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July 29, 2005
The Feast for the First Night of the Orange One In His New Home
You remember the infinite loop in which I fax the cashed check from my bank to Cingular Wireless, they deny ever receiving it, they tell me to fax it again, rinse, repeat, right? And the bizarre situation with the water company where I have to prove that I live here by having two months worth of utility bills that I can't get because I can't prove that I live here until I have two months of utility bills? Yesterday when I tried to book a plane ticket to go to MR's dad's wedding, Air Canada told me that based on my country of residence, I could not have a billing address in the US. Huh? Am I supposed to have a Swiss bank account? Well, it gets worse.
MR is on hold with the airline that shipped his stuff trying to figure out how to get it out of air cargo while I am sitting in dim light because Comcast Cable, our internet service provider, somehow knocked out the power to most of our house while attempting to install our internet. They said they'd send an electrician right out, but they haven't, and when I called the rep told me to get an electrician and just send them the bill. No way, said I, and proceeded to insist insistently that they send someone out to bring back our power. The scary part is that the fridge, with over $100 worth of fresh CR food, is in the power outage part of the house. Oh, and so are both air-conditioners and the ENTIRE upstairs. And the kitchen (thank Goddess we have a gas stove) and the dining room. At this rate, we will be cooking, eating, and doing dishes by candlelight. How romantic.
Utilities aside, we are having a wonderful time. MR's flight was even more delayed last night, so we didn't get home till after eight. I threw together a variation on the originally planned dinner, and I'd have to say it came out well. Here it is:
Food List : MR dinner7-28-05.fls
DATE : 07/28/05
Num. Foods : 9
Food #1 : Tomatoes, red, ripe, raw, June thru October average 100 g
Food #2 : Basil, fresh 5 g
Food #3 : Garlic, raw 4 g
Food #4 : Alcoholic beverage, wine, table, red 3 oz drinking, 3 oz cooking
Food #5 : Oil 1 teaspoon olive, 1 teaspoon flax, 1 teaspoon hazelnut
Food #6 : Egg, white, raw, fresh 310 g
Food #7 : Blueberries, raw 112 g
Food #8 : Olives, ripe, canned (jumbo-super colossal) 44 g
Food #9 : Cottage Cheese Lowfat Light and Lively 1 cup
NUTRIENT TOTALS:
Abs. Values %RDA/SA
Calories 625.17__cal 31%
Protein 45.08__gm 82% RDA
Total Fat 23.87__gm 37%
Sat. Fat 8.63__gm 43%
Mono. Fat 8.03__gm 28%
Poly. Fat 5.45__gm 82%
Carbohydrate 40.27__gm 13%
Fiber 7.95__gm 27%
Cholesterol 89.31__mg 30%
Vit. A 2611.34__IU 52% RDA
Vit. B6 0.39__mg 25% RDA
Vit. B12 0.63__mcg 32% RDA
Vit. C 97.27__mg 162% RDA
Vit. E 4.37__mg 55% RDA
Thiamine 0.27__mg 24% RDA
Folacin 71.21__mcg 40% RDA
Riboflavin 1.65__mg 127% RDA
Niacin 2.83__mg 19% RDA
Panto. Acid 1.32__mg 26% SA
Calcium 363.20__mg 30% RDA
Copper 0.48__mg 24% SA
Iron 4.04__mg 27% RDA
Magnesium 100.13__mg 36% RDA
Manganese 1.60__mg 53% SA
Phosphorus 355.02__mg 30% RDA
Potassium 1447.23__mg 72% RDA
Selenium 58.12__mcg 106% RDA
Sodium 983.85__mg 41% SA
Zinc 0.76__mg 6% RDA
Tyrosine 2.43__gm 253% RDA
Lysine 5.04__gm 701% RDA
Phenylalanine 3.29__gm 343% RDA
Leucine 5.49__gm 572% RDA
Valine 3.78__gm 450% RDA
Methionine 1.99__gm 664% RDA
Cystine 1.26__gm 419% RDA
Tryptophan 0.81__gm 448% RDA
Threonine 3.00__gm 626% RDA
Isoleucine 3.41__gm 473% RDA
I microwaved the eggwhites and chopped them into little pieces. Then I simmered diced garlic in 3 oz red wine, then added the tomatoes and the olives, followed by basil, olive and flax oil at the end. I served the tomato mixture on the eggwhites, as though the eggwhites were pasta. Then I served blueberries with hazelnut oil on the side. It all came together very quickly, with MR's assistance, and we had a beautiful candlelight dinner. Not quite as fancy as I had intended, but still pretty delicious.
