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Jan. 28 food diary-- Scandinavian design

2/16/2016

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Breakfast: two slices of Rudi's multigrain toast with butter, one with apple butter and one with apricot jam; small banana; little packet of mustard peas.

Lunch: at Ikea!  My daughter, shopping for new bedroom furniture, really wants to try their Swedish meatballs at 11:15 am.  I opted for the "veggie balls," which were served with a ladling of kinda sweet chili on top (I guess, according to this review, it contained sweet potato) and a side of plain vegetables.  Both they and the meat version were okay, not great.  I liked, however, that Ikea goes the European route here as well, offering real plates and cups and silverware in their cafeteria and then actually washing them, so different from the American big box store food model.  I had a glass of water with my meal.  In a glass.  For free.  That was nice.  I think the only waste when we were finished was the napkins.

The afternoon was spent putting together furniture.  My daughter is pretty handy and I like that about her.  We had to stop building her new bed when we found one of the bolts was damaged and we would need to return to Ikea for a replacement, which we will do tomorrow.
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She is handy.
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And determined.
Dinner: homemade fajitas according to instructions from Smitten Kitchen.  I realized that what I'd been doing wrong when making fajitas, all these years, was neglecting to burn the vegetables.  They need a nice char on them.  High heat please.  We served these with whole wheat tortillas, black beans, chopped onion, guacamole, sour cream, mild salsa, hot sauce, canned jalapeno slices, cilantro and lime.  Very good.  My daughter and I devoured them almost in silence, as my husband was at a meeting at suppertime.  Then my husband devoured them alone at 10:30 pm, as I watched.  It was not at all a difficult meal to make, though impressive-looking, and I would do it again.  Good for guests.
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Snacks: 4 cups regular coffee, 2 regular, 2 decaf, with half and half.  No other snacks, even though I thought my 11:15 am Ikea lunch might not hold me until dinnertime.  So, I'm okay with myself at the moment.
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