures from their trip to Japan in my next post so come back to see them if you’d like.