Category: Food (Page 1 of 152)

Beware the Ides of March!

I forgot to post about this, but on Thursday night, I stayed after school to wait for handbell practice. For dinner, I decided to go to a sandwich place. I got a half salad, and half sandwich. They were delicious.

But as I was paying, the worker announced the total. Twenty-six dollars. Yikes. Food is so expensive!

A new Persian restaurant has opened near my house. I got food from there last night. I got three appetizers: barley soup, yogurt and cucumbers, and chicken and potato salad.

It was all so good! The yogurt was super rich, and I would have liked it with more cucumber. The barley soup was warm and savory. The potato salad was so… so… good. Mmm… I will definitely eat more food from this place.

I got a staghorn fern last summer, and mounted it on a board. I’m planning to hang it on the wall in my back yard. In the meantime, it has been on the ground and propped against the wall.

Through the summer, I was excited to see that it grew some new leaves. A couple of days ago, I was even more excited to see that it has some shield fronds!

Staghorn ferns grow two different kinds of leaves… the “antler” fronds grow straight out, and when they’re bigger, they look like the horns of a stag. (It’s what gives the plant it’s name). The “shield” fronds grow flat against the roots. They help hold dirt and plant matter for the roots to grow in.

Look! Here’s one of the new shield fronds!

I have been eating peanut butter sandwiches for lunch this year. It’s quick to make in the morning, and it keeps me alive during the day.

I recently got a new jar of peanut butter. As I’m digging into it, I don’t like going deeper than one knife-length. That way, I don’t “corrupt” the peanut butter that’s still in the jar. When the jar is new, it makes for an interesting profile:

One of my eighth graders gave me homemade raspberry jam for Christmas. I opened the jar last night and had some.

Oh. My. Gosh! It is so good! The jar is small, so I’ve already eaten almost half of it. I will certainly enjoy it for as long as it lasts.