End of the experiment
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 ...
read moreNoe Farmers market
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 ...
read moreWeekend loot
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 ...
read moreBeet red
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 ...
read moreUpdate, nuts and more
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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