A Jolly Winter Break - December 2010

So, my extra long month of vacay has almost come to an end. I kept myself busy with seasonal work and visiting friends, and as a result, lack in food documentation. (But that does not reflect how I ate this month ;D).

For the meals I did consume this past month, they are posted below.

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Christmas Brunch - 12/25/2010

The brunch we had this year was light, yummy, and was eco-friendly since we barely wasted anything. We had a bowl of mashed potatoes, a bowl for gravy, a bowl for pomegranite seeds, brown n' serve wheat bread rolls from Safeway, black bean casserole, apple and onion compote, and cranberry sauce. Even Mr. Panda paid a visit!

I loved the black bean casserole but the fam thought it was a bit runny for the most part. It was super healthy though! (no butter, oil, eggs, etc.) I also relished the apple and onion compote.

My plate is pictured at the bottom (but believe me, I went for seconds...and thirds...)

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Hangin' With Friends - Last week of 2010

Got to hang out with some friends in SF and back home the last week of 2010 (after Christmas and before New Years). We sampled lots of chocolates, had dinner in lots of places, but the business and overwhelming schedule prevented me from taking LOTS of pictures. But I do have, uh two...

For lunch one day, I had a steaming plate of garden risotto while my friend had a panini. Unlike risotto I had in the past, this plate had snap peas, carrots, and was delicately placed on a bed of lettuce and spinach leaves.

After shopping the after christmas sales a few days ago, we stopped for some frozen yogurt. I had a cup of nonfat dole pineapple with strawberries, kiwi, and mochi. Looks pretty appetizing if I do say so myself :)

Thanksgiving 2010 [in pictures...]

Thanksgiving this year was a blast! I'm too lazy to write down captions and all that, so I'm just gonna have the pictures tell the story :)

The main dishes included: lasagna, a cute lil' tofurky, mashed potatoes, deviled eggs, sweetened squash, caramelized sweet potato and cranberries, gravies, cranberry sauce, wild rice stuffing, and pumpkin and apple pies.

A Very Belated Thanksgiving Post

Yes, it is Christmas and I have not posted anything about Thanksgiving! I am so behind! But, never late than never.

Anyways, Thanksgiving this year was delicious, nutritious, and perfect even without turkey. Who says you need to have turkey anyway? This year, we treated ourselves to garlic mashed potatoes, wild rice stuffing, rosemary potatoes, caramelized sweet potatoes, deviled eggs, lettuce wraps with yves ground soy and marinara sauce, cranberry sauce, pumpkin cake cupcakes, and a fruit dessert made from filo.

A Shot of the Meal!

My serving started out standard...but I gave into seconds...and thirds.

This is my plate. I went for the good stuff.

But how could I resist the rest? I remember literally sitting over the fruit dessert and eating the leftovers...everything just tastes better on Thanksgiving :)

Lettuce Wraps w/ Yves Ground Soy and Marinara

Pumpkin Cupcakes...105 calories each!

The Fruit-Filled dessert I DIDN'T eat :P