Day 334: Mousse

We already did chocolate mousse. Well, at least I did. We needed something a little different. I was planning on making some vanilla mousse, but Liz texted me that she could pick up some key lime mousse from New Seasons.

It was nice and cool. Liz liked it, but thought it too sugary. I think it had the perfect amount of sugar.

Day 333: Lemon Cream Pie

Although I am not a fan of lemon meringue pie and Alex is not a fan of anything lemon, this dessert turned out very lovely. Alex made it today and did a fantastic job

Fluffy on top, tart in the middle and sort of crisp at the bottom (our cooling time was severely limited), the Lemon Cream Pie was delicious.

After half the slice, I had sugar overload and Alex had a slice of birthday cake.

Day 332: French Toast

Definitely not a common breakfast food for us- Alex thinks it's too eggy. I enjoy it, but I prefer a savory breakfast. I think this is maybe the second time we've had French Toast for as long as Alex and I have known each other.

He made the toast; I made the sausage

It was yummy. We should have put some cinnamon in the batter.

Day 331: Bavarian Cream Pie

If we could have picked this one up we would have, but Bavarian cream pie isn't something you see around much. We made it the night before. It was pretty involved. Those Bavarians know how to make a pie complicated.

Hiding in an office to sneak a quick picture.

It has a very light vanilla flavor. It's a bit like if you wanted a vanilla ice cream pie. If we had had chocolate shavings to put on top, it would have made a lovely accent.

Day 330: Cake

It's so much easier when they are general foods. I have a large selection. I went to Safeway to see what I could get and not have to buy an entire cake.  I was intreged by the slice of marble cake.

It has a layer of chocolate frosting or gnash on the inside. Genius! I love this cake. This should be done with every cake.

Day 329: Parfait

I wanted this to be different than the chocolate and strawberry parfaits. I decided to make a yogurt parfait. I made it with vanilla yogurt, cherry granola and raspberries.

In all honesty, I would have much preferred the ice cream parfait. I feel like these ingredients are okay together, but do so much better apart. Doin' their own things. Lone wolves.

Day 328: Sardines

This is not one of the foods I was looking forward to. I opted for sardines in a can since that's the way they always come in the cartoons.  The presentation of these things are awful.  They pretty much taste like tuna though. Salty tuna.

Day 327: Espresso

Of course we went to an Italian restaurant. Alex hates all things coffee, so I chose A Cena, a small place in Sellwood that has real espresso (not the robot espresso, like Starbucks). We dined on tortellini and then ordered Affogato, which is vanilla gelato, chocolate sauce, pizelles and a shot of espresso. The waitress almost poured the espresso over the entire dish of gelato, but we stopped her in time.

Alex hated it. I loved it. I couldn't drink the whole shot because I want to go to sleep soon, but I would have. Soooo good. EspreSSOOOOO good!

Day 326: Cashew

My favorite of the nut/nut-like things. I always eat to many and get a bit of a headache. Almost worth it.

Day 325: Stuffing

Rather than prepare stuffing so close to Thanksgiving, we opted for Stovetop Stuffing (for your microwave oven!). This reminds me of middle school, a lot. We used to get the canisters of Stovetop Stuffing and make 'snacks' after school. Other snacks included Ramen. A lot of Ramen.

It was just as sodium-laden as I remember. Delicious. Alex was wary but ate the whole bowl.

Day 324: Peanut Butter Fudge

I stopped by the Lloyd Center after work to go to See's Candies. Unfortunately, they don't have or make peanut butter fudge at this time. Damn!  At least I got a free sample. They suggested I try next door at Made In Oregon. They were baron of my treat as well. I booked it home and just looked up a recipe.

It took almost no time to work on, mostly waiting for it to cool. Worth it. Very creamy and peanut buttery. If you like peanut butter this is for you. It's still good if you're okay with peanut butter, but you might just stick with a bar of it.

Day 323: Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine

Liz asked me which drink I planned on using for today and without even thinking I answered Dr. Pepper. By far the best carbonated beverage with caffeine. I rarely drink soda anymore. I mostly stick with soda water. The few times I do splurge (e.g. drive thru, movies) I get this every time it's an option.

Pinky out!

I got one with lunch at work. Loved it. I don't know when they started supplying us with the bottles instead of the cans, but I like it.

Day 322: Vichyssoise

Vichyssoise is one of those things that sounds super fancy. I mean, Vichyssoise. So French. So many occurrences of the letter S. But it's really just potatoes, leeks, onions and heavy cream. So simple. The VitaMix made the pureeing a dream. Unfortunately, Alex hates soup (I feel like everyone should know this by now). So a cold, oniony soup might be the worst thing he could imagine (as far as soup goes).

Yup. He hates it. I really wish I had just retained the puree before I added the heavy cream, because that was yummalicious. It's still good, I guess. But not as good.

Day 321: Baklava

We originally planned to pick some baklava up at Sesame Donuts. I called ahead and they didn't have any but said their sister store should. I called them and it seems like their sister store didn't even know what baklava was. I ended up calling two Nicolas restaurants to get the needed treat.

I think my three favorite words are balalaika, balaclava, and baklava. I've heard a balalaika and worn a balaclava, but I've never had baklava. It was pretty good. Very sweet. It reminded me a little of French toast. I'm not a fan of French toast, true, but that's mostly due to the egg and sogginess. The flavor works better with the crisp flaky dough.