My lunch: July 18, 2011

Here's the Katie version of this lunch. Mine has a pear in it; Chip won't eat pears. He is so missing out!



Rotini with homemade pesto and squash/zucchini from Laura's garden, CSA cherries, raw almonds, organic Packham pear, and a salad with CSA lettuce, organic mushrooms, and local pea sprouts.

Chip's lunch: July 18, 2011

OK so it has been forever. Life has gotten crazy, in ways good and bad, and blogging (and even making lunches) has taken a back seat. We're doing some catch up here for now, and I hope to be better at keeping up with this, as long as more things don't come up. You know, things like...

-Chip traveling for work

-Fostering massive quantities of kittens (they were returned to the shelter 3 weeks ago so they could be adopted)



-Renovating the (only) bathroom (which means using the toilet at the market down the street, showering at the gym, washing my hair in the kitchen sink, etc)



-Our cat, Max, being diagnosed with Feline Interstitial Cystitis



-Fostering lots of dogs, like these guys:

Darcass the Nite ("Nite")



Woody the cocker spaniel mix:



JA's Omar ("Alonzo")



-Throwing a 4-day long wedding at our house over Labor Day



-Cal getting half of his left ear bitten off in a freak accident (this required two nights at the vet and two surgeries)



So yeah. Things have been busy! We're hoping that life takes it easy on us for a while now; we're eager to get back to normal.

Here is Chip's lunch from July 18. On the 17th, we had dinner at our friends' house, and they sent some leftovers home with us, including this amazing homemade pesto pasta, with basil from the CSA we share with them. Yum!



Rotini with homemade pesto and squash/zucchini from Laura's garden, CSA cherries, raw almonds, organic Sultana golden raisins, local apple, and a salad with CSA lettuce, organic mushrooms, and local pea sprouts.

Chip's lunch: October 1, 2010

OK, I'm not gonna lie...sometimes, when I buy things and don't like them, they end up in Chip's lunch. Exhibit A: this bagel. It was kind of sweet, even though it's supposed to be just whole grain. I don't do sweet bagels. Chip doesn't care though...even though he can be picky, I often feel like I can just throw anything into his lunch. He loves eggs, and loves breakfast sandwiches even more. This lunch was a huge hit!



Whole grain bagel with pastured eggs, organic mushrooms, CSA kale, and peppers from my friend Lori's garden, local early Jonagold apple from the farmers' market, organic Sultana golden raisins, organic dark chocolate chips, organic dried cranberries, and grilled veggies (zucchini from our garden, purple bell pepper from our garden, CSA green bell pepper, red onion, and organic mushrooms).

Chip's lunch: September 27, 2010

We had some friends over for dinner on Sunday evening and decided to do the tofu sandwiches again. Fortunately, these friends are pretty adventurous (or easygoing) and were happy to eat our "hippie food," as my brother calls it. Laura brought over some triple chocolate cranberry oatmeal cookies for dessert and they were amazing! Chip loved them and these were the only ones left after our friends went home.



Half sandwich on organic whole wheat bread with grilled organic tofu (with Cajun spices), CSA kale, organic redleaf lettuce, and Roma tomatoes from our garden, triple chocolate cranberry oatmeal cookies, raw almonds, raw organic cashews, banana, and grilled veggies (zucchini from our garden, purple bell pepper from our garden, CSA green bell pepper, red onion, and organic mushrooms).

Chip's lunch: August 12, 2010

Our garden gave us a beautiful big zucchini, so I fired up the grill last night for dinner. The zucchini was good...I mean, it tasted like any other zucchini, but it was extra fun because I picked it myself.

The apple in this lunch came from the farmers' market. There's this slightly grumpy older gentleman there who sells the world's best apples. When they're in season, we get Jonagolds, but that's not for another month or so. For now, we're eating "early Jonagolds." They are a little mealier, and yellow instead of red. But the flavor is great, and the apples are the perfect size.



Grilled zucchini from our garden, organic banana, organic Sultana golden raisins, Nature Valley granola bar, local early Jonagold apple, and a salad with organic greenleaf lettuce, organic baby spinach, local organic grape tomatoes, organic mushroom, and grilled Quorn cutlet.

Chip's lunch: July 19, 2010

We're back! We had a wonderful trip and got to see many of our friends and family members. Emmy and Cal did really well in the car, and on the way home, we got a call from Emmy's rescue. An approved adopter has selected her, and it looks like she'll be adopted in two weeks. Yay for Emmy!

When we returned home, we found that our garden had gotten even more out of hand. The zucchini plant that had had only flowers on it when we left had two huge fruits. One of our purple bell peppers had ripened also. Very exciting times! We grilled both up with dinner tonight, and the leftovers are in Chip's lunch. We also made a huge grocery shopping trip and picked up tons of fresh fruits, so I'm hoping this will be a colorful week.



Whole wheat pita with hummus, organic carrot, grape tomato, and organic redleaf lettuce, organic Fuji apple, Kashi granola bar, milk chocolate from Holland, raw almonds, raw organic cashews, and grilled veggies (zucchini and purple bell pepper from our garden, and asparagus).

Chip's lunch: June 1, 2010

We're back! And it's June! Chip had a productive trip to California, but he is so glad to be back. He got in on Tuesday evening, and we've spent the last several days recovering. We've done lots of resting, a few little projects around the house, and decompressing.

In greyhound news, we have two new fosters. The first is Queenie (PTL Queenly). She is a wonderful, happy, big girl. Something tells me we won't have her long at all. The second is Emmy (MJ Rowdy). Emmy is the sister of our first foster, Sally (MJ Sally Mander). We specifically requested that Emmy be pulled from Daytona when she was done racing and sent up here to Ohio (normally retired racers are received by a rescue group at their home track and then hauled to rescue groups throughout the country more or less at random). She's been such an easy dog, but her medical issues are difficult to deal with emotionally. She's healing well, and is really mellow and chatty.

Here's Queenie:





And here's Emmy:






So now it's back to the grind for us. Here's Chip's lunch for tomorrow. Special thanks to our friend Pete. We attended a barbecue at his house this evening, and we were able to bring home the leftover grilled veggies. Thanks for an awesome evening, Pete (and Ellyn)!



Grilled vegetables with balsamic marinade (organic red onion, organic yellow pepper, organic green pepper, organic zucchini, and portobello mushrooms), organic Michigan applesauce, organic fair trade dark chocolate with almonds, organic Sultana raisins, banana, local pepper jack cheese, and Ancient Grains crackers.

Chip's lunch: February 23, 2010

Another lunch of leftovers from a clean dinner...it was delicious! I made broiled veggies and tofu with lemon pepper marinade. The recipe called for salmon, so I used tofu instead. Once everything was in the oven, I reduced the leftover marinade (you can do that when you're not cooking meat) with a little bit of butter and added a touch of garlic. Chip LOVED it! I was OK with it. Turns out he's easier to please than I thought.

I asked Chip yesterday if he would eat nuts and dried fruit if I purchased them. He swore he would, so I've decided to hold him to his word. I went to the co-op up the street and bought some organic dried apricots, organic flame raisins, organic raw almonds, and organic dry roasted and salted sunflower seeds. I threw a few of those together to make trail mix for Chip's lunch. I hope he likes it...and that he actually eats it!



Broiled organic tofu and white mushrooms, white onion, and organic zucchini with lemon pepper sauce, brown rice with onion and vegetable broth, homemade trail mix, and a whole Navel orange.