Today I made eggwhite gazpacho for lunch, along with more blueberries with hazelnut oil and an extra teaspoon of hazelnut oil for MR's lunchtime megamuffin. Here 'tis:
Food List : gazpachzo eggwhite.fls
DATE : 04/23/05
Num. Foods : 9
Food #1 : Vegetable juice cocktail, canned
Food #2 : Peppers, sweet, green, raw 100 g
Food #3 : Tomatoes, red, ripe, raw, November thru May average 100 g
Food #4 : Egg, white, raw, fresh 280 g
Food #5 : Lime juice, raw juice of half a lime
Food #6 : Cucumber, with peel, raw 301 g
Food #7 : Oil t teaspoon olive, 2 hazelnut
Food #8 : Blueberries, raw 89.3 g
NUTRIENT TOTALS:
Abs. Values %RDA/SA
Calories 495.43__cal 25%
Protein 35.62__gm 65% RDA
Total Fat 19.25__gm 30%
Sat. Fat 4.94__gm 25%
Mono. Fat 6.67__gm 23%
Poly. Fat 5.68__gm 85%
Carbohydrate 49.86__gm 17%
Fiber 9.88__gm 33%
Cholesterol 96.76__mg 32%
Vit. A 13789.62__IU 276% RDA
Vit. B6 0.86__mg 54% RDA
Vit. B12 0.56__mcg 28% RDA
Vit. C 207.83__mg 346% RDA
Vit. E 4.10__mg 51% RDA
Thiamine 0.37__mg 34% RDA
Folacin 146.27__mcg 81% RDA
Riboflavin 1.53__mg 118% RDA
Niacin 4.24__mg 28% RDA
Panto. Acid 2.00__mg 40% SA
Calcium 109.40__mg 9% RDA
Copper 0.82__mg 41% SA
Iron 2.99__mg 20% RDA
Magnesium 119.27__mg 43% RDA
Manganese 0.97__mg 32% SA
Phosphorus 193.83__mg 16% RDA
Potassium 1838.40__mg 92% RDA
Selenium 51.81__mcg 94% RDA
Sodium 1156.98__mg 48% SA
Zinc 1.46__mg 12% RDA
Tyrosine 1.35__gm 141% RDA
Lysine 2.28__gm 316% RDA
Phenylalanine 2.02__gm 210% RDA
Leucine 2.96__gm 308% RDA
Valine 2.24__gm 267% RDA
Methionine 1.09__gm 364% RDA
Cystine 0.85__gm 284% RDA
Tryptophan 0.43__gm 239% RDA
Threonine 1.60__gm 333% RDA
Isoleucine 1.95__gm 271% RDA
P:C:F = 29:36:35
Microwave the eggwhites and cut into bite sized pieces. Marinate in vegetable juice with olive oil, a dash of tabasco, lime juice and a dash of balsamic vinegar in the fridge until chilled. In a food processor, blend cucumber and green pepper until coarse. Blend into eggwhite mixture and add tomatoes, diced. Serve cold.
Yikes! As I transferred the recipe from DWIDP I realized that I shorted MR a teaspoon of oil! Oh no! He might waste away to nothing! I put a teaspoon in the soup, then a teaspoon on his megamuffin and one on the blueberries, but the DWIDP called for 160 calories of oil, not 120. Uh-oh. He's looking thinner already. Don't worry, MoMR, I'll get another 40 calories into him asap.
Posted by april at July 29, 2005 3:32 PM
Comments
testing. testing.
anyone home?
keifer?
did everyone drown
in eggwhites?
in love?
Posted by: fruitgirl at July 31, 2005 4:40 PM