End of the experiment

Thu 30 April 2009 by Ajay Shekhawat

Today is the last day of my month-long experiment. For lunch I had some of the daal and some rice; for dinner, more of the daal and some tortillas. I still have some broccoli, bottle-gourd, etc. left over.

I just sat down and calculated how much I spent on food ...

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Noe Farmers market

Wed 29 April 2009 by Ajay Shekhawat

Since I think I'm a bit ahead of my budget, I've had an urge to splurge a little. Hey, even a guy on foodstamps can have some fun once in a while, no?

Today I worked from home, and for lunch, I walked over to the Noe Valley ...

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Weekend loot

Mon 27 April 2009 by Ajay Shekhawat

The weekend came, and along with it the Alemany Farmers Market. One of the biggest gripes I have about my "diet" is that due to the budget constraints, I am forced to pass up delicious-looking veggies for sustenance. I saw nopales cactus leaves on sale for $2/lb ($3/lb ...

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Beet red

Wed 22 April 2009 by Ajay Shekhawat

I forgot to mention that on Sunday, I also picked up a pound of beets at the Mi Tierra!

I am a big fan of beets, despite their benign side effects. My neighborhood cafe, Duboce Park Cafe, has this yummy beet salad with roasted pecans, blue cheese, fresh arugula and ...

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Update, nuts and more

Mon 20 April 2009 by Ajay Shekhawat

The software I use to process my raw images, RawTherapee , broke on my desktop after a software update. But it's fixed now, and I can start updating again.

I have quite a smorgasbord of updates on deck. Let me start with last week.

I was running out of tea ...

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