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Food Diary

Friday Foodie Highs and Lows

October 17, 2009 · By Monica Shaw

Taking a rest weekend from walking and such. Been feeling a bit under the weather and sore in the ankle. But not too sore for food. It was a day of ups and downs in the meal department. Breakfast featured a special treat: creme fraiche. And the afternoon’s tart experiment was fairly successful. But dinner disappointed – I made potato pancakes with red onion instead of yellow onion and it just wasn’t the same. But what can you do? Have dessert I guess!

Food and Exercise Log | Friday, October 16, 2009

Breakfast

Buckwheat crepes with fresh fruit and creme fraiche

Buckwheat Crepes with Fruit and Creme Fraiche

The creme fraiche was a real treat, especially with the raspberries (and a bit of raspberry jam).

Recipe: Buckwheat crepes

Snack

Leek and Mushroom Tofu Tart

Tart tasting

A small taste to sample the tart experiment.

Lunch

Leek and Mushroom Tofu Tart with Bread and Salad

Mushroom and Leek Tofu Tart

I guess the tart passed the test. We had this for lunch with salad and some fresh baked no knead bread.

Snack

Tart Infusion #3

Tart snack

Dinner

Potato pancakes with white bean croquettes and cabbage salad

Potato pancakes, white bean croquettes and cabbage slaw

Kind of disappointed by this meal. The croquettes were too dry. The potato pancakes were not the same with red onion instead of yellow. But the slaw was delicious, as was the tofu dip (with chives, adapted from Veganomicon‘s horseradish and dill dip) and apple sauce and homemade apple sauce.

Recipes:

Potato pancakes (the yellow onion is important!)
Winter Slaw with Red Cabbage, Apples and Pecans

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Veg lover, dog owner, hill walker, wild camper, avocado addict, nerd. I write about how to be awesome through a "smarter fitter" approach to eating, drinking, living and working.
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  1. jeni treehugger says

    October 17, 2009 at 10:03 am

    That tart looks AMAZING!!

    Reply
  2. Jes says

    October 17, 2009 at 5:22 pm

    The tart experiments are beautiful and definitely make up for any disappointments!

    Reply
  3. Sagan says

    October 18, 2009 at 2:56 am

    That tart looks so delicious. I’ve made the spinach and mushroom quiche from 101 Cookbooks before and its FANTASTIC, but I bet this one would be equally as good and not take as long to make!

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  4. Monica Shaw says

    October 18, 2009 at 4:48 am

    Sagan, thanks for the FYI on the spinach and mushroom quiche. I’ve been thinking about trying it … might do that today. 🙂

    Reply
  5. Susan says

    October 18, 2009 at 11:59 am

    What a great looking day of eats!

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  6. kathryn says

    October 21, 2009 at 5:45 am

    Your tart looks amazing Monica. When I saw the first photo I was startled at how small your serving was. Then I realised it was a snack-sized post-cooking “taste”. Very important part of the cooking process!

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