Not a Frittata

Day 3

Breakfast:

Broccoli and Scallion Frittata

I just made this as an omelet, I have no patience (or liking, for that matter) for frittatas. As previously stated, I also am not going to eat the second half of this thing for lunch, because reheated eggs are friggin gross. I made a half recipe. It was good.

Lunch:

White Bean, Cucumber, and Tomato Herb Salad

I made Sunday’s lunch for today because I have bird rescue tomorrow, so I need to bring two lunches to work for the next two days. This was the only one that didn’t use ingredients from previous meals, so it seemed like the best choice. I would have actually eaten it on Wednesday instead of Tuesday, but I didn’t think the sliced cucumbers would make it that long without getting gross.

Anyway, the salad was ok, aside from being kind of boring. I mean, it’s just cucumbers, tomatoes, and beans with some herbs. I couldn’t detect any ginger in the dressing, and there was just a tiny bit of heat from the jalepeno, even though the infused juice sat in my fridge overnight. Meh. I wouldn’t bother making this again.

I haven’t read ahead, but I’m intrigued by what we’re going to be using the infused juice for. I hope it’s a cocktail (spoiler alert: it’s definitely not a cocktail).

Snack:

Broiled Grapefruit with Coconut

Swapped out the sliced apple and almonds for this bad boy. I haven’t actually eaten a grapefruit since I was about 12, so this was an experience. It was pretty much as I remember it. It adds an interesting touch to eat it warm, though I don’t really know if it improved the grapefruit all that much. The coconut was actually a really good addition. Overall, this was good, if you like grapefruit (I do).

Dinner:

Pan-Roasted Salmon with Garlicky Swiss Chard and Cauliflower “Rice”

Salmon: good. Garlic: good. Cauliflower: gooood. Not a lot could go horribly wrong with this, unless you overcook the salmon. I didn’t make the cauliflower into rice, I just chopped it into bite sized pieces (see my previous rant) and I used spinach instead of Swiss chard. I also just pan seared the salmon instead of baking it. I would say just cook it however you normally would cook salmon. I considered grilling it, but no matter what I do, it always sticks.

I was way too tired to actually make a ‘night snack’, so I ate another one of my multitudinous banana popsicle things. I think my containers were small, so I ended up with 7 of them total.

Side note: it took an immense amount of willpower to actually make salmon when my husband was making steak sandwiches loaded in cheese.