I do not think I eat enough protein...

Meal: dinner (Mon 10/11)

From: my fridge

Cost: free for me

Location: my kitchen

Originally I had only planned to play basketball at the gym, but because not that many people showed up I ended up lifting weights too. This all meant I was even hungrier than normal. Unfortunately for me there was not that much food available to consumer, and certainly not enough protein.

Some leafy green Chinese vegetables boiled in water (with a little bit of oil and salt) along with some previously steamed Korean pork and vegetable dumplings (reheated via microwave).

I also had some Korean Stuffed Chicken Soup (reheated on the stove).

Taste: I was starving, so everything tasted really good, although I think it all would have tasted great regardless.

Conclusion: the meal was pretty good, but it was not enough food and too little protein especially after such a heavy workout...

Drink: ice water

The random makings of a Lunch...

Meal: lunch (Sat 9/24)
From: my kitchen and a undisclosed Vietnamese restaruant
Cost: Not Available
Location: my kitchen and Chinatown

My aunt ate a Vietnamese Sandwich for lunch, and could only finish half of it, so she gave me the other half.

 

I think the inside had cilantro, cucumbers, radish, carrots, some kind of spread and pork, your standard no frills Vietnamese sandwich.

The sandwich was not quite enough food so I grabbed the three remaining pork and vegetable dumplings that were in my fridge.

Taste: the sandwich tasted really good, although I was starving so that might have added to the taste. The dumplings were just as good as ever.

Conclusion: a light lunch, I might have to get more later.

Drink: a can of Diet Dr. Pepper in a cup of ice.

Dumpling Breakfast

Meal: breakfast (Thu 9/23)

From: my fridge

Cost: N/A

Location: my kitchen

So I woke up and decided I should have dumplings for breakfast. Wednesday was the start of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, and I think you are supposed to eat dumplings. So why not?

Pork and Vegetable Dumplings

Taste: pretty good. 

Conclusion: homemade (not by me though) dumplings are usually good.

Dinner Round 2?

Meal: snack (Mon 9/20)

From: my fridge

Cost: indeterminable*

Location: my kitchen

Apparently when you exercise your metabolism increases, and you need to eat more otherwise you are starving... So apparently despite eating dinner at 9pm, I was starving a little while later. Luckily I had plenty of food in my fridge, courtesy of my girlfriend's weekend cooking binge.

1. Home Made Pork and Vegetable Dumplings

2. Pork with Tofu Rounds

Some more homemade apple pie.

Taste: I was so hungry I ate the dumplings without making the peanut butter sauce I told my girlfriend I was going to make and she thought sounded gross. The pie was good again too.
Conclusion: hit the spot.

*I paid just under $50 for a lot of groceries, not sure how much of that is in this meal.

Good Old Fashioned Korean BBQ

Meal: dinner (Sun 9/19)

From: my girlfriend's fridge

Cost: N/A

Location: my girlfriend's kitchen

I went over to my girlfriend's parents place for some good old fashioned Korean BBQ.

Korean BBQ Beef (kalbi)

Homemade Fried Pork and Vegetable Dumplings

Jasmine Rice

Taste: awesome!

Conclusion: you can never go wrong with Korean BBQ. These pictures do not do the Korean BBQ beef justice.

Drink: a nice tall glass of ice water.