This post is day two of documenting all you can eat, a blogging event hosted by Sam of Becks and Posh.
I spent the day at the de Young Museum with my family visiting from out of town. We had lunch at the museum cafeteria, which is actually pretty good.
breakfast
Breakfast was a strawberry, almond milk shake with half a banana, coconut butter, ground flax seeds, and cinnamon. Yes, it’s exactly the same as yesterday. I like a simple breakfast—one that requires little to no thought this early in the morning. My five-year-old niece would be overjoyed to eat a pink breakfast.
My French butter with fleur de sel sits quietly in the background, just waiting to be spread on some crusty bread.
lunch
The lovely salad was baby spinach and arugula with goat cheese and fresh sliced beets. The beets were rather mild, but tasty. The burger was medium rare Niman Ranch with provolone cheese on an Acme bun. Pretty good burger (although not rare as I ordered it), with a rich, beefy flavor. The bread was several notches above typical burger buns, with a pleasantly firm texture that withstood the meaty juices.
snacks
My mid-morning snack was eggplant spread samples with crisp flatbread chips at the Ferry Building farmers market. The smoky fire-roasted eggplant spread was my favorite. Sadly, I don’t remember the name of the producer.
For an afternoon snack I had about a quarter of a large shortbread cookie with nuts from Bakesale Betty (purchased at the Temescal farmers market on Sunday). These are some buttery cookies, and not too sweet. The nuts add both flavor and texture, rounding out the cookie.
dinner
My brother-in-law cooked a great dinner tonight! We had barbecued burgers with barbecued bacon and aged cheddar cheese on English muffins. I put together some home made ketchup by cooking down overripe heirloom tomatoes with apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, salt and pepper. There was also a garden salad with a balsamic vinegar dressing and oven baked potato wedges. I took the opportunity to finish up my broccoli, bok choy, and seaweed from yesterday.
The bacon-burger-cheddar combination is brilliant, I highly recommend it. Barbecuing the bacon gives it a smokier taste, which complements the burgers very well. The cheddar adds a tangy flavor and a creamy texture (I didn’t melt the cheese). The ketchup was quite good, if I do say so myself. I threw in the tomatoes, seeds, skin and all, which produced a chunky, more natural tasting ketchup.
afterward
Looking over these photos, I’m a little shocked at today’s menu. I don’t think I’ve ever eaten that much beef in a day. I think tomorrow will be a vegetarian day, otherwise I might start growing horns and udders. And blimey, I’ve been eating a lot of junky snacks. Shall I eat more fruits and vegetables tomorrow? Will I abstain from meat? Stay tuned to find out.
