Monday Night Football!

When I got to work on Monday, I had fully intended to go to the gym after work. However, by the end of the day I was completely exhausted and it was pouring out. So I decided to go home and relax, at which time I realized it was Monday night and the first week of the 2010 football season, Monday Night Football on ESPN! I am not a Jets or Ravens fan, but I had a a player on each team starting in my fantasy team this week, so I had vested interest in the game. Luckily there was a rain delay (never seen one of those in football before, but okay) so I had time to rummage around in my fridge before kick off.


Meal: snack (Mon 9/14)
From: my fridge (dip from Costco)
Cost: [to me] FREE!
Location: my kitchen (Costco in Brooklyn)

I felt like having something that would be appropriate to snack on while watching some football, and I think I found it. There was some Spinach Dip in my fridge, and some organic wholewheat bread.

The dip was really good (probably because it was really unhealthy, but I did not care).

I threw the bread in the toaster on high, to give it some nice crunchiness.

Taste: GREAT! I wanted more but I did not want to die of a heart attack or something.

Conclusion: using the spinach dip more like spread on the toast = an awesomely good snack.

Drink: I mixed some orange juice (Tropicana - Pure Premium, Calcium+Vitamin D, with Lots of Pulp) and sparkling water (Pellegrino). (Sorry no pictures.)

Remarks: the food was good, but the game was ugly, I felt like I was watching a replay of the Redskins-Cowboys game from Sunday Night.

I am sick of ham and cheese already!

Meal: lunch (Thu 9/10)
From: my fridge
Cost: less than $2
Location: my kitchen

Ham, Turkey and Cheese Sandwich with Mustard on Wholewheat Bread

Nothing special here. Same lightly toasted wholewheat bread (to get the fridge made moisture out), same Target house brand ham, same Kraft Singles American Cheese. I added some Met Food house brand turkey and used French's Yellow Mustard. Strangely, the taste of the turkey and mustard was different enough that the sandwich had a different taste.

Taste: bland, bland, bland...
Conclusion: I am sick of eating this crap, thank god for the weekend, when I can eat some good unhealthy stuff.

Drink: a can of Coke Zero.

Coke Zero

Remarks: wish I could afford an unhealthy lunch...

Ham and Cheese w/ Sriracha?

Meal: lunch (Thu 9/9)
From: my fridge
Cost: less than $2
Location: my kitchen

I am really trying to save money right now, at least until the end of the month. Therefore, today was yet another sandwich from home day. Yesterday I had a ham and cheese sandwich... today I was going to have another, but I wanted to change it up a bit. A friend suggested I try putting Sriracha (chili hot sauce) instead of mustard. To be on the safe side I put Sriracha on one side and good old light mayonnaise on the other. As usual I lightly toasted the bread to get out the moister accumulated from being stored in the fridge. I then added two slices of American cheese and put ample amounts of ham.

My Sandwich

Materials
-Boiled Ham (Target house brand)
-American Cheese (Kraft "Singles")
-Wholewheat Bread (Arnold's "Soft")
-Light Mayonnaise (Hellman's)
-Sriracha (Huy Fong)

Taste: not bad, not bad at all. The Sriracha gives it a nice kick to change the flavor and make it less bland, although the texture remains the same as my sandwich from yesterday.
Conclusion: Sriracha is an easy way to make my sandwiches not taste all the same.


Drink: a nice cold can of Coke Zero.