ELC Menus, Days 13, 14, 15, 16

I've been behind on updating. I'm wiped OUT, so I'll try to keep this short:

Thursday, September 13
Breakfast:
We ate out at The Flytrap, a local "finer diner." The owners used to be our neighbors! They are really nice. We rode our bikes even though it was in the 40's when we left!

Lunch:
Leftover Marrakesh Curry over couscous

Dinner:
Bag o' fettucine alfredo from the freezer (TJ's brand - so good, soooo not local)

Friday, September 14
Breakfast:
Oatmeal with local pear, dried cherries (non-local maple syrup)

Lunch:
SOS (aka sh*t on a shingle) - leftover beef style seitan with leftover good gravy on local rye bread (the baby was kookoo for this today!)

Dinner:
Seitan and gravy (new batch!)
Roasted Acorn Squash (CSA; so good! Used Didi Emmon's recipe)
Garlicky green beans (CSA and local butter)
Garlic rye toast (local bakery bread, local garlic)

Saturday, September 15
Breakfast:
We suck - there was a lot of back and forth about whether to ride our bikes due to cold temps and the possibility of a large Farmer's Market haul. We didn't end up riding; we usually stop at a local bagel shop on the way when we ride; we miscalculated our hunger and ended up at a non-local bagel shop for breakfast (Bruegger's). Blah.

Lunch:
Backyard tomatoes and basil on farmer's market rosemary and olive oil bread with local raw cheese from Lansing. YUM!
Apples (FM)

Dinner:
Pizza from local bakery (Because I was in the kitchen All. Day. More on that later.)

Sunday, September 16
Breakfast:
Homemade buckwheat pancakes
Hashbrowns (from freezer - trying to use up and make room!)
Apple

Lunch:
Grilled cheese (local bread, butter and cheese)
Homemade tomato soup

Dinner:
Eh. We kind of suck a lot this weekend. We took a late hike at Kensington Metropark in Milford, MI which we love. It was a lovely walk, we saw heron, swans and sandhill cranes, really really close! So cool. Lots of critters, including a squirrel who was throwing walnuts at us. Lots of them.

Anyway, we found ourselves late (like 6:30) out in the middle of nowhere and really really hungry. Our options were extremely limited, but we really wanted something at least kind of local - so no Chilli's, Applebees, Quiznos, Subway, Arby's - which were the choices we had. Then we spotted a Leo's Coney Island, and if you're from Michigan you'll realize this isn't that local, but it's kind of regional anyway, right? They're basically diners. This one happened to have quite a bit of Greek fare on the menu, as well. We had really, really bad gardenburgers with even worse fries. Seriously. It was a lesson in why not to frequent these kinds of places.

But Silas got to visit a backhoe loader in the parking lot, which was like the baby version of crack.